Apples and Oranges? The Common Cold, the Coronavirus, ME/CFS and Long COVID
A new phrase – “long cold” – recently entered the medical lexicon. A “long cold” is what you have if you fail to recover from an ordinary respiratory virus. That idea, of course, is not news to people with chronic fatigue syndrome ...
How Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Exhaust the Body
“Millions of people continue to suffer from exhaustion, cognitive problems and other long-lasting symptoms after a coronavirus infection. The exact causes of the illness, known as long Covid, are not known. But new research offers clues, describing the toll the...
Did The ME/CFS Field Give Up Too Early on Enteroviruses?
They were the “original gangster” (OG) in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). At one point in time, enteroviruses were pretty much “it” in ME/CFS. Indeed, the ME/CFS outbreaks from the 1930s to 1960s resembled nothing so much as atypical...
The Doctors and Mr. Hyde: Amy Brown’s M.E Enterovirus Story
Triggering Effects: Andrew Lloyd on Infections, Genes and Getting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(In the second of a series of blogs of presentations on the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) Conference in September of this year, Simon tackles Dr. Lloyds fascinating talk on the how infections trigger chronic fatigue syndrome. Thanks for Simon’s and Action...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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