If lungs can heal post COVID, perhaps brains can, too

I take some hope from this article, even though lungs are not brains. I do this research for a family member who has post-COVID neurological issues.

Some Signs of Recovery From Severe Covid Lung Damage - The New York Times

Doctors at Mount Sinai found that Covid doesn’t break down the lung’s blood vessels but rather dilates them, which makes the blood flow too fast for the oxygen to be absorbed, causing hypoxemia or low levels of oxygen in the blood.

Possible pathway for SARS-CoV-2 entry into the brain

My brother is a COVID-19 “long hauler,” suffering from brain fog and post-exertion malaise 6 months after he “recovered” from COVID. We’re trying to understand what’s happening to him.

The human brain vasculature shows a distinct expression pattern of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors | bioRxiv

At both the adult and fetal stages, we detected a distinct pattern of SARS-CoV-2 entry associated genes’ transcripts in brain vascular endothelial cells and microglia, providing a potential explanation for an inflammatory response in the brain endothelium upon SARS-CoV-2 infection

My very sane brother is suffering 6 months post-COVID

Nearly One-Third of Covid-19 Patients in Study Had Altered Mental State - The New York Times nytimes.com