Posted on 04/07/2021 9:17:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
One in three people who overcome COVID-19 suffer from a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis six months on, according to the largest study so far published on the mental toll that long-COVID takes on survivors.
Authors said the research, printed Wednesday in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, proved that COVID-19 patients were significantly more likely to develop brain conditions than those suffering from other respiratory tract infections.
Studying the health records of more than 230,000 patients who had recovered from COVID-19, they found that 34 percent were diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months.
The most common conditions were anxiety (17 percent of patients) and mood disorders (14 percent).
For 13 percent of patients the disorders were their first diagnosis of a mental health issue.
Incidence of neurological disorders such as brain hemorrhage (0.6 percent), stroke (2.1 percent) and dementia (0.7 percent) was lower overall than for psychiatric disorders but the risk for brain disorders was generally higher in patients who had severe COVID-19.
The authors also examined data from more than 100,000 patients diagnosed with influenza and more than 236,000 diagnosed with any respiratory tract infection.
They found there was overall a 44 percent greater risk of neurological and mental health diagnoses after COVID-19 than after flu, and a 16 percent higher risk than with respiratory tract infections.
Paul Harrison, lead author from the University of Oxford, said that while the individual risk of neurological and psychiatric orders from COVID-19 was small, the overall effect across the global population could prove to be "substantial".
"Many of these conditions are chronic," he said.
"As a result, health care systems need to be resourced to deal with the anticipated need, both within primary and secondary care services."
'Severe impact' Patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 were at great risk of developing long-term conditions, according to the analysis.
For example, 46 percent of patients who needed intensive care were diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric conditions within six months of recovery.
The data showed 2.7 percent of people needing intensive care suffered a subsequent brain hemorrhage, compared to 0.3 percent of people who weren't hospitalized.
And nearly 7 percent of those needing ICU care suffered a stroke, compared with 1.3 percent of patients who didn't.
Writing in a linked comment article, Jonathan Rogers from University College London, said further research was needed on the long-term neurological and psychiatric outcomes among COVID-19 patients.
"Sadly, many of the disorders identified in this study tend to be chronic or recurrent, so we can anticipate that the impact of COVID-19 could be with us for many years," said Rogers, who was not involved in the study.
"It is clear from this study that the impact COVID-19 is having on individuals mental health can be severe," said Lea Milligan, CEO of the MQ Mental Health research group.
"This is contributing to the already rising levels of mental illness and requires further, urgent research."
Bingo.
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Very true...a lot of things can cause anxiety and mental disorders pre Covid or post Covid. My point is to not dismiss a physiological etiology either.
One can be strongly against the lockdowns/ mandates/fear mongering, as I am, BUT I will readily dismiss medical facts either. Pushing a narrative to exclusion to the point of flagrant disregarding of facts and possibilities is wrong whichever side does it.
So many assertions from our “official” sources have been self-contradictory, logically unsound, or demonstrably false that anyone capable of the slightest prudence must now lean on the side of cynicism with regard to all new declarations.
Not necessarily. One also can use common sense and not dismiss evidence because it doesn’t agree with a narrative. Both sides are guilty of that , personally I think the govt is more guilty but that’s my opinion based on common sense and basic science.
The issue before us concerns the article though. I totally disagree with those saying it’s ridiculous or just caused by the lockdowns etc...with the pathophysiology of Covid the incidence of of psychological problems could be more due to the clotting issues than due to sociological issues. But in fairness both may play a role. As mentioned dismissing Covid as a potential reason for the increase in anxiety and mental/psychological disorders.
Well, you go ahead and embrace every new revelation as it comes. I will remain skeptical until I see some REAL science from trusted sources.
Locking people down, closing businesses and mask propaganda 24/7 had nothing to do with it though, right?
Oh it gets even worse...
