Norwegian doctors have found that severe and mild forms of coronavirus infection increase by about five times the likelihood of long-term memory problems even months after recovery. The results of the research are published in the scientific journal “JAMA Network Open”.
Our observations show that even eight months after recovery, memory problems in former Covid-19 carriers are significantly more common than in healthy volunteers. In addition, about 82% of patients who complain of memory impairment have had other health problems, the researchers wrote.
Doctors led by Arn Sooras of the University of Oslo conducted one of the first long-term observations to study how memory changes in leeks who have had various forms of coronavirus infection.
Observations have shown that any form of SARS-CoV-2 infection significantly increases the likelihood of developing long-term memory problems. Compared to healthy volunteers, former Kovid-19 carriers have complained of such problems 4-5 times more often, even eight months after their recovery, BGNES reports.
The researchers found that about 82% of patients subsequently had other health problems and complained of impaired ability to concentrate. Such problems were not registered among the participants from the control group or were very rare.
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