Coronavirus: Researchers make breakthrough in treatment of Covid ‘brain fog'
msn.comREAD MORE: Supplements: Four supplements linked to 'risky' heart palpitationsDr Bruce Brew of the University of South Wales said: "It validates that there is an organic basis for the cognitive impairment and gets us that target - in the past there's been some controversy about long Covid and its related cognitive impairment. "It gives us an explanation as to what the basis of the cognitive impairment is and it gives us a target. "Dr Brew added: "These things [trialling cures] are always frustratingly slow, but having a target, hopefully we'll be able to fast track this with the support of other researchers around the world. "Brain fog is one of several symptoms of long Covid, a chronic condition affecting around two million Britons according to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Although a cure for brain fog is closer than before, it doesn't change the fact there are millions of people around the world still suffering from long Covid symptoms.
Long Covid has proven a tricky disease to handle for both patients and researchers as it can cause a variety of symptoms from day to day and from patient to patient.
While some long Covid sufferers can continue working at a high level, others have been forced out of work by the severity of their symptoms.
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