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Covid can shrink brain and damage its tissue
- awb 5y agoFYI, not necessarily permanent damage: > The effects were more pronounced in older people and those hospitalised by the disease, but still evident in others whose infections were mild or asymptomatic, the research suggested, which was published in the journal Nature. > Further scans are needed to determine whether these brain changes are permanent or partially reversible. > “The brain is plastic, which means that it can re-organise and heal itself to some extent, even in older people,” said Prof Gwenaëlle Douaud at the University of Oxford.
- guilhas 5y agoIt would be interesting to know if being vaccinated makes a difference
- raxxorrax 5y agoOr if you get brain damage too. To be honest and perhaps we will never know, discussion on the topic made me believe that brain damage was just as endemic as Covid now is.
- Ancalagon 5y agoAlso wondering if the brain damage might have had something to do with the increase in violence/petty crime we saw within the last year or so. Maybe its more than just people being cooped up all the time.