CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — New research by Northwestern Medicine connected what some call “brain fog” with COVID-19.
One of the study participants, Samantha Lewis, contracted COVID-19 in October of 2020.
Since then she has struggled with anxiety, memory loss, fatigue and remembering her daily routine.
“It was odd that a 34-year-old – or 33-year-old at the time – couldn’t stay awake past noon or couldn’t remember the steps to brush their teeth,” Lewis told CBS 2 Chicago.
Dr. Barbara Hanson, who is with the Northwestern Medicine Neuro COVID-19 research lab, said some patients may have felt they weren’t taken seriously when talking about their symptoms.
“Many patients probably feel that their symptoms are dismissed – or, as it were, just might be all in their heads,” Hanson told CBS 2 Chicago.
The research found that the symptoms are not all in their heads.
It found evidence of COVID-19-related brain inflammation and brain damage.
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