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"#LongCOVID & Chronic Fatigue [Syndrome]: The Similarities are Uncanny"

Great to see this article in Medscape which includes comments from numerous UK-based researchers and charity representatives

https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/long-covid-chronic-fatigue-similarities-are-uncanny-2024a1000d17

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Long COVID & Chronic Fatigue: The Similarities are Uncanny
Annie Lennon | 16 July 2024
An estimated two million people in England and Scotland were experiencing symptoms of long COVID as of March 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics. Of these, 1.5 million said the condition was adversely affecting their day-to-day activities.
As more research emerges about long COVID, some experts are noticing that its trigger factors, symptoms, and causative mechanisms overlap with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

ME/CFS is characterised by severe fatigue that does not improve with rest, in addition to pain and cognitive problems. One in four patients are bed- or house-bound with severe forms of the condition, sometimes experiencing atypical seizures, and speech and swallowing difficulties.

Despite affecting around 250,000 people in the UK and around 2 million people in the European Union (EU), it is a relatively poorly funded disease research area. Increased research into long COVID is thus providing a much-needed boost to ME/CFS research.

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