Don't Get Sick!
.Lancet Psychiatry published a study measuring the psychiatric and brain neurologic conditions after COVID-19 infection. The authors are from Oxford and Cambridge University in the UK. The findings are essential for clinicians and health policymakers but also laypeople. The study collected 89 million patient records from several countries, including the USA, Australia, the UK, Spain,…
A study from the Icahn School of Medicine in New York showed that brain changes after a COVID-19 infection are similar to those observed in people with Alzheimer’s dementia. Furthermore, in people with Alzheimer’s, the SARS-CoV-2 virus disrupts the blood-brain barrier integrity and causes neuroinflammation that can make dementia worse. The study involved post-mortem examination…
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain from harmful molecules and infections. COVID-19 and the Long COVID syndrome have neurologic and psychiatric effects. This article presents three studies that show evidence that the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can cross the BBB and wreak havoc by itself. Endothelial cells line the inside of the BBB, and…
Why do some people have persistent symptoms after COVID-19? Did something change in the infected person’s body? This is the question answered by a study made with the collaboration of several medical schools in New York. They used golden hamsters that were inoculated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The best animal model that mimics the human…