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210407/erectile-dysfunction-risk-6-times-higher-in-men-with-covid
I did see an article mentioning that one of the jabs is causing shrinkage of the penis. Can’t remember where as I scrolled past it. Perhaps Twitter?
its called science!!!! As i mentioned previously i have a have a CLINICAL background as a perfusionist and in the med device industry...I have seen the effects of microemboli on the body whether it be the brain or kidney. I have seen the effects of “pumphead” syndrome from pts undergoing open heart surgery which would mimic some of the disorders described in the paper.
Its not “embracing every revelation” but rather my using commonsense from KNOWN medical phenomenon from papers and EXPERIENCE and coming to a rational conclusion.
A case in point would be for you to think about what happpens when a pt has a stroke. They get confused, have the propensity for mental/psychological effects due to the stroke. What causes the strokes??? Many variables one of them being clots (as in pts with afib). As I mentioned with COVID many of those pts develop hypercoaguable states and thus have a greater chance of throwing clots to the brain, kidneys (causing renal failure which IS DOCUMENTED).
As i also mentioned these pts if placed on ECMO ROUTINELY clot off their circuits much quicker than non covid pts.
So you can say I am running to “embrace every revelation”. I hate to say it but many here run to embrace the opposite...They run to embrace every skepticism. As someone else here shared they had a family member have severe neurological effects. It was probably due to clotting and embolization to the brain.
So i challenge you....show me where hypercoagulabilty is NOT an issue in covid patients and that the blood clots generated cant travel to the brain and cause damage to the brain. If you can then i will believe you. If not then you are speaking from ignorance.
As a primer to start to show my point here is an article on pump head syndrome
https://www.verywellhealth.com/cognitive-impairment-after-heart-bypass-surgery-4122168
some more on the subject
https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-and-blood-clots#causes
https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351
https://www.elso.org/COVID19.aspx (ELSO is the international training and registry center for all things ECMO. You wnat to know about COVID an ECMO come here. The forst paper has Dr Bartlett, the father of ECMO at Univ of MIch as an author)
https://www.elso.org/Registry/FullCOVID19RegistryDashboard.aspx Here is the registry info for pts on ECMO who have covid...no political spin just the facts as reported voluntarily by hospitals
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32008-0/fulltext ELSO lancet article...just the facts based upon the above registry material.
Well, someone’s panties got bunched.
There is a huge difference between theoretical possibilities and things actually happening. Could COVID cause neurological problems? Sure, why not. Is it? THAT is where the point of contention is.
Nobody would deny that COVID can cause death. Heck, the common cold can cause death in some people. But is it causing death in the numbers that are being claimed? We can almost certainly say NO to that question at this point. So, doubting the official death stats is not the same as doubting that COVID can cause death. And our “official” sources have lied and BSed us for an entire year about the case rate AND death rate.
So why in the world would I take for granted any numbers they put out regarding neurological problems of COVID survivors? I’ll wait until real data from trusted sources come out.
Nope...my “panties are not in a wad” at all.
More than likely it IS causing some of the neurological. Thats not theory but FACT since it has caused strokes. Commonsense and scientific data has shown that to be the case. In fact if you cared to look at what links I posted it shows that to be a high likelihood of the neuro incidents.
To Segway to deaths caused by covid is a nonsequiter since we were, at least I was referencing the article about neuro issues.
Also please name some trusted sources that you would listen to??? Alex Jones???
One of my Sunday School kids was always depressed which she had treated as Anxiety because all the cool kids had it. She got Covid and now has the CFS version of Depression.
I dont know..I was adopted at 6 days old....do you know what nonsequiter means???
non sequitur nŏn sĕk′wĭ-tər, -too͝r″►
n. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.
n. A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it.
n. In law or logic, an inference or a conclusion which does not follow from the premises.
so when we are originally talking about the article and neuro based outcomes, which i have been always CLEARLY refering to, and you start to then mentions deaths by covid you are not following the original premise of what was being discussed...
Also i notice you didnt address ny last question...what sources would you trust???
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