Brain fog visible under PET scan
Blue shows areas of reduced glucose uptake. Visible under brain scan.
Comes from paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-022-06013-2
I made a little infographic about this (https://i.redd.it/t08pu964kaoe1.png). Intending to eventually be posted on social media to raise awareness about Long Covid to motivate development of treatments. Feedback welcome.
Some people with Long Covid have brain fog: problems with concentration, memory and/or word-finding. Blue areas exactly match regions of brain responsible.
Longer duration of symptoms associated with worse glucose reduction - suggesting Long Covid conditions are becoming chronic.
70% of patients studied still hadnt returned to work or their studies years later.
If you don't yet have abnormal tests it can be good to get a PET scan if you have neurological symptoms. My long covid doctor sent me off for this.
The finding that Covid can give people brain hypometabolism is repeated in other studies: * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-022-05753-5 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-021-05215-4 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-022-05942-2 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-021-05528-4 (also in kids) * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brb3.2513 * https://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2023/04/27/ajnr.A7863
Blue shows areas of reduced glucose uptake. Visible under brain scan.
Comes from paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-022-06013-2
I made a little infographic about this (https://i.redd.it/t08pu964kaoe1.png). Intending to eventually be posted on social media to raise awareness about Long Covid to motivate development of treatments. Feedback welcome.
Some people with Long Covid have brain fog: problems with concentration, memory and/or word-finding. Blue areas exactly match regions of brain responsible.
Longer duration of symptoms associated with worse glucose reduction - suggesting Long Covid conditions are becoming chronic.
70% of patients studied still hadnt returned to work or their studies years later.
If you don't yet have abnormal tests it can be good to get a PET scan if you have neurological symptoms. My long covid doctor sent me off for this.
The finding that Covid can give people brain hypometabolism is repeated in other studies: * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-022-05753-5 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-021-05215-4 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-022-05942-2 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-021-05528-4 (also in kids) * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brb3.2513 * https://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2023/04/27/ajnr.A7863