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They Had Mild Covid. Then Their Serious Symptoms Kicked In.
A new study illuminates the complex array of neurological issues experienced by people months after their coronavirus infections.
The New York Times
By Pam Belluck
March 23, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ETIn the fall, after Samar Khan came down with a mild case of Covid-19, she expected to recover and return to her previous energetic life in Chicago. After all, she was just 25, and healthy.
But weeks later, she said, “this weird constellation of symptoms began to set in.”
She had blurred vision encircled with strange halos. She had ringing in her ears, and everything began to smell like cigarettes or Lysol. One leg started to tingle, and her hands would tremble while putting on eyeliner.
She also developed “really intense brain fog,” she said. Trying to concentrate on a call for her job in financial services, she felt as if she had just come out of anesthesia. And during a debate about politics with her husband, Zayd Hayani, “I didn’t remember what I was trying to say or what my stance was,” she said.
By the end of the year, Ms. Khan was referred to a special clinic for Covid-related neurological symptoms at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, which has been evaluating and counseling hundreds of people from across the country who are experiencing similar problems.
Now, the clinic, which sees about 60 new patients a month, in-person and via telemedicine, has published the first study focused on long-term neurological symptoms in people who were never physically sick enough from Covid-19 to need hospitalization, including Ms. Khan.
The study of 100 patients from 21 states, published on Tuesday in The Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, found that 85 percent of them experienced four or more neurological issues like brain fog, headaches, tingling, muscle pain and dizziness.
- Oh goodie.Nairn
- EVERY scientist (and Pam Belluck is not one) will tell you that 100 patients is way too small of a group to gather any real conclusions.pr2
- This is equivalent to listening to your racist uncle bitching about all black people because he was robbed by one at 17.pr2
- there‘s also talk about treatements around...like the use of the vaccine after infection resulted in reducing the long covid issues.uan
- Glad to hear internet commenters know more that NYT reporters. I feel much safer.instrmntl
- it‘s a comment from the old continent...and you know, our days start earlier.uan
- it's a bit sad when NYT is being considering as apex of scientific knowledge especially when actual science papers are easily available.pr2
- Pr2 weren’t you just using your personal sample size of 4 to wish covid away?robotinc
- yes, yes i was. i used a sample of 4. yes. yes i did.pr2
- nobody said NYT is hte apex of scientific knowledge you hyperbolic fucktard, but we do recognize they have journalistic integritymonospaced
- what people here don't have patience for are anti-maskers desperately grabbing at hypothetical figures, and using SHIT MATH to make nonsense conclusionsmonospaced
- mono, you hay-for-brains dummy, you've proven many times that you don't understand math.pr2
- that isn't true in the slightest, and you won't find a single person here that agrees with you on that matter, lolmonospaced