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What are the clinically significant differences between long covid and things like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome that have been around for quite a w

by 300bps 3y ago

What are the clinically significant differences between long covid and things like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome that have been around for quite a while? I don't appear to be the only one asking these questions. https://www.jwatch.org/na56219/2023/06/15/long-covid-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-share https://www.jwatch.org/na56219/2023/06/15/long-covid-and-chr... https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/long-covid-really-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-another-name https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/long-covid-really... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10117846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10117846/

stefs 3y ago
i always thought long covid is a variant of ME/CFS - it just got it's own name due to the novel virus, while non-covid cases of CFS are caused by viruses which usually have a far lower chance of causing CFS (epstein-barr/herpes/...). no idea if that's actually the case though. "A review of long COVID research found half of those affected met diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9839201/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9839201/
whimsicalism 3y ago
They're very similar and if you work in these fields you wink wink know what it means that the disease profiles are so similar.
- gadders 3y ago
  Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome "Conclusions: Our study shows higher levels of neuroticism in patients with post-COVID syndrome. " https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819212/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819212/
- ruskyhacker 3y ago
  What does it mean?