Connecting the Dots to Long COVID.

Rather than recovering from the disease after receiving treatment, they continue to experience such symptoms as severe headaches, brain fog, facial paralysis, sensitivity to light, and memory loss. Is there a connection between why some people with Lyme disease and some with COVID-19 experience long-term effects to their central nervous system? Understanding what causes neurological problems in people who do not have a brain infection is one aspect of the research that could be useful in developing new treatments. [Extracted from the article]

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