My comment : this study is high quality af
Abstract
Background
Cognitive impairment can be caused by infections with various pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. Research has yet to determine the true incidence and course of cognitive impairment in older adults following COVID-19. Furthermore, research has theorised that COVID-19 is associated with dementia progression and diagnosis but this association has yet to be fully described.
Methods
A systematic review was registered in Prospero and conducted on the databases PubMed, Embase, Ovid, CENTRAL and Cochrane Library. Studies reporting cognitive impairment and dementia outcomes in post-acute and post-COVID-19 patients aged ≥65 years, and which included control data, were included in this review.
Results
15,124 articles were identified by the search strategy. After eliminating duplicate titles and completing title, abstracts and full-text review, 18 studies were included comprising of 412,957 patients with COVID-19 (46.63 % male) and 411,929 patients without COVID-19 (46.59 % male). The overall mean Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score in COVID-19 patients was 23.34 out of 30 (95 % CI [22.24, 24.43]). indicating cognitive impairment. The overall proportion of patients identified as having new onset cognitive impairment was 65 % (95 % CI [44,81]). Subgroup analyses indicated that time since infection significantly improves overall MoCA score and reduces proportion of patients with cognitive impairment.
Conclusion
This study indicates that cognitive impairment may be an important sequela of COVID-19. Further research with adequate sample sizes is warranted regarding COVID-19’s association with new-onset dementia and dementia progression, and the effect of repeat infections. There is a need for development of diagnostic and management protocols for COVID-19 patients with cognitive impairment.
Nicotine may help. I can’t stress enough that the research is very new, possibly wrong, and might bring more problems that it solves. I’m so sorry for your situation, comrade.
If you have the means, I’d suggest it. I gotta say, my partner has gone 10+ times and they’ve only managed some symptoms. But the effect hasn’t been a full change.
I also realise that you might be in a situation where neurologists are super expensive or very hard to access. I’m very pro “go see a doctor” but the positiveness may not necessarily outweight what negatives you all are facing by going. But if it’s doable, give it a try.
Hilarious if my nicotine addiction is the reason I haven’t had any COVID issues despite my general lack of self care.
The years of DARE propaganda continue to do unimaginable harm.
I was getting blazed everyday during the pandemic while working in covid response, I am attributing my relatively good health to the weed in my lungs forming a protective barrier around them and stopping the covid
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not to advocate for smoking personally, I use a dry herb vape and make edibles recently.
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Time to replace those pictures of lung cancer on the packaging with pictures of the galaxy brain meme