Tag Archives: COVID-19
Research: Long COVID, ME/CFS & symptom severity in Germany
Post-COVID-19 chronic fatigue syndrome following the first pandemic wave in Germany and biomarkers associated with symptom severity German researchers compared ME/CFS and long COVID patients and found even mild C-19 can lead to PEM. Almost half of the LC … Continue reading
Case study: ME/CFS post coronavirus disease
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
Research: The SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in ME/CFS
The SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a meta-analysis of public DNA methylation and gene expression data, by João Malato, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Helma Freitag, André Fonseca, Anna D Grabowska, Luís Graça, Clara Cordeiro, … Continue reading
Research review: Redox imbalance links COVID-19 & ME/CFS
Redox imbalance links COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Bindu D Paul, Marian D Lemle, Anthony L Komaroff, Solomon H Snyder in PNAS August 24, 2021 118 (34); [doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024358118] Review abstract: Although most patients recover from acute COVID-19, … Continue reading
Research: CFS: an emerging sequela in COVID-19 survivors? (Italy)
Chronic fatigue syndrome: An emerging sequela in COVID-19 survivors?, by Elisa Mantovani, Sara Mariotto, Daniele Gabbiani, Gianluigi Dorelli, Silvia Bozzetti, Angela Federico, Serena Zanzoni, Domenico Girelli, Ernesto Crisafulli, Sergio Ferrari, Stefano Tamburin in Journal of NeuroVirology August 2, 2021 Research … Continue reading
Research: Shadow burden of undiagnosed ME/CFS on society (Latvia)
Shadow Burden of undiagnosed Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) on society: retrospective and prospective—in light of COVID-19, by Diana Araja, Uldis Berkis, Asja Lunga and Modra Murovska in J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(14), 3017; [doi.org/10.3390/jcm10143017] 6 July 2021 (This article … Continue reading
£5m for post-viral long COVID. £0 for post-viral ME/CFS!
Welsh Government: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19 (none for ME/CFS) On 15th June 2021 the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, announced in the Senedd that £5 million would be given to the NHS “to develop primary and … Continue reading
Adolescent & young adult ME/CFS after confirmed or probable COVID-19
Adolescent and young adult ME/CFS after confirmed or probable COVID-19, by Lindsay S Petracek, Stacy J Suskauer, Rebecca F Vickers, Neel R Patel, Richard L Violand, Renee L Swope, Peter C Rowe in Frontiers in Medicine Vol 8, p 668944 , April … Continue reading
COVID-19 & post-infectious ME/CFS: a narrative review
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
Managing COVID-19 post viral fatigue syndrome
Managing COVID-19 post viral fatigue syndrome, by Charles W Lapp and Joseph F John in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, Feb 22, 2021 Article abstract: In online surveys, over 50% of persons who contract COVD-19 experience symptoms lasting longer than … Continue reading
