Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/jgOpwuaA4cA   Survivors of severe CoVid infections suffer deficits in their cognitive functions equivalent to 20 years of aging or the loss of 10 IQ points.  British researchers at the Cambridge NeuroCOVID Group compared the cognitive functioning of 46 persons 6 months following a bout of severe CoVid with the performance of 460 healthy, matched controls.   Those who were CoVid-infected mounted slower and more incorrect responses than the matched healthy controls on computerized cognitive tests measuring reasoning, attention, and memory.  The deficits were markedly worse for those who had required mechanical ventilation.  When followed out to 10 months, some but not many evidenced slow improvement.   https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(22)00147-X/fulltext#%20   #CoVid #longcovid #cognition #memory #attention