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AUGUST 8TH. ALL RIGHT, SO A NEW STUDY SHOWS MANY PEOPLE INFECTED WITH COVID-19 ACTUALLY HAVE LONG-TERM MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS, RIGHT? SO RESEARCHERS ARE FINDING ABOUT ONE IN THREE COVID-19 SURVIVORS HAD NEUROLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES LONG AFTER GETTING SICK WLWT NEWS 5’S HELENA. BATTIPAGLIA IS HERE NOW IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE STUDY AND HOW DOCTORS ARE USING THE INFORMATION TO HELP PATIENTS NOW ELENA. WELL, THAT’S RIGHT MIKE AND TREE. THIS IS THE LARGEST STUDY OF ITS KIND INVOLVING THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF MORE THAN 1000 COVID-19 PATIENTS THE MOST COMMON DIAGNOSIS WAS ANXIETY FOUND IN 17% OF THOSE TREATED FOR COVID-19 FOLLOWED BY MOOD DISORDERS FOUND IN 14% OF PATIENTS NOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS ARE MOST SEVERE IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS, BUT STILL EXIST IN THOSE THAT EXPERIENCE MORE MILD SYMPTOMS RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THOSE WITH COVID-19 HAD A 44% INCREASED RISK FOR NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS COMPARED TO PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM THE FLU. WE SPOKE WITH A PHYSICIAN AT UC. HEALTH ABOUT THE FINDINGS HE CALLS THEM UNSURPRISING BECAUSE MANY VIRUSES DO CAUSE AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO THE BRAIN WHICH CAN TRIGGER THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION ANXIETY. PTSD ETC. HE SAYS OUT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT DEVELOPED A BRAIN DISORDER 20% ALREADY HAD ONE BEFORE WHILE THE OTHER 13% DID NOT BUT THE 13% WERE PERFECTLY NORMAL PEOPLE BEFORE THAT NEVER HAD ANY PSYCHIATRIC OR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION AND THEY DEVELOP COMPLICATIONS AFTER THAT SO IT SPARES NOBODY AN EXTERNAL AGENT LIKE A VIRUS WHICH PENETRATES EVERY CELL AND AND THE BRICKS HAVOC. IT REEKS HAVOC ON OUR BRAIN. IT’S LIKE AN ALIEN AN ALIEN INTRUDER INTRUDER INTO OUR BODY AND OUR BRAIN. NOW DOCTORS SAY THESE FINDINGS JUST REITERATE HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO KEEP SEEING YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER EVEN AFTER YOU’VE RECOVERED FROM C