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Covid-19 found to increase risk of dementia, seizures and other brain conditions

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Covid-19 can raise the risk of certain brain and mental disorders, even two years after recovery, according to new research.

Academics at the University of Oxford and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), found that cases of psychosis, dementia, seizures and ‘brain fog’, were more prevalent in those who had coronavirus than other respiratory infections.

The study showed both the Delta and Omicron variants pose similar risks of developing such neurological and psychiatric disorders.

While the likelihood of most diagnoses in children after coronavirus was lower than in adults, children who had recovered from Covid-19 were more likely to be diagnosed with some conditions, including seizures and psychotic disorders.

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