Tag Archives: long Covid

Research review: Unknown aetiology: The case of ME/CFS and beyond

Current insights into complex Post-infection Fatigue Syndromes with unknown Aetiology: The case of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and beyond, by Francisco Westermeier, Eliana Mattos Lacerda,  Carmen Scheibenbogen and  Nuno Sepúlveda in Front. Med., 24 February 2022 [doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.862953]   Excerpts from … Continue reading

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Announcing the first ever World ME day – May 12th 2022

#WorldMEday 2022   The World ME Alliance, a collaborative of national organisations from across the globe, is launching World ME Day on 12th May this year. All organisations everywhere are invited to join this effort to raise awareness and campaign … Continue reading

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Lessons from ME/CFS for long COVID: “Energy System First Aid” for people with PESE (aka PEM)

Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID   Part 3: “Energy System First Aid” for People With Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in … Continue reading

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Lessons from ME/CFS for Long COVID: Physiological characteristics… are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation (aka PEM)

Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 2: Physiological characteristics during acute exercise are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT, … Continue reading

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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

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Wales prioritises healthcare for post-viral condition Long COVID

Health Minister Eluned Morgan promises more help for people with Long COVID in Wales   Health Minister Eluned Morgan announced the findings of an independent review into Long COVID healthcare in Wales on 8th February 2022 and promised continued support. … Continue reading

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Research review: ME/CFS & POTS proposed as sub-types of long COVID

Proposed subtypes of post-COVID-19 syndrome (or long-COVID) and their respective potential therapies, by Shin Jie Yong, Shiliang Liu in Rev Med Virol. 2021 Dec 9; [doi: 10.1002/rmv.2315]   Review abstract: The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a highly transmissible infectious … Continue reading

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Research: Cerebral blood flow in long-haul COVID-19 patients: similarities with ME/CFS

Orthostatic symptoms and cerebral blood flow in long-haul COVID-19 patients: similarities with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by C (Linda) MC van Campen, Peter C Rowe and Frans C Visser in Medicina 2022, 58(1), 28, 24 Dec 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010028] (This … Continue reading

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Research: Analysis of post COVID-19 & its overlap with ME/CFS

Long COVID overlap with ME/CFS   A group of researchers from around the world have joined together to analyse long COVID’s symptom overlap with ME/CFS. Highlights Serious side effects and post-infection sequelae have been reported in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients after acute … Continue reading

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Research review: Immunoglobulin therapy for ME/CFS

Back to the Future? Immunoglobulin therapy for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by  Helen Brownlie and Nigel Speight in Healthcare 2021, 9(11), 1546; [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111546]   12 Nov 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected)   … Continue reading

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