Most people who have recovered from coronavirus infection are faced with problems of attention, remembering information, etc.. The scientific work carried out by scientists at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London made it possible to obtain data confirming that COVID-19, having a negative effect on certain parts of the brain, causes a change in mental abilities, reducing a person's IQ by almost 10 points.

In the results of the study. Published on the pages of the eClinicalMedicine publication, it is reported that six months after the disease, cognitive changes begin to appear associated with memory deterioration, information processing speed, decreased attention, the appearance of "

Conducted among UK residents who have had COVID-19, the survey found that almost one in seven recovered people had the above complaints. Many also reported sleep disturbance and insomnia, increased anxiety as early as 3 months after the acute phase of the disease..

Analysis of the results of the examination of patients who underwent severe COVID-19 and were on a ventilator showed a decrease in cognitive abilities when passing tests six months after treatment. Testing included: verbal reasoning by analogy, measuring memory, thinking, attention, as well as measuring the level of anxiety symptoms, depressive changes.

“The test results showed a decrease in the ability to quickly process information by the participants in the experiment, solve complex problems, and also remember information..

It is possible that the violations in the supply of brain tissues with oxygen, thrombosis of both large and small vessels that occurred during infection and illness, could become the main factors that influenced the occurrence of these negative consequences.. Brain studies have shown changes that usually begin to appear in people over the age of 50,” the study says..

And although the majority of recovered people gradually restore their cognitive functions, scientists still do not exclude that some of those who have had a coronavirus infection will not be able to fully recover..

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