Buffy the Psych ProfApr 25, 2023

Holy shit: COVID may cause the formation of Lewy bodies 😳😳

https://www.salon.com/2023/04/24/long-parkinsons/

Long COVID resembles similar historic post-viral afflictions

Long COVID isn't novel: other viruses in history have had similar “long” arcs — with devastating repercussions

Salon.com
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@DrPsyBuffy months ago I was telling friends I was worried that covid maybe was similar to a prion disease because of this case study where someone developed CJD after a covid infection. I sincerely hope this is wrong....

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9255144/
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after COVID-19: infection-induced prion protein misfolding? A case report

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal disease presenting with rapidly progressive neurological deficits caused by the accumulation of a misfolded form (PrPSc) of prion protein (PrPc). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a primarily respiratory ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Apr 25, 2023 at 4:36pmWeb
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@smitten @DrPsyBuffy aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nightmare fuel
i so don't want COVID, i will fight anyone who tries to get me to take my respirator off
Show threadClifton RoystonApr 25, 2023

@smitten @DrPsyBuffy

Even worse. (And if you read the case study closely, it mentions 4 other known cases of sCJD after Covid-19.)