Long Covid infection may cause face blindness: Study
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: March 21, 2023 01:18 PM2023-03-21T13:18:02+5:302023-03-21T13:18:02+5:30
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The country is facing a terrible crisis of Corona. Once again the rapidly increasing number of patients has created an atmosphere of fear among the people. Efforts are being made to prevent corona infection. New information is coming out continuously through research.
The same scary information is getting now. Prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, can occur in some people due to prolonged Covid infection, according to a study on Corona.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines face blindness as a neurological disorder caused by the inability to recognize faces. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines face blindness as a "neurological disorder characterised by the inability to recognise faces". Now, a study published in the journal Cortex has suggested that some individuals may develop difficulties recognising faces and navigational problems, following symptoms consistent with Covid.
The study focused on a 28-year-old woman named Annie who contracted Covid in March 2020. Annie had no problem recognizing faces before, but two months after being exposed to the virus, she found it difficult to recognize even close family members.
On one occasion, Annie said she couldn't recognize her father's face when they passed a restaurant. Annie said she felt my father's voice coming from the stranger's face.
Annie told researchers that she now relies on people's voices for identification. Ani also suffered from 'Navigational Deficit' after the Covid infection. Many people have also reacted to this.
Corona infection has once again started spreading across the country including India. The graph of corona patients is increasing once again in many states of India. Corona cases in other parts of the country including Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat are now increasing the tension of medical experts.
If we talk about Corona at the global level, then in 24 hours, 66 thousand patients of Corona have been found in the world. On Sunday, 72 new patients of Corona have been found in the capital Delhi. With this, the positivity rate has increased to 3.95 percent.
According to the information given by the health department, on one hand, along with the H3N2 virus, there has also been an increase in the number of corona patients in Delhi. Corona positive rate in Delhi was 3.52 percent per Saturday. Tension is increasing due to Corona cases in Maharashtra.
After nearly four months of rising cases of corona in India, scientists believe that XBB 1.16, a descendant of the Covid-19 XBB variant, may be behind the recent rise in cases of corona virus in India over the past few days.
Apart from India, this genre has also spread rapidly to various countries including China, Singapore, United States and others. According to a report, this strain of Covid-19 may increase the chances of a new wave.
According to the International Platform for Monitoring Corona Viruses, India currently has the highest number of cases of the XBB 1.16 variant of Corona. It is being advised to use masks once again in the Corona crisis.
