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Long Covid & ME
Understanding the connection
An estimated 20 million* people with Long COVID worldwide have not recovered from COVID-19. The majority of people with Long COVID had ‘mild’ cases and were not hospitalized; even asymptomatic COVID-19 has triggered Long COVID.
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned repeatedly of the risk for COVID-19 patients to develop myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME/CFS.
‘Long haulers’ are not a uniform group, and the constellation of symptoms they are reporting are not new or mysterious. While all people with Long COVID share the experience of being ill for more than 2-4 weeks, patients’ symptoms and complications vary and are resulting in distinct diagnoses.
Some will ultimately recover. Others will have organ damage and/or may go on to develop chronic illnesses such as ME/CFS, autonomic disorders, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), or an autoimmune disorder. It is important that physicians recognize these and other differential diagnoses, and treat patients with Long COVID accordingly.
A study in The Lancet by the Patient Led Research Collaborative for [...]