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We Just Got More Evidence That Long Covid Is a Brain Injury

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41 points bethemoly | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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metadat ◴[22 Oct 24 02:03 UTC] No.41910462[source]▶
> Signs of brain inflammation were present up to 18 months after first contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Is anyone still recovering from COVID after 3+ years? If it's not permanent is it still to be considered a brain "injury"?

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drannex ◴[22 Oct 24 04:56 UTC] No.41911313[source]▶
Yes. I had complete lung collapse last year due to having COVID in early 2021. It's a very serious thing, and something that shouldn't be understated. Multiple emergency surgeries to save my life, relearning how to breathe and walk, took up a good bit of my life this past year. Some days are worse than others, I hide it well, but it's nearly impossible some days.

I was a skateboarder before, can't even cruise on it without gasping for breath soon after starting.

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1. AndrewKemendo ◴[23 Oct 24 04:59 UTC] No.41921971[source]▶
That sounds terrifying I’m sorry.

Are there any interventions that would prevent this? What was the acute cause that made the collapse happen?