Experts looked at the medical records of 6.2 million people. They were 65 or older at the time of the illness. Main condition – they didn’t have Alzheimer’s before. It turned out that if we compare sick and non-sick people, we can clearly draw a sad trend: among those who have had covid, the chances of getting sick irreversible cognitive impairment almost doubled.
– If this increase in new Alzheimer’s cases continues, the wave will be significant and it can deplete medical and financial resources, ”says one of the study’s authors, Professor Pamela Davis.
While we are talking about the first year after the disease. But perhaps the risks are high even afterwards. No longer-term observations have been made so far. The mechanism of association of COVID-19 with Alzheimer’s disease is still unclear – causes it or accelerates its appearance.
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