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Corona patients are more likely to have neurological or psychological problems than people with other respiratory diseases.
A British study in the journal "The Lancet Psychiatry" found a 44 percent higher risk of anxiety disorders or mood swings than after the flu.
"Our results show that brain diseases and psychiatric disorders occur more frequently after Covid-19 than after the flu or other respiratory infections," said co-author Max Taquet from Oxford University.
The exact reasons for this are still unclear.
Overall, around a third of the patients recorded suffered from a neurological or mental illness within six months of their Covid 19 diagnosis.
The British researchers analyzed digital data from more than 236,000 patients, most of whom were treated in the United States.
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The most common diagnoses were anxiety disorders in 17 percent and mood disorders in 14 percent of all people analyzed.
They also suffered from insomnia (5 percent), stroke from a blood clot (2.1), and cerebral haemorrhage (0.6).
The scientists involved point out the need for further research to find out the exact causes and prevent or treat consequential damage.
Consequences of isolation as a result of lockdowns and quarantines
There have already been studies in the past that have seen a connection between neurological diseases and an infection.
But also due to the consequences of isolation as a result of lockdowns and quarantines, sick leave due to mental illness has risen in some places.
In Bavaria, the analysis of insured person data showed that in 2020 people with depression and anxiety were significantly more likely to be absent from work than before.