Known psychological side effects of COVID-19 include psychosis, loss of taste and scent, impairments in speaking and language, and long-term memory loss. This case study reports for the first time that COVID-19 can cause selective impairments like prosopagnosia in addition to a broad range of impairments. A 28-year-old woman had normal face recognition before contracting COVID-19, and two months later, she noticed face recognition difficulties. This was noticed by her while experiencing a relapse of symptoms with persistent deficits with faces.
Medical History No history of cardiac or neurological conditions prior to the COVID-19 infection The patient had postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). She briefly took POTS medication but stopped because the disease only slightly affected her. Symptoms ##March 2020## Temperature: 103°F/39.4°C Coughing Fits that resulted in oxygen…
