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It's a valid point, and there have been efforts to unite long covid and post viral fatigue as a common illness. I don't make the rules on this, but until there
by Invictus0 5y ago
It's a valid point, and there have been efforts to unite long covid and post viral fatigue as a common illness. I don't make the rules on this, but until there is consensus that they are one and the same, we just have to use the words we have to refer to the things they currently mean. No one would have any clue what you're talking about if you start calling long covid "acute necrotizing encephalopathy".
- rsj_hn 5y agoI don't think it's just one thing. I wouldn't be surprised if almost every organ can be damaged somehow as a result of most kinds of viral outbreaks, so to make progress, it might be better to look at the specific clusters of symptoms and call each of them by their own name and study them independently of what caused them, as I doubt the therapeutics, if we find any, will have anything to do with whether it was covid or something else that caused the damage. Of course I could be completely wrong, and perhaps covid does create a unique set of complications.