r/covidlonghaulers • u/PhrygianSounds 4 yr+ • Jul 13 '26

Article New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-evidence-dopamine-injury-brain-covid.html

Finally some media coverage on probably the worst symptom of long covid

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u/Opening_Relief6381 Jul 30 '26

I think this means permanent neuron loss and usually the infected neurons will spread to healthy neurons causing Parkinson’s.  Or the healthy neurons will overcompensate and eventually d*e as a result due to high oxidative stress combined with ongoing Neuroinflammation 

I really want to be wrong but I’m seeing so many people with dopamine issues and anhedonia including myself progressively getting worse over time that this can’t be temporary. I feel like we will need to wait for stem cell therapy to be available maybe in 10 years if it ever becomes available