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*''[[Postviral fatigue syndrome|Post-viral fatigue]] and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics''<blockquote> '''Abstract''' - The COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has severely impacted the population worldwide with a great mortality rate. The current article reviews the literature on short- and long-term health consequences of prior epidemics and infections to assess potential health complications that may be associated with post-COVID-19 recovery. Past research on post-epidemic and post-infection recovery has suggested that such complications include the development of severe fatigue. Certain factors, such as the severity of infection, in addition to the ‘cytokine storm’ experienced by many COVID-19 patients, may contribute to the development of later health problems. We suggest that the patterns observed in past epidemics and infections may re-occur in the current COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Islam|first=Mohammed F.|author-link=|last2=Cotler|first2=Joseph|author-link2=|last3=Jason|first3=Leonard A.|author-link3=Leonard Jason|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=2020-04-02|title=Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=61–69|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227|issn=2164-1846|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227?src=recsys (Full text)]</blockquote>
*''[[Postviral fatigue syndrome|Post-viral fatigue]] and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics''<blockquote> '''Abstract''' - The COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has severely impacted the population worldwide with a great mortality rate. The current article reviews the literature on short- and long-term health consequences of prior epidemics and infections to assess potential health complications that may be associated with post-COVID-19 recovery. Past research on post-epidemic and post-infection recovery has suggested that such complications include the development of severe fatigue. Certain factors, such as the severity of infection, in addition to the ‘cytokine storm’ experienced by many COVID-19 patients, may contribute to the development of later health problems. We suggest that the patterns observed in past epidemics and infections may re-occur in the current COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Islam|first=Mohammed F.|author-link=|last2=Cotler|first2=Joseph|author-link2=|last3=Jason|first3=Leonard A.|author-link3=Leonard Jason|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=2020-04-02|title=Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=61–69|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227|issn=2164-1846|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227?src=recsys (Full text)]</blockquote>


*Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the [[1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak|Royal Free Epidemic of 1955]]
*''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the [[1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak|Royal Free Epidemic of 1955]]''<blockquote> '''Abstract''' - In 1970, two clinicians, McEvedy and Beard [McEvedy CP, Beard AW (1970) Royal Free Epidemic of 1955: A Reconsideration The British Medical Journal 1: No. 5687: 7-11] re-analysed some of the case notes, and hypothesised that the Royal Free outbreak was epidemic hysteria. This hypothesis was the beginning of an entrenched belief that the disease at the Royal Free, and similar cluster outbreaks, were psychosomatic. This was to have a profound effect on the interpretation of the same illness for nearly 50 years as a presumptive psychosomatic, an interpretation that has lasted nearly 50 years. '''Methods''': The 1927 Susceptible Infected Recovered (SIR) mathematical model [Kermack WO, McKendrick AG. Contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics. Proc Royal Soc London. 1927;772:701–721] for the transmission of disease has been used to examine the published admission data from the Royal Free Hospital. for the purpose of finding out if the disease had the characteristics of a contagious disease. Similar cluster outbreaks have also been modelled to assess whether they have similar characteristics to the Royal Free outbreak. '''Results''': Using the 1927 Susceptible Infected Recovered (SIR) model [Kermack WO, McKendrick AG. Contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics. Proc Royal Soc London. 1927;772:701–721] for the transmission of disease, we show that the epidemic of a disease of an unknown aetiology at the Royal Free Hospital in 1955, and other similar twentieth-century outbreaks, have the characteristics of a communicable disease. The disease causing the Royal Free outbreak was given the name ‘Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis' by '''Acheson [A new clinical entity? Lancet. 1956;1:789–790] in 1956, now identified as ME. Conclusions''': By showing that the Royal Free and other ME attributed outbreaks fit the SIR disease model, we demonstrate that the McEvedy and Beard hysteria hypothesis is mathematically incorrect. The ensuing management of the treatment of ME/CFS-like conditions evolving from that, now mathematically improbable belief may need to be re-evaluated.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Waters|first=F. G.|last2=McDonald|first2=G. J.|last3=Banks|first3=S.|last4=Waters|first4=R. A.|date=2020-04-02|title=Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1793058|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=70–83|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1793058|issn=2164-1846}}</ref></blockquote>
*Patient experiences and the psychosocial benefits of group aquatic exercise to reduce symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a pilot study
 
