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"'I Feel Like I Have Dementia': Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors/The condition is affecting thousands of patients, impeding their ability to work and function in daily life."

It?s becoming known as Covid brain fog: troubling cognitive symptoms that can include memory loss, confusion, difficulty focusing, dizziness and grasping for everyday words....

?There are thousands of people who have that,? said Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuro-infectious disease at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, who has already seen hundreds of survivors at a post-Covid clinic he leads.... Leading theories are that it arises when the body?s immune response to the virus doesn?t shut down or from inflammation in blood vessels leading to the brain.... 

?It is debilitating,? said Rick Sullivan, 60, of Brentwood, Calif.... ?I become almost catatonic. It feels as though I am under anesthesia.?... 

When [Erica] Taylor, 31, contracted the virus in mid-June, she thought she?d need only a brief break... One morning, ?everything in my brain was white static,? she said. ?I was sitting on the edge of the bed, crying and feeling ?something?s wrong, I should be asking for help,? but I couldn?t remember who or what I should be asking. I forgot who I was and where I was.?... She resumed working in early August, but her mind wandered and reading emails was ?like reading Greek,? she said. By September, her employer urged a 13-week leave. ?They finally landed on ?You?re going to have to step away,?? said Ms. Taylor, who requested to volunteer for the nonprofit while on leave but was told no. ?I?m gutted, to be honest.?

Much more at the link. Very disturbing stories. I hope this will be read and understood by those of you who've taken to saying that you hope you just get the disease and so you can get past it.  

And what if President Trump were experiencing symptoms of this kind. Would he admit it? I don't think he would. Perhaps he wouldn't even admit it to himself, but I'm pretty sure he'd tell us he feels great, tippy-top.

Full post as published by Althouse on October 12, 2020 (boomark / email).