Marie-Louise Kiesler, a graduate student at Dartmouth College in the US, said Annie now relies on voices to recognize people.

New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) People who have been in the grip of the global pandemic Kovid-19 infection for a long time are at an increased risk of difficulty in recognizing faces and identifying paths.

This has been claimed in a new study.

In earlier studies, it was said that due to Kovid-19, many other neurological problems including loss of smell and taste and inability to concentrate, memory loss, speech problems were reported.

A new study published in the journal 'Cortex' for the first time talks about the problem of 'prosopagnosia' or 'face blindness' (difficulty in recognizing faces) due to Kovid-19.

This is such a situation, due to which people may have to face difficulty in recognizing the faces of their acquaintances.

It has been estimated that 2 to 2.5 percent of people in the world are affected by it.

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Researchers looked at the problems faced by 28-year-old Annie in the US, who contracted the coronavirus in March 2020 and was affected by symptoms for two months.

Marie-Louise Kiesler, a graduate student at Dartmouth College in the US, said Annie now relies on voices to recognize people.

"When I met her for the first time, she said she couldn't even recognize the faces of her family members," she said. had to face

She would forget the location of a particular item at the grocery store and would 'pin' its location on Google Maps (an option used to show a location continuously on the app) after parking the car.

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"Annie caught our attention because of the combination of problems with face recognition and route memorization, which often occur together because of brain damage or developmental problems," said Brad Duchaine, a professor at Dartmouth and the study's senior author. Are.''

Dr. Vineet Suri, Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi said that the exact cause of 'face blindness' due to Kovid-19 is not yet understood, but there are many possible reasons for it.

Suri said, "The long-term symptoms of Kovid-19 include many neurological symptoms, which can cause many problems in the brain, which include problems in recognizing faces, difficulty in recognizing familiar faces, etc."

He said, "Apart from this, Kovid-19 can cause inflammation and damage to the blood vessels, which can reduce the blood flow to the brain."

This can cause damage to the brain, which can cause problems in remembering things and recognizing faces.

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A team of researchers conducted several tests on Annie to find out more about her face blindness and whether she had any other problems.

The team of researchers compiled information provided by 54 people who had symptoms of Kovid-19 for 12 weeks or more.

Of these, 32 people told that they have completely recovered from the infection.

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