Do Not Get Pregnant During Covid
You will have a brain damaged baby. Children born during the coronavirus pandemic have significantly
reduced verbal, motor and overall cognitive performance compared to
children born before the pandemic, and this discrepancy is
particularly pronounced in males, as well as in children in lower
socioeconomic families, according to preliminary data presented in a
preprint study. Researchers believe that this highlights that even in
the absence of infection and illness, the pandemic has had a
significant, negative impact on infant and child development.
In the study, not yet-peer reviewed and uploaded
as preprint in medRxiv on Wednesday, researchers from Brown University
examined data from an ongoing longitudinal study of child
neurodevelopment, comparing scores in 2020 and 2021 to scores from
2011 to 2019. The researchers found that verbal, non-verbal, and
overall cognitive scores are significantly lower since the beginning
of the pandemic, with young infants showing significantly lower
performance than infants born before January 2019.
Researchers stated that "it is clear [...] that young infants and
children are developing differently than pre-pandemic, and that
addressing this now while their brain is at its most plastic and
responsive, is imperative," also saying that it is unclear from the
data if observed declines are temporary.
Researchers concluded that results suggest that early development
is impaired by the pandemic's effect on environmental factors.Children
are heavily influenced by their environment and a child's brain
undergoes a large amount of structural and functional growth driven
both by genetic and environmental factors, said the researchers. The
COVID pandemic greatly altered the environment of both young children
and pregnant individuals which could greatly influence children's
development, according to the study.
Researchers cited closures and lockdowns as factors that limited
child learning and typical activities, also adding that stress caused
by the various factors of the pandemic affecting parents may have had
an effect on children.
Researchers also cited the fear of attending prenatal visits for woman pregnant during the pandemic as a
factor that increased maternal stress, anxiety, and depression,
listing this as another factor that could have affected child
development. Maternal stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy
can impact the brain structure and connectivity of the fetus possibly
causing cognitive, motor and behavioral developmental delays.
Researchers also touched on the potential effect of mask-wearing on
the study, stating that children were unable to see the full facial
expressions of the study's staff and that this may have impacted their
understanding of test questions and instructions because of
limitations posed by masks on non-verbal cues or the understanding of
spoken instructions.
COVID-19 may have lasting effects on some children's brains
COVID-19
and children: Doctors see link between virus and
neurological side effects Emerging research highlights a
connection between COVID-19 and significant
neurological effects in young brains.
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16, 2020Recent research indicates that the residual
neurological symptoms of long-haul COVID include
ongoing headaches, brain fog, fatigue, dizziness,
shortness of breath and joint and muscle pain. "Now...
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Patients with COVID-19
are experiencing an array of effects on the brain,
ranging in severity from confusion to loss of smell and
taste to life-threatening strokes. Younger patients in their
30s and 40s are suffering possibly life-changing
neurological issues due to strokes.
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syndrome (MIS-C), which can be serious and even deadly. It affects
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the latter of...
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While all
children are capable of getting the virus that causes COVID-19,
they don't become sick as often as adults.Most children have
mild symptoms or no symptoms. According to the American
Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital
Association, in the U.S. children represent about 13% of all
COVID-19 cases. Research suggests that children
younger than ages 10 to 14 are less likely to ...
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has affected child development. March 10, 2021 7.16am EST. Babies
born after March 11 2020 will have only known a world in the
grip of a pandemic. They may never have met anyone who isn
...
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The changes in
the COVID-19 brains showed signatures of
inflammation, abnormal nerve cell communication, and chronic
neurodegeneration. "Across cell types, COVID-19
perturbations overlap with those...
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While primarily
a respiratory disease, COVID-19 can also lead to
neurological problems. The first of these symptoms might be
the loss of smell and taste, while some people also may
later battle headaches, debilitating fatigue, and trouble
thinking clearly, sometimes referred to as "brain
fog."
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There are many
ways that COVID-19 can damage the brain. As
I described in a previous blog post, some can be
devastating, such as encephalitis, strokes, and lack of
oxygen to the brain. But other effects may be more
subtle, such as the persistent impairment in sustained
attention noted by Chinese researchers.
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Similar results
come from a series of autopsies of COVID-19
patients' brains; 34 of 41 brains contained
activated microglia, researchers from Columbia University
Irving Medical Center and New York...