{"id":12216,"date":"2021-04-23T23:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=12216"},"modified":"2021-04-23T23:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:50:41","slug":"sleepless-after-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/sleepless-after-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleepless After COVID-19: Lasting Impact on Brain and Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now, most are fully aware that COVID-19 is not merely a respiratory viral infection. About <\/span>one-quarter<\/span><\/a> of those who get sick experience neurological symptoms in addition to the well-known flu-like symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the loss of smell and taste, headaches, dizziness, and brain fog are not the only effects that this \u201ccoronavirus\u201d has on our brain\u2019s health and performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A new <\/span>Oxford study<\/span><\/a> found out that<\/span> 34% of those who recover from COVID-19 develop neurological and psychological conditions <\/b>within the first six months.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study, involving over <\/span>230,000 COVID-19 patients<\/b>,<\/span> showed that insomnia, anxiety (17%), and mood disorders (14%) are the most frequent post-infection diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, neurological consequences like stroke, dementia, and others are <\/span>less frequent<\/span><\/a>. Nonetheless, they are <\/span>more present in former corona patients<\/b> than in the general population.<\/span><\/p>\n

That said, the reasons behind these \u201c<\/span>long haulers<\/span><\/a>\u201d are not yet known. What\u2019s even more confusing is that the severity of the infection has little to do with the risk of developing them.<\/span><\/p>\n

26%<\/span><\/a> of those that overcame COVID-19 have sleeping issues like insomnia and <\/span>sleep apnea<\/span>. COVID-19-induced insomnia is sometimes caused by <\/span>anxiety<\/span> and fear of falling asleep due to a \u201cfeeling of drowning\u201d or the fear of stopping breathing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those with post-COVID-19 sleep apnea keep waking up due to <\/span>oxygen saturation<\/span><\/a> drop. According to health professionals, this can be caused by <\/span>incurred neurological abnormalities in their breathing control center<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These sleep disturbances can lead to other severe conditions. For example, people with insomnia have a <\/span>28% higher risk<\/span> of developing <\/span>diabetes<\/span>. Furthermore, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure \u2014 a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sleep apnea patients can benefit from <\/span>CPAP machines<\/span><\/a> to prevent drops in oxygen saturation. In any case, post-COVID-19 recovery centers are being constructed worldwide to answer the coronavirus survivors\u2019 specific health needs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now, most are fully aware that COVID-19 is not merely a respiratory viral infection. About one-quarter of those who get sick experience neurological symptoms in addition to the well-known flu-like symptoms. But the loss of smell and taste, headaches, dizziness, and brain fog are not the only effects that this \u201ccoronavirus\u201d has on our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}