As people with long-haul COVID-19 continue to recover from their illness, neurocognitive symptoms may persist or even worsen over time, according to researchers at DePaul University. Their study is published in
Long-haul COVID-19 is defined as the existence of serious, prolonged symptoms 3 months after contracting the SARS CoV-2 virus.
Psychologist Leonard A. Jason led the study comparing those with long-haul COVID-19 with patients who have myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
Many other symptoms of long-haul COVID-19 do appear to improve over time, which diverges from the experience of most with ME/CFS, the researchers suggest, in a media release from DePaul University.