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Of more than 1,000 patients from around the country evaluated by North- western’s neuro-Covid clinic, many were previously multitaskers with busy jobs, said Dr. Igor Koralnik, who heads the clinic and is Northwestern’s chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology. In a report about the clinic’s first 100 patients, the average age was 43.

and said. “It was almost like she was drunk.”When her neuro-Covid clinic appoint- ment came, “it was very relieving to fi- nally feel validated,” Ms. Lewis said. Dr. Koralnik prescribed a medication for fa- tigue, amantadine, which she finds help- ful, calling it “zoom-zoom pills.”On the cognitive assessment he ad- ministered, she scored “significantly lower than average” in processing speed, attention and executive function, he said———

and barely average in the remaining cat- egory, working memory.The results were “crushing,” she said.Dr. Cahan, then on leave, did an in- depth follow-up when he returned in June.On those tests, Ms. Lewis said, she called a camel a “desert llama” and when asked to count backward from 100 by seven, “I say 93 and I’m just stuck.”He recommended cognitive rehab, writing: “I think problems with process- ing speed are impacting many other cog- nitive domains. This may interfere with your ability to take in conversations, fo- cus, or try to retrieve memories.”Doctors say that a concussion from her kitchen fall possibly made things worse, but that several of her sympand barely average in the remaining cat- egory, working memory.The results were “crushing,” she said.Dr. Cahan, then on leave, did an in- depth follow-up when he returned in June.On those tests, Ms. Lewis said, she called a camel a “desert llama” and when asked to count backward from 100 by seven, “I say 93 and I’m just stuck.”He recommended cognitive rehab, writing: “I think problems with process- ing speed are impacting many other cog- nitive domains. This may interfere with your ability to take in conversations, fo- cus, or try to retrieve memories.”Doctors say that a concussion from her kitchen fall possibly made things worse, but that several of her symptoms are more consistent with long Covid. “We think that Covid-19 is causing her cogni- tive ability problems, and we’ve seen that time and again in more than 800 pa- tients,” Dr. Koralnik said.toms are more consistent with long Covid. “We think that Covid-19 is causing her cogni- tive ability problems, and we’ve seen that time and again in more than 800 pa- tients,” Dr. Koralnik said.