{"id":8861,"date":"2025-03-04T19:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T01:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=8861"},"modified":"2025-03-05T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:58:58","slug":"what-we-know-about-covids-impact-on-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/03\/04\/what-we-know-about-covids-impact-on-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About Covid\u2019s Impact on Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/explainers\/does-covid-lead-to-dementia-how-the-coronavirus-affects-your-brain?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MTA1Nzg0NiwiZXhwIjoxNzQxNjYyNjQ2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTU0s3RzlUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwMEJGMDJBNzYyNTA0RjU0QjY0MjQ5OUNEOEFDRDkxNSJ9.5ge1JLu23UVGTyy3NeGfDRTzdnOZPNXnRt4SOQyy9S0&amp;sref=fnwLs0dR&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawI0jYpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa3vJPEM6Rkzg0dHZGoYCBjnxDbGNjHMOyykzPLkX9bmyM_TRAaDk5nYxw_aem_lPvjYZyvdJ6k5q3HcOfCgA&amp;embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions\u00a0is on the horizon. Five years after the pandemic began, researchers are increasingly recognizing the toll Covid can take on brain health. Many of those who have had the disease struggle with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1004511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persistent<\/a>&nbsp;issues such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/blog\/what-is-covid-19-brain-fog-and-how-can-you-clear-it-2021030822076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brain fog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/news\/2024-08-01-long-term-cognitive-and-psychiatric-effects-covid-19-revealed-new-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">depression<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/eclinm\/article\/PIIS2589-5370(24)00013-0\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cognitive slowing<\/a>, hindering their ability to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanepe\/article\/PIIS2666-7762(23)00097-2\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work<\/a>&nbsp;and otherwise function. Scientists have found that those who have had Covid are more likely to have elevated levels in their blood of the same proteins that are prevalent in people with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-024-03426-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers are concerned that the findings could be early warning signs of a future surge in cases of dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions, prolonging Covid\u2019s societal,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0264999323003632#abs0015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economic<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neurology.org\/doi\/10.1212\/WNL.0000000000209742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health<\/a>&nbsp;burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/explainers\/does-covid-lead-to-dementia-how-the-coronavirus-affects-your-brain?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MTA1Nzg0NiwiZXhwIjoxNzQxNjYyNjQ2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTU0s3RzlUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwMEJGMDJBNzYyNTA0RjU0QjY0MjQ5OUNEOEFDRDkxNSJ9.5ge1JLu23UVGTyy3NeGfDRTzdnOZPNXnRt4SOQyy9S0&amp;sref=fnwLs0dR&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawI0jYpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa3vJPEM6Rkzg0dHZGoYCBjnxDbGNjHMOyykzPLkX9bmyM_TRAaDk5nYxw_aem_lPvjYZyvdJ6k5q3HcOfCgA&amp;embedded-checkout=true\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions\u00a0is on the horizon. Five years after the pandemic began, researchers are increasingly recognizing the toll Covid can take on brain health. Many of those who have had the disease struggle with&nbsp;persistent&nbsp;issues such as&nbsp;brain fog,&nbsp;depression&nbsp;and&nbsp;cognitive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clinical-considerations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8862,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions\/8862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}