The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines prosopagnosia as “a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to cope. “
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The condition is caused by “a congenital influence, damage, or alteration of a fold in the brain that appears to coordinate the neural systems that control facial belief and memory,” he says.
The study focused on a 28-year-old woman named Annie, who contracted COVID in March 2020. Before that, Annie had no trouble spotting faces, but two months after contracting the virus, she had trouble identifying even members of her closest circle. .
Researchers at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire reported the first case of prosopagnosia (also known as “facial blindness”) as a symptom after a COVID-19 infection. (Stock)
In one example, Annie reported that she couldn’t recognize her father’s face when he walked past him in a restaurant, saying it as if “my father’s voice came out of a stranger’s face. “
She told investigators she now relies on people’s voices as a means of identification.
During testing, Annie was able to identify items and scenes, but could not identify familiar faces.
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He also reported deficiencies in his navigation skills, as he now has difficulty finding his way around a grocery store, locating his parked car without assistance, or not forgetting instructions from places visited. (The researchers mentioned difficulty navigating as a non-unusual symptom in patients with prosopagnosia. )
The researchers also collected survey responses from another 54 people with long-term COVID. Most reported disturbances with navigation and visual visualization.
“Annie’s findings imply that COVID-19 would possibly produce severe and selective neuropsychological impairment in deficits seen after brain injury, and it appears that high-functioning visual impairments are not unusual in other long-term COVID individuals,” the researchers wrote.
Prosopagnosia is through a congenital influence, injury, or alteration of a brain fold involved in facial belief and memory. (Stock)
Prolonged COVID refers to a condition in which the virus persists for more than 12 weeks after initial infection.
COVID-19 has been linked more to other neurological symptoms, adding loss of taste and smell, slurred speech, visual disturbances and psychosis, the researchers wrote.
Dr. Zachary Hoy, a pediatric infectious disease specialist certified by the Pediatrics Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee, who was not involved in the research, noted that several studies describing COVID’s prolonged neurological deficiencies have been published.
“It’s as if my father’s voice comes out of a stranger’s face. “
“It describes facial popularity as one of the main patient deficits in the case study, but describes several tests used for other neurocognitive deficits,” he told Fox News Digital via email.
“I expect we’ll locate more of those studies as more long-term COVID patients are identified. “
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The study had some limitations. For example, Annie didn’t have an MRI of her brain due to insurance limitations, meaning it’s conceivable that a stroke caused her symptoms.
Annie was also not checked for COVID-19 due to a lack of available verification kits; Her number one care provider diagnosed her.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines prosopagnosia as “a neurological disorder characterized by inability to cope. “(Stock)
“It’s unfortunate that in this study, the patient didn’t go through a COVID PCR test, a COVID antibody test, or an MRI of the brain,” said Dr. Hoy of Nashville.
“The members of the control organization belonged to a COVID organization, but did not describe the definition or inclusion/exclusion criteria. It mentions that members of the control organization had contracted COVID, but did not describe what that meant in relation to COVID testing. “
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The doctor added that while this study described well the tests and comparisons of various neurocognitive tests, more rigorous tests are needed for its conclusions.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the study’s authors in Dartmouth for comment.
Melissa Rudy is a fitness editor and member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.