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"Long COVID reportedly affects about 10% of post-COVID patients, and describes
a range of ongoing or new symptoms three months post-infection.
Given the COVID pandemic has infected more than 750 million people worldwide,
it’s clear long COVID will create a significant burden on society for years to
come. Australia’s parliament is currently undertaking an inquiry into long
COVID, with hearings this week.
While some long COVID symptoms are unique (microclots, lung scar tissue, or
organ damage due to acute infection), most resemble the clinically very similar
disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis, more commonly known as chronic fatigue
syndrome.
While the term myalgic encephalomyelitis is preferred by many patients who have
fought to have the illness recognised as an illness that affects the brain
rather than just tiredness, we’ll use the term chronic fatigue syndrome here
for simplicity.
As similar post-viral illnesses, there is much we can learn about long COVID
from our years of diagnosing and managing chronic fatigue syndrome."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
