Two new studies analysing the impact of Long Covid have found that complications persisting from the infection are primarily brain related, and not heart and lung conditions, as previously thought.
The studies, which took place in the Mater Hospital’s Long Covid Clinic in partnership with North Dublin GPs, have determined that psychological and psychiatric problems, such as anxiety and depression, are much more prevalent in Long Covid patients than in the general public. Patients with no previous history of depression or anxiety prior to their Covid-19 infection are now presenting to the clinic with neurological conditions.
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