Excerpt of Interview with Dr. Dong Yuhong, Virologist and Chief Scientist of a Biotechnology Firm in Europe.
One of the most common side effects of COVID-19 is neurological and psychiatric symptoms. A few large scale studies have discovered that COVID-19 infection can increase the risk of dementia, Alzheimers’ and Parkinson’s diseases. But there are ways to protect your brain.
COVID-19 Can Increase the Risk of Dementia by 69 Percent
In August 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry published a study on the neuropsychiatric sequelae caused by COVID-19. The study drew health records of more than 1 million people and showed that six months after the infection, symptoms of dementia went up by 33 percent [1][1]….