感染新冠肺炎會(huì)增加患一系列神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
雖然長期新冠肺炎對人們的影響仍在進(jìn)行批判性研究中,但新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),在初次感染后的一年內(nèi),該病毒可能會(huì)增加出現(xiàn)記憶問題甚至阿爾茨海默癥的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
“這真的令人深思?!绷餍胁W(xué)家和研究員齊亞德·阿爾-阿利(Ziyad Al-Aly)在接受波士頓公共廣播網(wǎng)新聞臺(tái)(WBUR)采訪時(shí)說?!靶鹿诜窝撞⒉幌衲承┤讼胂蟮哪敲礈睾?。”
華盛頓大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)院和美國退伍軍人事務(wù)圣路易斯醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)的研究人員利用美國退伍軍人事務(wù)部的醫(yī)療保健數(shù)據(jù)庫進(jìn)行了該項(xiàng)研究,于上月發(fā)表在《自然醫(yī)學(xué)》雜志上,該研究研究了大約15萬名新冠肺炎確診病例,與大約1100萬名沒有感染新冠肺炎的人進(jìn)行了對比。
在感染新冠肺炎后的第一年,除了腦霧,人們還可能出現(xiàn)44種神經(jīng)性大腦疾病。阿爾-阿利在采訪中提到的一些癥狀是癲癇發(fā)作、頭痛、焦慮、抑郁和阿爾茨海默癥,根據(jù)該研究,如果你曾感染新冠肺炎,在初次感染后的一年內(nèi),出現(xiàn)其他神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病的可能性會(huì)增加42%。他說,感染新冠肺炎會(huì)加重大腦炎癥,導(dǎo)致這些疾病的發(fā)展。
阿爾-阿利表示,雖然阿爾茨海默癥通常需要數(shù)年才能逐漸發(fā)病,但阿爾茨海默癥不是感染新冠肺炎直接導(dǎo)致的,而是會(huì)影響那些可能已經(jīng)有這種疾病傾向的人。
他對波士頓公共廣播網(wǎng)新聞臺(tái)說:“感染新冠肺炎在某種程度上加速了疾病的發(fā)展。比方說,一個(gè)人在80歲或85歲時(shí)可能會(huì)患上阿爾茨海默癥,現(xiàn)在他們60歲了,突然會(huì)在61歲的時(shí)患上阿爾茨海默癥。”
目前還不清楚為什么有些人感染新冠后會(huì)有不良反應(yīng),而其他人則沒有,但基因、健康背景和病毒毒株都可能是影響因素。
“我們需要非常認(rèn)真地對待這種感染。”他說?!拔覀兡壳耙阎氖?,長期新冠肺炎的一些癥狀可能會(huì)隨著時(shí)間的推移而改善,但其他一些癥狀,如阿爾茨海默癥……這些是終身性疾病?!?/p>
阿爾-阿利補(bǔ)充說,接種疫苗并不能預(yù)防新冠,但可以降低患長期新冠肺炎的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),并且“仍然是我們公共衛(wèi)生應(yīng)對措施的基石”,因此,他建議人們采取預(yù)防措施。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
感染新冠肺炎會(huì)增加患一系列神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
雖然長期新冠肺炎對人們的影響仍在進(jìn)行批判性研究中,但新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),在初次感染后的一年內(nèi),該病毒可能會(huì)增加出現(xiàn)記憶問題甚至阿爾茨海默癥的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
“這真的令人深思?!绷餍胁W(xué)家和研究員齊亞德·阿爾-阿利(Ziyad Al-Aly)在接受波士頓公共廣播網(wǎng)新聞臺(tái)(WBUR)采訪時(shí)說?!靶鹿诜窝撞⒉幌衲承┤讼胂蟮哪敲礈睾??!?/p>
華盛頓大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)院和美國退伍軍人事務(wù)圣路易斯醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)的研究人員利用美國退伍軍人事務(wù)部的醫(yī)療保健數(shù)據(jù)庫進(jìn)行了該項(xiàng)研究,于上月發(fā)表在《自然醫(yī)學(xué)》雜志上,該研究研究了大約15萬名新冠肺炎確診病例,與大約1100萬名沒有感染新冠肺炎的人進(jìn)行了對比。
在感染新冠肺炎后的第一年,除了腦霧,人們還可能出現(xiàn)44種神經(jīng)性大腦疾病。阿爾-阿利在采訪中提到的一些癥狀是癲癇發(fā)作、頭痛、焦慮、抑郁和阿爾茨海默癥,根據(jù)該研究,如果你曾感染新冠肺炎,在初次感染后的一年內(nèi),出現(xiàn)其他神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病的可能性會(huì)增加42%。他說,感染新冠肺炎會(huì)加重大腦炎癥,導(dǎo)致這些疾病的發(fā)展。
阿爾-阿利表示,雖然阿爾茨海默癥通常需要數(shù)年才能逐漸發(fā)病,但阿爾茨海默癥不是感染新冠肺炎直接導(dǎo)致的,而是會(huì)影響那些可能已經(jīng)有這種疾病傾向的人。
他對波士頓公共廣播網(wǎng)新聞臺(tái)說:“感染新冠肺炎在某種程度上加速了疾病的發(fā)展。比方說,一個(gè)人在80歲或85歲時(shí)可能會(huì)患上阿爾茨海默癥,現(xiàn)在他們60歲了,突然會(huì)在61歲的時(shí)患上阿爾茨海默癥?!?/p>
