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Covid brain fog and anxiety9/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() John Bonfiglio, 64, reported many such symptoms after he recovered from a serious bout with Covid-19 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Cooney reports. Teodor Postolache, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, estimates that "between 30% and 50% of people with infection that has clinical manifestations are going to have some form of mental health issues," ranging from "anxiety or depression but also nonspecific symptoms that include fatigue, sleep, and waking abnormalities, a general sense of not being at your best, not being fully recovered in terms of the abilities of performing academically, occupationally, potentially physically." And that's on top of the long-term physical symptoms Covid-19 can cause, including damage to the heart, kidneys, and liver, Cooney reports. Further, experts told STAT News that, in addition to mood disorders, they've seen patients who recovered from their coronavirus infections experience neuropsychological symptoms including dizziness, numbed limbs, brain fog, long-term loss of smell and taste, muscle weakness, and nerve damage so severe that patients struggled to walk. How Covid-19 will impact behavioral health services Patients experience numbness, anxiety, and fatigue well after Covid-19 'recovery'Īccording to Cooney, early reports from China and Europe revealed that some patients recovering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, experienced anxiety and depression. Up to one-third of people who had Covid-19 report lingering neurological and psychological symptoms due to the disease, ranging from numb limbs to a mental slowness some people are calling "Covid fog"-a finding that "reflect a growing consensus that the disease can have lasting impact on the brain," Elizabeth Cooney reports for STAT News. ![]()
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