I haven't posted any threads here before and don't use the board often for various reasons. So apologies if this is something that's been done to death.
My brother in law caught covid in December and was hospitalised for nearly 3 weeks, including several days in HDU. Escaped ventilation by a whisker, but he did escape it and came home weak but positive.
He improved very quickly once home and was back at work on light duties. Everyone was very relieved and impressed at his recovery speed.
He noticed his peripheral vision was disturbed and at first thought it was tiredness, but he got an appointment at the eye hospital anyway for safety. After looking at his eyes, he was told he would need to surrender his driving licence because they believe he had a 'mini stroke' while he was ill and the damage to his brain had shut down part of his vision.
It may be common knowledge that covid by itself is a genuine risk factor for stoke in younger, healthy people. BIL is mid 50's and physically fit from doing a manual job. I had no idea, so am posting for other people who didn't know and may want to factor this risk into their covid planning.
Link below- although there seem to be extra characters, the clickable bit works correctly.
www.stroke.org.uk/news/does-coronavirus-cause-stroke-look-current-research#:~:text=Dr%20Richard%20Francis%2C%20Stroke%20Association,to%20be%20younger%20than%20expected.