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We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury (sciencealert.com)

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

what type of abnormalities are they seeing specifically?

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

FTA: Signs of ongoing inflammation in the brainstem, something that is seen in people with traumatic brain injury and people with chronic fatigue syndrome.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

oh, interesting.

so this new study is saying they can see on a small enough scale to find that scientifically consistent and significant inflammation in the brainstem directly linked to covid?