It was established during the early days of the pandemic that besides the respiratory system, Covid virus is known to leave a deep impact on the brain, with researchers concluding that brain infection could cause neurological symptoms. TheHealthSite.com
A recent study from Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin suggests that persistent post-COVID symptoms like headaches and fatigue may result from body inflammation and not direct brain infection. Analyzing brain tissue from deceased patients, researchers found no direct virus presence in neurons but noted temporary molecular changes correlating with acute infection. Read on to know more about the research. , Health News, Times Now
A 2022 study found SARS-CoV-2 in the stool of about half of the participants in the first week after infection. At four months, there was no virus present in the respiratory tract but 12.7% of stool samples were RNA positive. A further 3.8% of fecal samples remained positive for RNA at seven months.
Researchers found the risks associated with acute COVID-19 infection significantly outweighed the rare risk of post-vaccine myocarditis in young adults.