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Is this what's causing long Covid? Brain scans of patients with lingering symptoms show clusters of plaque in areas responsible for tiredness, headaches and cognition
daily mail ^ | 11/21/2022 | By MANSUR SHAHEEN DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 11/21/2022 10:46:49 AM PST by RummyChick

People with long Covid suffer physical alterations to their brain, a study has shown.

MRIs of patients still suffering with symptoms six months after the initial infection show clusters in parts of the brain linked to fatigue, headaches and cognition.

These include areas in the frontal lobe and the brain stem.

The Indian researchers behind the study say it is the first to show that Covid causes physical changes to the brain which last months.

Other studies have found that the virus can also cause changes in other organs such as the heart and lungs.

Long Covid is not a specific condition with a set diagnosis, but instead an amalgamation of different symptoms with tenuous links to one-another that have been placed in the same category.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one-in-five adults that are infected with Covid will suffer these symptoms.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; longcovid
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1 posted on 11/21/2022 10:46:49 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Good thing there’s a vaccine for this thing. No wait......


2 posted on 11/21/2022 10:49:26 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: RummyChick

Sounds more like “Long Biden” symptoms.


3 posted on 11/21/2022 10:52:58 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: blackdog

This is an important study. Some People who get the vax also get brain fog.

So do people with Fibromyalgia.

I get it periodically for some unknown reason but havent had an MRI.


4 posted on 11/21/2022 10:53:25 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

by the way, my brain fog is so bad I just have to go to bed. Once I sleep for a two or three hours it’s gone. I still can’t track what brings it on.


5 posted on 11/21/2022 10:54:56 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Bump


6 posted on 11/21/2022 10:55:19 AM PST by Cold Heart (Poll, margin of error, Election, margin of Fraud)
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To: RummyChick

Just as it was bio-engineered.


7 posted on 11/21/2022 10:56:04 AM PST by patriot torch
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To: RummyChick

They are presuming that Covid is the cause instead of perhaps the people already had the problems and just noticed it after they got sick because they were told to look for “long Covid”.

I know people who talk about their long Covid as if they are proud of it. Such martyrs…….


8 posted on 11/21/2022 10:59:36 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: metmom

there are a lot of factors in play.

it’s possible there is a susceptibility that is turned on by covid or the vax.

there is an office with the national institute of health that looks at environmental factors such as vaccines that might be causing myositis.

I have a genetic predisposition to several autoimmune diseases. I fully believe a vax (not covid vax) turned it on and now I am testing positive for it.


9 posted on 11/21/2022 11:06:38 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

I wish I could find the off switch for my issues.


10 posted on 11/21/2022 11:09:31 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: RummyChick

If you smoke pot everyday, you’ll never notice the difference.

Seriously, I hope you find out whatever ails you.


11 posted on 11/21/2022 11:09:39 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RummyChick

Indian studies.

Covid fearmongering, ludicrous on its face.

Brain plaques are visualized histopathologically after death.


12 posted on 11/21/2022 11:10:37 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: RummyChick

Have you had your blood and endocrine system checked?
I think cortisol has an effect on lethargy.


13 posted on 11/21/2022 11:10:44 AM PST by EEGator
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To: metmom

Hmm ...

Never vaxxed. Caught covid from wife Aug 2nd ish.
Never got real bad, did the ivermectin, d3, zinc route
Blood work before covid always tested negative for anti-bodies.
But 2 months after, still negative on antibodies, while the wife was a wopping positive.
Haven’t been breathing 100% since. Get long-winded very fast. Only 6 ft and 165 lbs.
Since my anti-bodies are still negative is that an indicator of long-covid? Am I still likely to get covid again?


14 posted on 11/21/2022 11:12:45 AM PST by George from New England
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To: metmom

I was having one of my incidents and found a tick bite. One may have nothing to do with the other. However, because I couldn’t get the tick out in an adequate way I decided to take some doxycycline that I had on hand.

I saw an immediate change in the way I felt.

Apparently, some people do really low dose doxycycline for a variety of issues including rosacea.

I will probably give it a try since I know trying to work within the medical paradigm will not find a solution for me

No way I am taking it long term but going to try to see if it straightens some unknown thing out.


15 posted on 11/21/2022 11:17:17 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: George from New England

I felt the same way after Covid, but the again that has happened with other colds and flus I have had in the past.

Covid is not the only viral illness that sometimes takes a couple months to get over. It happens.

I have no idea what level of immunity you have from it and/or if the antibody test is significant in showing that.


16 posted on 11/21/2022 11:18:33 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: EEGator

Yes, my metabolic system is jacked up in a number of ways.

I will say that any Senior whose B12 is under 400 should look at what Mayo Clinic has to say about that


17 posted on 11/21/2022 11:19:16 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Just antidotal, but sometimes I see a correlation between my brain fog and how deep into the REM cycle I am when I wake up.


18 posted on 11/21/2022 11:19:56 AM PST by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: RummyChick

You might want to see a doctor... then again if you’re watching yourself - and what might trigger the condition - you could be helpful to others.


19 posted on 11/21/2022 11:22:05 AM PST by GOPJ (Lists of fake hate crimes by date: https://fakehatecrimes.org/)
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To: ducttape45

Ping. This may be of interest.


20 posted on 11/21/2022 11:23:30 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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