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| COVID loss of smell and taste... 'but wait, there's more' |
| 2022-03-24 |
| [Aljazeera] Now, researchers at the University of Oxford have conducted the first major peer-reviewed study comparing the brain scans of 785 people, aged 51 to 81 of whom 401 had contracted COVID and 384 had not. There were, on average, 141 days between testing positive for COVID and the second brain scan. The study revealed that, when compared to the scans of a control group, those who tested positive for COVID had greater overall brain shrinkage and more grey matter shrinkage and tissue damage in regions linked to smell and mental capacities months after the initial infection. Although the research does shed some light on the ongoing symptoms of long COVID, I would caution against generalising the findings to the population at large before more research is conducted. Researchers said even though the effects were more pronounced in older people who had been hospitalised for their symptoms, even those with mild symptoms had some changes. "Despite the infection being mild for 96 percent of our participants, we saw a greater loss of grey matter volume, and greater tissue damage in the infected participants, on average 4.5 months after infection," said Professor Gwenaëlle Douaud, lead author on the study. "They also showed greater decline in their mental abilities to perform complex tasks, and this mental worsening was partly related to these brain abnormalities." The study was conducted when the Alpha variant was dominant in Britain and is unlikely to include anyone infected with the Delta variant. The researchers also did not say if vaccination against COVID had any impact on the condition. The scans they did reveal changes in several parts of the brain after people contracted COVID, including: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 My lovely wife says ah'm tasteless in all things but love. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-03-24 23:16 |
| #13 Woodrow. The place is Thai Mango |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-03-24 21:21 |
| #12 COVID makes some people stupid and tasteless Wow! I was finally ahead of the curve! |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-03-24 20:24 |
| #11 COVID makes some people stupid and tasteless Nothing you can't fix with a dry rub or marinade, depending on your cooking method. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-03-24 19:48 |
| #10 So you're saying COVID makes some people stupid and tasteless? |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-03-24 19:12 |
| #9 Where is that M. Murcek? |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2022-03-24 19:09 |
| #8 Since the jab, I've experienced a almost daily craving for Kung Pao Chicken. No problem with memory loss... that I can recall. Every hour you post that. Suspected wife had been exposed after a three hour bender of Rosanne. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-03-24 10:15 |
| #7 similar findings : https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/covid-19-a-biological-weapon-targeting-ethnicity-and-body-systems/ |
| Posted by: 746 2022-03-24 10:04 |
| #6 ^ Damn. I haven't had KP Chix in a long time. Used to be my favorite. There's a Thai place here that serves the hottest food (spicy wise) I have ever eaten, and that's where my Asian food budget goes now. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-03-24 09:21 |
| #5 Since the jab, I've experienced a almost daily craving for Kung Pao Chicken. No problem with memory loss... that I can recall. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-03-24 09:03 |
| #4 Newborn babies’ smell has opposite effects on parents - study |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-03-24 08:58 |
| #3 "The researchers also did not say if vaccination against COVID had any impact on the condition." Why, of course it didn't. That's study #2 I've read in recent days that didn't mention any possible vaccine effects. #2 - Look up the Kassam (sp?) Protocol on possible ways to work on recovering sense of taste/smell. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-03-24 07:46 |
| #2 I have to agree with the Taste and Memory Fog findings. FOOD It took me over a month to regain the taste of Coffee, some meats & potato items. Some foods (Eggs & Beef) still don't taste right or have any taste at all. But Peanut Butter and Apple Jelly sandwiches tasted like they always have before and after? I am willing to bet a lot of Restaurants are getting unearned poor food taste ratings by post C-19 infected dinners also. C-19 BRAIN FOG The C-19 Brain Fog is still showing itself in stupid daily errors and slow down issues. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-03-24 07:29 |
| #1 Maybe you know what a Zombie is ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-03-24 06:00 |