Post-Covid cognitive fog: A growing neuropsychological concern

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• Pankaj R Khuspe ^*

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COVID-19 pandemic created long-lasting health-related issues that go well beyond the active phase of the infection. Among the so far underestimated and underreported sequelae is cognitive fog: the sense of inability to think properly, after surviving COVID-19. This condition is characterized by memory errors, ability impairments and executive dysfunction and mental fatigue witnessed in a variety of depths including the people who have initially mild bouts of illness. Mental mist has major detrimental effects on work and life experiences of adults in the working age. Although there is increased awareness of this syndrome, there is no clear understanding of its pathophysiology, currently, there are no guidelines that are used to diagnose the syndrome, and there are no uniform treatment options. The present brief communication attempts to overview clinically, epidemiologically, diagnostically, and therapeutically the post-COVID cognitive fog, basing on the reports of recent peer-reviewed literature and meta-analyses.

Keywords: COVID-19, Cognitive dysfunction, Brain fog, Neuropsychology, Long COVID, SARS-CoV-2.