目前還不清楚為什么有些人感染新冠后會(huì)有不良反應(yīng),而其他人則沒有,但基因、健康背景和病毒毒株都可能是影響因素。
“我們需要非常認(rèn)真地對待這種感染?!彼f。“我們目前已知的是,長期新冠肺炎的一些癥狀可能會(huì)隨著時(shí)間的推移而改善,但其他一些癥狀,如阿爾茨海默癥……這些是終身性疾病。”
阿爾-阿利補(bǔ)充說,接種疫苗并不能預(yù)防新冠,但可以降低患長期新冠肺炎的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),并且“仍然是我們公共衛(wèi)生應(yīng)對措施的基石”,因此,他建議人們采取預(yù)防措施。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
COVID-19 can impact the risk of developing a host of neurological disorders.
While long COVID’s?impact on people is still being critically studied, new research found that the virus may increase the risk of developing memory problems and even Alzheimer’s in the year after initial infection.
“It’s really sobering,” says epidemiologist and researcher on the study Ziyad Al-Aly in an interview with WBUR. “COVID-19 is really not as benign as some people think it is.”
The study, conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system using the health care database from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, was published in the journal Nature Medicine last month and studied roughly 150,000 people with COVID-19 in comparison to about 11 million people without COVID-19.
In the first year following COVID-19 infection, people had a risk of developing 44 neurological brain disorders beyond brain fog. Some of the conditions Al-Aly noted in the interview were seizures, headaches, anxiety, depression, and Alzheimer’s, and if you’ve had COVID-19 you’re 42% more likely to have other neurological issues the year after initial infection, according to the study. COVID-19 can increase inflammation in the brain and lead to the development of these disorders, he says.
While Alzheimer’s usually takes years to manifest, Al-Aly says it doesn’t just come on directly from COVID-19, but rather impacts those who may be already predisposed to the disorder.
“COVID sort of accelerates the development of the disease,” he says to WBUR. “Let’s say a person who is going to have maybe Alzheimer’s at age 80 or 85, and now they’re 60 and all of a sudden they have it at age 61.”
It’s still unclear why some people have adverse effects to COVID as opposed to others, but genetics, health background, and the strain of the virus may all play a role.
“We need to take this infection very seriously,” he says. “What we now know is that some of the manifestations of long COVID may actually improve with time but some other manifestations like Alzheimer’s disease…these are lifelong conditions.”
Getting vaccinated doesn’t eliminate the chance, but can reduce the risk, of developing long COVID, and “remains the cornerstone of our public health response,” adds Al-Aly, who recommends taking precautionary measures.