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Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘control centre’, research says

Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘control centre’, research says



Scans of people hospitalised with Covid may explain the long-term breathlessness and fatigue some patients experienceSevere Covid infections can drive inflammation in the brain’s “control centre”, researchers say, leading to damage that may explain the long-term breathlessness, fatigue and anxiety some patients experience.High-resolution MRI scans of 30 people hospitalised with Covid early in the pandemic, before the introduction of vaccines, found signs of inflammation in the brainstem, a small but critical structure that governs life-sustaining bodily functions such as breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/08/severe-covid-infections-can-inflame-brains-control-centre-research-says

Author : Ian Sample Science editor

Publish date : 2024-10-07 23:01:15

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