Posted on 01/18/2022 8:26:54 AM PST by Red Badger
COVID-19 infection may have a large neurological and psychiatric impact on as many as one-third of its survivors.
A study published by Lancet Psychiatry finds that insomnia may be one of the most common neurological and psychiatric outcomes from COVID-19. Researchers evaluated the electronic health records of TriNetX, a global health research network, for approximately 236,000 patients, 10 years of age and older, who tested positive for COVID-19 from January 20, 2020 and were recorded as still alive on December 13, 2020 (see table for baseline characteristics). There was an estimated incidence of 14 neurological and psychiatric outcomes in the 6 months following a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, which included (but are not limited to) brain hemorrhage, stroke, muscle disease, dementia, mental health disorders, and insomnia. COVID-19 infection group’s outcomes were compared with flu and other respiratory tract infection groups’ outcomes.
Baseline Characteristics
Characteristics All Patients
Cohort size 236,379 (100.0%)
Age range, years 26.3-65.7
Sex
Male 104,015 (44.0%)
Female 131,460 (55.6%)
Other 904 (0.4%)
Race
White 135,143 (57.2%)
Black, African-American 44,458 (18.8%)
Unknown 48,085 (20.3%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino 37,772 (16.0%)
Not Hispanic or Latino 134,075 (56.7%)
Unknown 64,532 (27.3%)
Researchers found that approximately 34% of their COVID patient population experienced at least 1 of the 14 neurological and/or psychiatric outcomes. While 5.4% of all patients in the study experienced insomnia, the number only increased with infection severity and need for hospitalization. With only 5.2% of non-hospitalized patients experiencing insomnia, the number jumps significantly upon hospital-entry to 6% and again to 7.5% and 10% for Intensive-Therapy-Unit–admitted and encephalopathy patients, respectively. It should be noted, this trend—an escalation in incidence with increased infection severity—was seen throughout the patient population despite neurological or psychiatric outcomes experienced.
Researchers speculate that some potential reasons for the neurological attack is viral invasion of the central nervous system, blood clotting disorders, and/or the toll immune response can take on our nervous system. The risks for these particular diagnoses may be small, but spread across a population can prove to have massive repercussions.
This study is further shedding light on the long-term implications COVID-19 will leave in its wake, plus the need for a more robust healthcare system to meet the needs of its population.
Fauci/China biological warfare virus fear-porn is so 2020.
psychiatric outcomes from COVID-19
We need to start blaming FAUCI for ALL of this. He is the one who paid for this and created the “poison” shots. And who creates a virus like this WITHOUT an ANTIDOTE?
Interesting. I’ve been recovered for about 14 weeks and have had occasional insomnia lately. I rarely had it prior.
I just compensate with a little more brandy.
Nah, it’s climate change that causes insomnia.
I didn’t have insomnia before, during or after.
THIS they can track but how many actually died FROM covid and not WITH covid-THAT they have a problem with? How much do we pay these idiots?
“Survivors”? Don’t think I’ve ever been called that.
I had covid really bad first of December. I am still fatigued and sleep more than usual.
Getting old now in years. It’s common for me to wake up at 3:00 wide awake before covid.
I’m a covid “survivor” as I’ve survived colds all my life and no insomnia at all for me.
We are “survivors” now? I better get treatment for my PTSD.
survivors? wow i feel so fortunate that i barely survived it. twice.
I agree that it’s probably mostly fear-porn meant to scare people not to go for natural immunity over the ‘vax’, but I also agree that it’s interesting. I wonder if the ‘vaccination’ also has similar side effects. There was a Cleveland Clinic study that showed melatonin reduced covid symptoms. Makes you wonder what correclation there is between the viral infection and neurochemistry
Troubled by insomnia? Turn off the television. Close the web browser. Turn off the game console. No electronics.
Take a walk. Find a nice book to read.
The Lancet disgraced itself in 2020. Poo on anything they say.
Is there anything the China virus can’t do? It can give you brain fog, heart problems, make males and females sterile, cause restless anus syndrome, hair loss, heartburn, peripheral neuropathy, peeling skin, covid toes, all sorts of things.
This must be the first time any pathogen can lead to this many long-lasting symptoms. The best one is restless anus syndrome, like we are supposed to believe that.
That must only happen in the Frisco variant.................
Everything is Covid.
I had an employee call with the rare “little bump on the back of my head” covid.
“Ya, my doctor said it could do that.”
I had someone call in with the ever deadly “stye in my eye” covid.
“My doctor said I should get tested anyway.”
When all this nonsense started I read a story about someone who supposedly died of “made all my teeth fall out” covid.
You just never know what those crazy covids are going to do next. It really should be a sitcom on FOX.
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