Bell said, experts believe that the symptoms are caused by “an inflammatory reaction to the virus” that can affect the brain as well as the rest of the body. Surveys by patient-led groups have also found that many Covid survivors with long-term symptoms were never hospitalized for the disease. This month, a study that analyzed electronic medical records in California found that nearly a third of the people struggling with long Covid symptoms - like shortness of breath, cough and abdominal pain - did not have any signs of illness in the first 10 days after they tested positive for the coronavirus. The report, in which the average patient age was 43, underscores the emerging understanding that for many people, long Covid can be worse than their initial bouts with the infection, with a stubborn and complex array of symptoms. Koralnik, the chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine, who oversees the clinic and is the senior author of the study. “We are seeing people who are really highly, highly functional individuals, used to multitasking all the time and being on top of their game, but, all of a sudden, it’s really a struggle for them,” said Dr. The study of 100 patients from 21 states, published on Tuesday in The Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, found that 85 percent of them experienced four or more neurological issues like brain fog, headaches, tingling, muscle pain and dizziness. Now, the clinic, which sees about 60 new patients a month, in-person and via telemedicine, has published the first study focused on long-term neurological symptoms in people who were never physically sick enough from Covid-19 to need hospitalization, including Ms. Khan was referred to a special clinic for Covid-related neurological symptoms at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, which has been evaluating and counseling hundreds of people from across the country who are experiencing similar problems. And during a debate about politics with her husband, Zayd Hayani, “I didn’t remember what I was trying to say or what my stance was,” she said.īy the end of the year, Ms. Trying to concentrate on a call for her job in financial services, she felt as if she had just come out of anesthesia. ![]() She also developed “really intense brain fog,” she said. One leg started to tingle, and her hands would tremble while putting on eyeliner. She had ringing in her ears, and everything began to smell like cigarettes or Lysol. She had blurred vision encircled with strange halos. After all, she was just 25, and healthy.īut weeks later, she said, “this weird constellation of symptoms began to set in.” ![]() In the fall, after Samar Khan came down with a mild case of Covid-19, she expected to recover and return to her previous energetic life in Chicago.
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