Tag Archives: COVID-19
Living with CFS during lockdown and a global pandemic
Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome during lockdown and a global pandemic, by G Brewer, K Stratton in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 1 Oct 2020 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2020.1827503] Research abstract: Objective Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a condition characterised by extreme fatigue that … Continue reading
Physios for ME podcast: a case study of post viral fatigue/ long Covid/ chronic Covid 19
Podcast: Physios for ME present a case study of Post Viral Fatigue/Long Covid/Chronic Covid 19. A conversation about key aspects of pacing, avoiding PEM and how a skilled physiotherapist can be of help. [31 mins]
Dr Anthony Fauci says that post-covid syndrome “is highly suggestive of” ME
#MEAction blog post: Dr. Anthony Fauci says that post-covid syndrome “is highly suggestive of” Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Blog post extract: Terri asked Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White … Continue reading
NICE Statement about graded exercise therapy in the context of COVID-19
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
Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics
Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics, by Mohammed F Islam, Joseph Cotler, & Leonard A Jason in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior 25 Jun 2020 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227] Review Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 … Continue reading
The Health Minister, Covid-19, ME, rehabilitation & NICE
The Health Minister comments on Covid-19, ME, rehabilitation & NICE The Health Minister Vaughan Gething has replied to the letter WAMES sent to him on International ME Awareness Day highlighting the links between Covid-19, PVFS and ME, and requesting … Continue reading
What’s the difference between Covid-19 and ME?
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
Covid-19 or ME crash? – Kay’s story
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
Post Covid-19 rehabilitation & PVFS
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
Covid-19 among ME/CFS patients: take part in a research study
Research on Covid-19 among ME/CFS patients The European ME Alliance (EMEA) invites people to take part in a study to find out whether: ME/CFS patients more often get infected with COVID-19 than other people? people with ME/CFS have other … Continue reading
