Is there any evidence for this except for fake news sites?
I mean, yes, any sickness can potentially cause 'long term injury' - stroke as a consequence of the common cold is very common, for example - but do we have any evidence that Covid-19 is any worse in this regard than regular coronaviruses, rhinoviruses or influenza?
In effect, while it takes couple of weeks of potentially intensive treatment to tackle covid-19 infection, a notable fragment of survivors suffer longer-term consequences that so far have lasted for months. Early cases hinted at lung tissue scarring being the driver, but more recently the cases look to be from more varied after-effects.
One might question whether a time window of months is sufficient to qualify as "long term", but let's keep in mind this virus has been known for only a year.
0: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/15/long-covid-wha...
[0] = I wasn't that ill when I got it, just a bit feverish for a few days - took 5 weeks until I got 2 consecutive negative tests to prove I was clear
Now, who is to say that the two are related, this is obviously anecdotal and the one might have easily happened without the other, I had some pretty bad O2 dips though and before everything was fine. So for me the correlation is strong enough to believe there is a connection. But the physical aspect is so strong that for me that is 1:1 related for sure. The mental part is not such an easy to point out difference, it is far more subtle.
Fogginess is an excellent description by the way, that's exactly it.
You're right that this is anecdotal and as the saying goes the plural of anecdote is not data ... but in my case the change was pretty stark - I was ok, then I was ill, then I recovered and was no longer ill but I felt like my brain was half-asleep most of the time. It sounds like you were the same.
One possible thing is that I've in the past felt a bit mentally dull during times where I haven't done much intensive physical activity. And obviously with gyms being closed and amateur sport cancelled I've only really been able to go for hikes which isn't quite the same. So my one remaining hope is that things snap back into place a bit once this is over - but who knows.
In any case I hope for both our sakes we can figure out what's going on and how it can be alleviated (if not fixed entirely)
edit: Case in point, and I only noticed it now, my previous comment reads 'though' when I meant to write 'through'. That's the sort of thing that happens much too frequently now.
Look for a doctor who specialize in this disease
FWIW the evms guide has a section about possible long COVID treatment.
https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_...
It's a pretty weird feeling, as if your sharp knife has suddenly gone dull, it is hard to describe the 'before' and 'after' because I'm both subject and observer but it definitely feels off.
The other day there was an article about Alzheimer's stages, and the first stage read like an exact description of what I'm experiencing. We'll see in some time if this is permanent, whether it heals or whether it gets worse. If it stays as it is that would be acceptable, if it heals that would be preferable and the third alternative is one I'd rather not think of.
It took six months to feel back to mostly normal after the worst initial month of symptoms went away.
Thank you for the support.
But there's the rub: is this really true? Rhinoviruses seem to be a major precursor to e.g. strokes, and I'm pretty sure more than 0.1 percent of people die of strokes. (Not to mention heart disease.)
Although the denialist conspirators tone of your comments is pretty telling, anyway here's a link to a Nature article on long lasting health problems caused by covid.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02598-6
Educate yourself and stop spreading denialist bullshit.
>do we have any evidence that Covid-19 is any worse in this regard than regular coronaviruses, rhinoviruses or influenza
Maybe you should work on your reading comprehension before accusing someone else of spreading bullshit.