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A survey conducted by the Heart Institute (InCor) monitored how Covid-19 can leave sequelae in the brain, revealing that the majority of infected patients had attention difficulties, some degree of memory loss and also decreased motor coordination.
Advertiser Pedro Peres, 27, was one of the patients who reported these symptoms. “I had a lot of mental confusion, of not being able to distinguish things. It is a fraction of a second, it seems that the body is trying to react, there is a blockage and release,” he explained.
In the Incor study, it was identified that 80% of the participants had attention difficulties, memory loss and comprehension problems. Another consequence detected was the decrease in motor coordination capacity.
These sequelae occur, according to the study, because the virus enters the respiratory tract, compromises the lung, and therefore lowers the oxygen level. Desaturation, as doctors call lack of oxygenation, goes directly to the brain and affects the central nervous system, affecting some functions. The good news is that specific exercises can reverse the condition.
“We suggest doing simple concentration and aerobic exercises, such as yoga, Pilates. And also those that stimulate the brain ”, explained InCor neuropsychologist Lívia Stocco Sanches Valentin.
The expert used a digital game called Mentalplus, created by her in 2010, to evaluate people who had Covid-19 at different stages and ages. The first phase of the study was conducted with 185 people, between March and September 2020. Currently, 430 patients are being followed.
