It's a medley of symptoms that can occur months, and even years, after recovering from Covid, according to a new study. 9News
is bad enough. What if you're one of the unlucky people who experience what is called long Covid?
There was also a small, but worrisome risk of being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or delusional thinking. "That doesn't necessarily mean they're getting those symptoms two years later. It means they are just being diagnosed with them.""They can't think, they can't breathe. I have one person whose disease is so severe, they basically can't get out of bed," he said.READ MORE:
The research team looked at the following conditions: anxiety disorders; mood disorders; psychotic disorder; insomnia; cognitive deficit ; dementia; epilepsy or seizures; encephalitis; intracranial hemorrhage; stroke; parkinsonism; Guillain-Barré syndrome; nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders; and neuromuscular and muscle disease.Researchers also looked at deaths from any cause.
Adults over the age of 65 had a 1.2 per cent increase in the risk of being diagnosed with dementia, the study said. There was a threefold increased risk of a psychotic disorder diagnosis in children two years after a COVID-19 infection, Taquet said.
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