It is not easy to accept the fact but yes scientists with their new study predict that COVID-19 shrink parts of the brain. The study also adds evidence is mounting that people can still suffer from illness related to COVID-19 after many months of infection called Long COVID.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said, “Certain areas of their brain showed a decline in actual tissue — a shrinkage of parts of their brain. It’s very concerning because it does suggest that the virus could be having a direct effect on certain portions of the brain. ... And I think what it suggests is that the balance of the information that we’re accruing does indicate that COVID is a disease that could create persistent symptoms.” 

Some of those persistent illnesses long after coronavirus infection include ongoing abnormally fast heart rates, Gottlieb said, which might be explained as a result of COVID-19 damaging the body’s nervous system.

Although it’s not clear how the virus causes shrinkage in the brain, if the virus itself caused the decline in brain tissue, or if it was symptoms of COVID-19 that caused the troubling reduction. All this indicates to what extent the Covid can affect the deceased. 

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