Coronavirus: Are You A Victim Of Post-Covid Brain fog? Know How To Prevent It

After recovering from Covid-19 fatigue, body ache, headache, and sleeplessness can be experienced along with brain fog.

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Brain Fog: After recovering from Covid-19, patients continue to face many health-related issues. Many symptoms post Covid-19 have been reported, also known as "Long Covid". One of them being, not being able to think with clarity after recovering from the disease. Why does it happen that even after testing negative for Covid, a patient's brain does not function properly? In fact, according to doctors, the negative effect of the virus lingers in the body, because of which it causes brain fog.

What is the cause and symptom of brain fog?

Brain fog is also known as blurring of the brain. Blood clots in patients during corona infection can be the cause. After infection, a person's body undergoes a number of changes. This problem can also be caused due to a reduced oxygen supply to the patient's brain during treatment. In addition to the impact of Coronavirus on the other organs of the body, it also has an effect on the brain of the patient.

After recovering from Covid-19 fatigue, body ache, headache, and sleeplessness can be experienced along with brain fog. However, it is not yet clear if this problem persists for a few days or for a longer-term. Due to brain fog, corona patients are likely to suffer from depression. In addition, they also have difficulty concentrating. Patients often complain of loss of appetite and need proper counseling. If the patient encounters this problem, a doctor should be consulted.

Symptoms of "Brain fog long covid" 

According to doctors, patients who recover from corona have to face problems like insomnia, irritability, loss of appetite, and lack of understanding and thinking clearly. The patient may also stammer while speaking, in which case he/she should be taken to the doctor immediately. These patients can be treated easily through proper advice and medication.