Early in the pandemic, doctors noticed the sickest patients had high numbers of blood clots, which caused problems and killed patients long after they left the hospital. Some long COVID researchers suspect something similar may cause puzzling symptoms of long COVID.
Symptoms of long Covid experienced by children and young people may change over time, according to the largest study of its kind published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe.
Long COVID being a relatively new medical condition, has been subjected to lots of misinformation and minimization due to its legitimacy as a physical illness.
According to researchers, COVID-19 patients struggling with severe neurological symptoms exhibit signs of impairment in the blood-brain barrier, and changes in brain structure depending on the severity of their symptoms.