Getting Through the Fog: Recognizing and Treating COVID-19-Related Cognitive Disorientation

Here’s how some people with COVID-19 experience brain fog and when to seek medical attention for these neurological problems.

The most typical COVID-19 symptoms include fever, coughing, lethargy, and shortness of breath. Nonetheless, up to 65% of cases have neurological symptoms—those that impact the brain and nerve system. Brain fog is one such health risk that isn’t frequently mentioned. The length of this post-recovery illness varies from several months to years. In this post, we’ll talk about how COVID-19 can make some people feel foggy-headed and when to seek medical attention for these neurological problems.

Brain Fog: What Is It?

There is no medical diagnosis for brain fog. As an alternative, it’s a broad phrase for the state of being cognitively sluggish, hazy, or disoriented. Many COVID-19 patients who have recovered have reported experiencing memory loss, confusion, dizziness, and difficulty understanding normal conversations.

Other effects of Brain-Fog that have been documented are:

• Temporary Memory Loss Issues Bringing Issues into Focus Specializing Issues Trying to Find Words
• Having trouble getting out of bed
• Uncertainty
• PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder

Why Does Brain Fog Occur?

Studies to determine the probable source of brain fog in COVID-19 patients are not yet available. Brain fog can be exacerbated by underlying medical issues, prescription drugs, dietary choices, lifestyle choices, depression, sleep deprivation, inactivity, and deficiencies in certain vitamins and hormones. Other serious risk factors for COVID-19-related brain fog include oxygen deprivation, exhaustion from fighting the infection, clotting, damage to the kidney and other organs, and serious complications during the illness.

Treatment

Brain fog following COVID-19 is genuine, though. It is not, however, permanent. Reducing brain fog can be achieved by leading an active and healthy lifestyle. Other helpful things are:

• Maintaining a nutritious diet

• Obtaining restful sleep

• Get your brain working.

• Think About Therapy Induced by Constraints

It’s critical to see a doctor right away if you believe your mental symptoms are serious and don’t go better in a few weeks.