Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Case study: ME/CFS post coronavirus disease

Posted on 02/22/2022 by wames

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome post coronavirus disease 2019, by Yoshiki Kusama, Sadahiro Fukui, Makiko Maruyama, Katsunori Kamimura, Toshiro Maihara in Paediatrics International Vol 64, no. 1 Feb 2022 [doi.org/10.1111/ped.14976]   Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 & post-infectious ME/CFS: a narrative review

Posted on 04/27/2021 by wames

COVID-19 and post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a narrative review, by Sonia Poenaru, Sara J Abdallah, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Juthaporn Cowan in Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. Jan 2021 [doi:10.1177/20499361211009385]   Bottom line Many post-acute COVID-19 symptoms resemble post-infectious ME/CFS Acute … Continue reading →

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NICE Statement about graded exercise therapy in the context of COVID-19

Posted on 07/13/2020 by wames

Statement about graded exercise therapy in the context of COVID-19   NICE is aware of concerns about graded exercise therapy (GET) for people who are recovering from COVID-19. NICE’s guideline on ME/CFS (CG53) was published in 2007, many years before … Continue reading →

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“Long Haulers” to the rescue? Barrage of Covid-19 media stories, studies & registries spells hope for ME/CFS

Posted on 07/08/2020 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson: “Long Haulers” to the rescue? Barrage of Covid-19 media stories, studies and registries spells hope for ME/CFS, 5 July 2020   Media Barrage A veritable avalanche of stories – the C19Recovery Awareness website … Continue reading →

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What’s the difference between Covid-19 and ME?

Posted on 05/13/2020 by wames

ME Awareness:         What’s the difference between Covid-19 and ME?   It is hard not to see many glaring differences between the attitudes to the illness I have struggled with for years and the latest public health threat. Covid-19 is … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 or ME crash? – Kay’s story

Posted on 05/11/2020 by wames

ME Awareness Week:           Covid-19 or ME crash? – Kay’s story   ME and me, before C-19 I was first diagnosed with ME/CFS when I was in my teens, so I have lived with it for 25 years plus, with varying … Continue reading →

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Post Covid-19 rehabilitation & PVFS

Posted on 05/05/2020 by wames

Physios4ME blog post: Post Covid-19 Rehabilitation, May 2020   During this national crisis many physiotherapists have been redeployed to front-line services, but as time goes on our attention will shift to the rehabilitation of survivors. COVID-19 is a new virus … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS & Covid-19: information for you & your doctor

Posted on 03/30/2020 by wames

COVID-19 Information and Resources – Bateman Horne Center, March 2020   The Bateman Horne Center works for the medical advancement and treatment of  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)and Fibromyalgia in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. In addition to the … Continue reading →

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WAMES & 100+ organisations call for urgent Covid-19 changes to the Benefits system

Posted on 03/30/2020 by wames

DBC letter to Secretary of State on emergency Covid-19 measures   30th March 2020 The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), a network of over 100 organisations, have written an open letter (below) to Thérèse Coffey, Secretary of State for Work and … Continue reading →

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ME, Covid-19 & self-isolating

Posted on 03/16/2020 by wames

What do people with ME need to know about Covid-19 and self-isolating?              updated 10 April 2020   The Health Minister for Wales has confirmed that people over 70 and people with a range of health conditions, including  neurological conditions, should … Continue reading →

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