Tag Archives: PASC
Review: Exercise intolerance in ME/CFS & PASC: more in common than not?
Exercise Pathophysiology in ME/CFS and PASC This review finds the mechanisms of systemic blood flow, ventilatory control, hemodynamic and gas exchange derangements to be involved in exercise intolerance in both conditions. Exercise Pathophysiology in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and … Continue reading
Research: ME/CFS is common in Long COVID patients
ME/CFS is common in PASC / long COVID A US long COVID clinic found that 43% of PASC/ long COVID patients met the criteria for ME/CFS though they acknowledge that a larger more diverse group of patients might alter … Continue reading
Treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS – GET & CBT
A review of treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS Psychologist and researcher Dr David F Marks believes that as there is growing evidence that ME/CFS and PASC have similar symptoms “it seems highly possible that the same therapeutic approaches will … Continue reading
Hypothesis: Multisystemic dyshomeostasis (faulty thermostat theory) in ME/CFS & PASC
Converging evidence of similar symptomatology of ME/CFS and PASC A review article by independent researcher David Marks looks at the overlap in symptoms between ME/CFS and Long COVID and makes a speculative hypothesis about biological mechanisms. Conclusions: (1) The … Continue reading
Research review: Mindfulness meditation interventions for long COVID & ME/CFS
Mindfulness meditation – a useful intervention for long COVID & ME/CFS Prof Leonard Jason and Dr Nicole Porter have explored the research into mindfulness meditation to find out if it can help people with post viral conditions like long … Continue reading
Hypothesis: Circadian rhythm disruption in ME/CFS: implications for the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
Circadian rhythm disruption in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Implications for the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, by Michael J McCarthy in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, Vol 20, March 2022, [doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100412] Highlights Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterized … Continue reading
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
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
Insights from ME/CFS may help unravel the pathogenesis of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
Insights from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may help unravel the pathogenesis of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, by Anthony L Komaroff, W Ian Lipkin in Trends in Molecular Medicine, 7 June 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2021.06.002] Highlights: In some people, the aftermath of acute … Continue reading
