A UK study links two proteins in the blood of hospital patients to thinking and memory problems.
Blood clots in the brain or the lungs might explain some common symptoms of "long Covid", including brain fog and fatigue, a UK study suggests.
It is thought 16% of such patients have trouble thinking, concentrating or remembering for at least six months.But the research team, from the universities of Oxford and Leicester, stress:They are "the first piece of the jigsaw" but further research is needed before they can propose or test any potential treatments
Identifying predictors and possible mechanisms was "a key step" in understanding post-Covid brain fog, study author Prof Paul Harrison, from the University of Oxford, said.Leicester's professor of respiratory medicine, Chris Brightling, said: "It's a combination of someone's health before, the acute event itself and what happens afterwards that lead on to physical and mental health consequences.
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