The Covid-19 virus does not go away from a person’s body even after the disease is cured. scientists have new study It has been said that it settles in the human skull and brain. This has been revealed in a German study. According to the study, this virus continues to affect the brain even years after infection. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) found that the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 takes up residence in the protective layer of our brain and remains there for about 4 years after infection.
The research team found that these spike proteins cause long-term inflammation in affected individuals and may increase a person’s risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases. Director of the Helmholtz Institute for Intelligent Biotechnology in Munich, Prof. According to Ali Ertürk, its long-term effects include accelerated brain aging that reduces the brain’s ability to function properly by 5 to 10 years.
This study has been published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. Due to the presence of this Covid virus in the body, some other symptoms are also seen in the affected person. For example, he starts complaining of headaches, sleep patterns may get disturbed, and he may also suffer from brain fog in which the person may have cognitive impairment. This affects the ability to hear, understand and recognize.
About 5 to 10 percent of people infected with Covid remain under the influence of ‘long Covid’. According to which the presence of spike protein can be found in about 40 crore people in the world. The good news here is that its vaccine reduces the process of its accumulation in the brain. However, in experiments conducted on rats, it was found to reduce only by 50 percent.
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