Brain Fog and Other <br />Long COVID Symptoms , Can Last Up to a Year, , New Study Finds.<br />The study was published May 24 in the journal <br />'Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.'.<br />It followed 100 patients with long-term COVID, three-quarters of whom were female with an average age of 43.<br />The study found that the neurological effects of long COVID lasted for 15 months on average.<br />A lot of those patients still have difficulties with their cognition that prevent them from working like they used to, Dr. Igor Koralnik, Study Co-Leader, via NBC News.<br />The next step for this is finding out what causes long Covid in the first place and why some people get it and others don’t, Dr. Igor Koralnik, Study Co-Leader, via NBC News.<br />Researchers not involved with the study say its possible that the inflammation caused by significant illness may contribute to the neurological effects.<br />Covid is probably the most severe respiratory illness we have ever had, so it’s no surprise that we are seeing long-term effects from it, Dr. Avindra Nath, National Institutes of Health, Study Co-Leader, via NBC News.<br />Other experts say that the long-term effects of long COVID are extraordinary, and that more studies to isolate them are necessary.<br />Healing shouldn’t last <br />six months or more, Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Johns Hopkins Medicine, via NBC News.<br />Right now we need time to distinguish between the two groups. Patients have to just wait, and that’s really frustrating, Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Johns Hopkins Medicine, via NBC News.<br />But if we had biomarkers to test, we could identify long Covid and intervene early, Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Johns Hopkins Medicine, via NBC News.<br />Biomarkers of long COVID have proved elusive, despite other studies that have sought to identify them.<br />Despite a thorough investigation, we could not demonstrate any evidence of organ damage [or other possible biomarkers], Dr. Michael Sneller, National Institutes of Health, via NBC News.<br />Make no mistake, these people are really suffering. We’re not giving up, Dr. Michael Sneller, National Institutes of Health, via NBC News
