Has there been any links found connecting Covid and Parkinson’s
I first was infected with Covid 2 years ago. I recovered after a week. Four months later was infected by long Covid. Now four months later, I’ve been diagnosed with Parkinson’s..
I was just wondering if anybody was doing research on a link between the two?
Some deal with patients who contract the virus while others explore the causality you suspect. Salon featured two articles on the subject, focusing on the last part. Sorry!
I contracted long Covid in 2020, at least I think. As was the situation at the start of the pandemic, it was several weeks before I could get tested - I was negative- and I was largely condescended to and dismissed by the medical community. I went to the ER on two separate occasions for shortness of breath, and unusually high blood pressure. I was given strong blood pressure meds and sent on my way. It was a pretty terrifying time. My chest hurt so much I couldn't wear a bra, but those kinds of symptoms made sense. What was more strange at the time were the neurological symptoms. Sometimes it felt like my head would explode. It wasn't a headache, although I had those too. No, it felt more like my skull wasn't big enough to fit my brain. I also had episodes of numbness and/or tingling in my arms and hands. And unlike the tight band around the chest making it harder to breathe that other's reported, I also had periods where I could swear my brain wasn't signalling my lungs to work, or the signal was getting jammed, and I would become conscious of my not breathing and "make myself" start breathing again. None of the basic tests performed on me showed anything amiss. It took well over a year to feel anywhere near normal again, and I remember telling my now-husband that I felt like I had aged ten years in one year. I would not be surprised at all to find my IQ has dropped. I still battle brain fog, issues with memory, focus and cognition in general. I think it's harder for people to see it in me because this cognitive diminishing started from a higher than average competency and IQ. I can still do my job, but it's a lot damn harder than it used to be. And I have to take medication for anxiety. And I now have RA. Luckily I'm on a medication that has the added bonus of reducing inflammation, and that has probably helped more than anything else. I'm angry that the news isn't warning people of the threat we still face from recurrent Covid infections. I've only recently discovered that things with this virus really are still bad. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I can't afford to lose much more cognitive ability, and more people need to know about the risks!
Hi Jessica. Would it be possible for me to send full access of this article to a friend? Do I have to pay for the article separately from my subscription with you? She wants to know why I am not living in the real world, and this might open her eyes to why I keep up mall precautions. Thanks very much for all that you do here.
Has there been any links found connecting Covid and Parkinson’s
I first was infected with Covid 2 years ago. I recovered after a week. Four months later was infected by long Covid. Now four months later, I’ve been diagnosed with Parkinson’s..
I was just wondering if anybody was doing research on a link between the two?
There are about 880 studies of the virus versus Parkinson's referenced here.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/docsum?text=parkinsons&sort=date%20desc
Some deal with patients who contract the virus while others explore the causality you suspect. Salon featured two articles on the subject, focusing on the last part. Sorry!
1) https://www.salon.com/2023/04/24/long-parkinsons/
2) https://www.salon.com/2023/08/13/long-is-devastating-and-far-from-rare-as-infections-rise-again-why-are-we-still-ignoring-it/
Yep. I would have to dig, but Covid neurological damage causes conditions very similar to Parkinson's and there's a big connection.
I contracted long Covid in 2020, at least I think. As was the situation at the start of the pandemic, it was several weeks before I could get tested - I was negative- and I was largely condescended to and dismissed by the medical community. I went to the ER on two separate occasions for shortness of breath, and unusually high blood pressure. I was given strong blood pressure meds and sent on my way. It was a pretty terrifying time. My chest hurt so much I couldn't wear a bra, but those kinds of symptoms made sense. What was more strange at the time were the neurological symptoms. Sometimes it felt like my head would explode. It wasn't a headache, although I had those too. No, it felt more like my skull wasn't big enough to fit my brain. I also had episodes of numbness and/or tingling in my arms and hands. And unlike the tight band around the chest making it harder to breathe that other's reported, I also had periods where I could swear my brain wasn't signalling my lungs to work, or the signal was getting jammed, and I would become conscious of my not breathing and "make myself" start breathing again. None of the basic tests performed on me showed anything amiss. It took well over a year to feel anywhere near normal again, and I remember telling my now-husband that I felt like I had aged ten years in one year. I would not be surprised at all to find my IQ has dropped. I still battle brain fog, issues with memory, focus and cognition in general. I think it's harder for people to see it in me because this cognitive diminishing started from a higher than average competency and IQ. I can still do my job, but it's a lot damn harder than it used to be. And I have to take medication for anxiety. And I now have RA. Luckily I'm on a medication that has the added bonus of reducing inflammation, and that has probably helped more than anything else. I'm angry that the news isn't warning people of the threat we still face from recurrent Covid infections. I've only recently discovered that things with this virus really are still bad. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I can't afford to lose much more cognitive ability, and more people need to know about the risks!
Hi Jessica. Would it be possible for me to send full access of this article to a friend? Do I have to pay for the article separately from my subscription with you? She wants to know why I am not living in the real world, and this might open her eyes to why I keep up mall precautions. Thanks very much for all that you do here.