Well, we know that COVID damages the brain, and some people have had psychotic episodes following a COVID infection.
But long COVID is not psychosomatic, at least probably not in most cases. As it is novel, there’s no straightforward test at this point, but there has been a decent amount of research in the last couple of years, so physical markers have been found. Some I listed in the essay, but others include things like inflamed vagus nerve, different enzyme levels in the blood, etc. And of course, a lot of long COVID is actual organ damage which can be viewed on an MRI or other tests.
I personally know many people with long COVID, but they often didn’t identify it as such. I’m shocked that you don’t at least know one person with long term smell/taste loss.
Well, we know that COVID damages the brain, and some people have had psychotic episodes following a COVID infection.
But long COVID is not psychosomatic, at least probably not in most cases. As it is novel, there’s no straightforward test at this point, but there has been a decent amount of research in the last couple of years, so physical markers have been found. Some I listed in the essay, but others include things like inflamed vagus nerve, different enzyme levels in the blood, etc. And of course, a lot of long COVID is actual organ damage which can be viewed on an MRI or other tests.
I personally know many people with long COVID, but they often didn’t identify it as such. I’m shocked that you don’t at least know one person with long term smell/taste loss.