Thread by @DrEricDing

📍HUGE STUDY—One in 3 #COVID19 survivors received a neurological diagnosis within 6 months of infection—1 in 8 with first ever diagnosis, says study of 230,000 patient records. Also COVID patients had higher risk of dementia, anxiety, Parkinson’s vs flu.🧵
thelancet.com/action/showPdf…

2) Across all patients, #COVID19 infected (vs other respiratory infections) yielded higher risk for these diagnoses:

📌brain hemorrhage
📌ischemic stroke
📌Myoneural/muscle disease
📌Dementia
📌Encephalitis
📌Mood/anxiety
📌Substance use
📌Insomnia
📌Parkinson’s (vs RTI)

3) Moreover, the higher risks are not just for hospitalized patients. Even in **non-hospitalized #COVID19**, higher risks of these outcomes were still found:

Any brain hemorrhage
Ischemic stroke
Parkinson’s (vs flu)
Nerve disorders
Dementia
Mood/anxiety
Substance use
Insomnia

4) That said, being hospitalized with #COVID19 & being ICU admitted w/ #COVID19 were the worst of all. The hazard ratio (relative risk) of suffering many neurological and psychiatric disorder are MUCH higher than non-hospitalized COVID. Notably, ICU yielded 3.9x for Parkinson’s!

5) However, for risk of being diagnosed with ANY OUTCOME & ANY FIRST OUTCOME— non-hospitalized #COVID19 patients had similar 44-47% higher risk for any outcome, and 78-83% higher risk for first outcome.

TAKEAWAY: even non-hospitalized #COVID19 is a serious concern!

6) Let’s be sure to remember the frontline healthcare workers and teachers are the most affected by #LongCovid—from 🇬🇧 govt report.