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“Doctor Thira” pointed out that Covid patients have neurological problems for 3-9 months.

14 Jan. 65 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teera Woratanarat Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Posted a message via Facebook, Thira Woratanarat stated that…

has exceeded 331 million

Yesterday around the world, there were 1,880,940 more people, 4,787 more deaths, totaling 331,027,840 people, 5,562,947 total deaths.

The top five with the most infections were the United States, India, Spain, Argentina and France.

The number of new infections every day in the world now. from Asia, Europe and North America which together accounted for 82.23 percent of the world’s population, while the number of deaths accounted for 80.82%.
Recently, the number of new infections from Europe accounted for 39.56 percent of the world, while the number of deaths rose to 53.2%.

Yesterday, the number of new infections was four of the top 10 countries from Europe and 11 of the top 20 in the world.

COVID-19 update

Look at the average number of new infections weekly. You can see that Africa has gone down, Europe, North America and Oceania are stabilizing. The rest of Asia and South America are still climbing.

Long COVID and the nervous system

Nature Medicine, 17 January 2022 issue, published article by Nolen LT et al., summarizing the overall impact of COVID-19 infection. to neurological symptoms

found that infected with COVID-19 It is found that neurological symptoms can occur from the acute phase. and in the subacute phase up to 35-85%

It’s also a long-term problem. There are a variety of pending or long-lasting COVID symptoms.

There was a survey of people aged 30-59 who had been infected with coronavirus. and have problems with thinking and memory Up to 30% of these people reported being unable to do the work they used to be able to do.

certain neurological symptoms It has gradually improved over time, but some are reported to have reappearing and recurring spores over time.

even those who have been infected but do not have to stay in the hospital It is also reported to suffer from neurological symptoms lasting 3-9 months, such as dizziness, depression, thinking and memory problems. including smell and taste There are quite a few people under the age of 65.

Therefore, strict self-defense is necessary.

It’s better not to get infected…

refer
Nolen, L.T., Mukerji, S.S. & Mejia, N.I. Post-acute neurological consequences of COVID-19: an unequal burden. Nat Med (2022).