Long COVID-19 could lead to small impacts on cognitive function and memory, according to researchers at the Imperial College London.
According to their findings, people with unresolved persistent symptoms following COVID-19 had an IQ score that would equate to six points lower than individuals who had never tested positive for the virus.
Meanwhile, individuals who had previously been infected with COVID-19 but had resolved symptoms, had an IQ equivalent to three points lower on a typical IQ scale. The researchers classified this difference in cognitive score as “small.”
Promisingly, the authors found that individuals with “resolved persistent symptoms” had global cognitive deficits similar to those with shorter duration symptoms....
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