Tag Archives: POTS
ME/CFS & Post-COVID Syndrome: a common neuroimmune ground
ME/CFS and Post-COVID syndrome – close relationship Russian researchers analysed the wide range of symptoms in people with ME/CFS and in those with long COVID, many of whom met the criteria for ME/CFS. The symptoms fell into the categories … Continue reading
Research: The depressing truth about depression scales for people with chronic invisible illness
The depressing truth about depression scales for people with chronic invisible illness, by CL Pederson, BM Wagner Research conclusions: People with chronic invisible illnesses like POTS, CFS/ME, EDS, MCAS, and fibromyalgia have numerous and often severe somatic symptoms related … Continue reading
Research: POTS found in long-haul COVID-19 patients: similarities with ME/CFS
Orthostatic symptoms and reductions in 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 [doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010028] 24 December 2021 … 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: Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in CFS
Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome by Benjamin H Natelson, Jin-Mann S Lin, Michelle Blate, Sarah Khan, Yang Chen & Elizabeth R Unger in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 20, no: 95 (2022) Research abstract: Background Orthostatic … Continue reading
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
Research: Cerebral blood flow remains reduced after tilt testing in ME/CFS patients
Cerebral blood flow remains reduced after tilt testing in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome patients, by C Linda MC van Campen, Peter C Rowe, Frans C Visser in Clinical Neurophysiology Practice Vol 6, 2021, Pages 245-255 [doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2021.09.001] Highlights Cerebral … Continue reading
Deconditioning does not explain orthostatic intolerance in ME/CFS
Deconditioning does not explain orthostatic intolerance in ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), by C (Linda) MC van Campen, Peter C Rowe & Frans C Visser in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 19, no. 193 (2021) [doi.org/10.1186/s12967-021-02819-0] Research abstract: Background: … Continue reading
Research: Insights from invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing of patients with ME/CFS
Insights from Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing of Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Phillip Joseph, Carlo Arevalo, Rudolf KF Oliveira, Donna Felsenstein, Anne Louise Oaklander, David M Systrom in CHEST journal Feb 09, 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.082] Research abstract: Background … Continue reading
The challenges of chronic pain & fatigue [for clinicians]
The challenges of chronic pain and fatigue, by Jessica A Eccles and Kevin A Davies in Clin Med January 2021 [doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-1009] Review abstract: In this review, we explore the challenges of chronic pain and fatigue in clinical practice. Both … Continue reading