*Solving the ME/CFS criteria and name conundrum: the aftermath of [[National Academy of Medicine|IOM]]
*''Patient experiences and the psychosocial benefits of group aquatic exercise to reduce symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a pilot study''<blockquote> '''Abstract''' - <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Broadbent|first=Suzanne|last2=Coetzee|first2=Sonja|last3=Beavers|first3=Rosalind|last4=Horstmanshof|first4=Louise|date=2020-04-02|title=Patient experiences and the psychosocial benefits of group aquatic exercise to reduce symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a pilot study|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1751455|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=84–96|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1751455|issn=2164-1846}}</ref></blockquote>
*Psychological distress among [[Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome|postural tachycardia syndrome]] patients in the [[Fennell Phase Inventory|Fennell]] Crisis phase
 
*''Solving the ME/CFS criteria and name conundrum: the aftermath of [[National Academy of Medicine|IOM]]''<blockquote> '''Abstract''' - <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jason|first=Leonard A.|author-link=Leonard Jason|last2=Johnson|first2=Madeline|author-link2=Madelone Johnson|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=2020-04-02|title=Solving the ME/CFS criteria and name conundrum: the aftermath of IOM|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1757809|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=97–107|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1757809|issn=2164-1846|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref></blockquote>
 
*''Psychological distress among [[Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome|postural tachycardia syndrome]] patients in the [[Fennell Phase Inventory|Fennell]] Crisis phase''<blockquote> '''Abstract''' - <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pederson|first=Cathy L.|last2=Gorman-Ezell|first2=Kathleen|last3=Brookings|first3=Jeffrey B.|date=2020-04-02|title=Psychological distress among postural tachycardia syndrome patients in the Fennell Crisis phase|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1783065|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=108–118|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1783065|issn=2164-1846}}</ref></blockquote>





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Titles and abstracts for the journal, Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2020.

Volume 8, Issue 2, 2020[edit | edit source]

  • Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics

    Abstract - The COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has severely impacted the population worldwide with a great mortality rate. The current article reviews the literature on short- and long-term health consequences of prior epidemics and infections to assess potential health complications that may be associated with post-COVID-19 recovery. Past research on post-epidemic and post-infection recovery has suggested that such complications include the development of severe fatigue. Certain factors, such as the severity of infection, in addition to the ‘cytokine storm’ experienced by many COVID-19 patients, may contribute to the development of later health problems. We suggest that the patterns observed in past epidemics and infections may re-occur in the current COVID-19 pandemic.[1] - (Full text)

  • Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955

    Abstract - In 1970, two clinicians, McEvedy and Beard [McEvedy CP, Beard AW (1970) Royal Free Epidemic of 1955: A Reconsideration The British Medical Journal 1: No. 5687: 7-11] re-analysed some of the case notes, and hypothesised that the Royal Free outbreak was epidemic hysteria. This hypothesis was the beginning of an entrenched belief that the disease at the Royal Free, and similar cluster outbreaks, were psychosomatic. This was to have a profound effect on the interpretation of the same illness for nearly 50 years as a presumptive psychosomatic, an interpretation that has lasted nearly 50 years. Methods: The 1927 Susceptible Infected Recovered (SIR) mathematical model [Kermack WO, McKendrick AG. Contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics. Proc Royal Soc London. 1927;772:701–721] for the transmission of disease has been used to examine the published admission data from the Royal Free Hospital. for the purpose of finding out if the disease had the characteristics of a contagious disease. Similar cluster outbreaks have also been modelled to assess whether they have similar characteristics to the Royal Free outbreak. Results: Using the 1927 Susceptible Infected Recovered (SIR) model [Kermack WO, McKendrick AG. Contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics. Proc Royal Soc London. 1927;772:701–721] for the transmission of disease, we show that the epidemic of a disease of an unknown aetiology at the Royal Free Hospital in 1955, and other similar twentieth-century outbreaks, have the characteristics of a communicable disease. The disease causing the Royal Free outbreak was given the name ‘Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis' by Acheson [A new clinical entity? Lancet. 1956;1:789–790] in 1956, now identified as ME. Conclusions: By showing that the Royal Free and other ME attributed outbreaks fit the SIR disease model, we demonstrate that the McEvedy and Beard hysteria hypothesis is mathematically incorrect. The ensuing management of the treatment of ME/CFS-like conditions evolving from that, now mathematically improbable belief may need to be re-evaluated.[2]

  • Patient experiences and the psychosocial benefits of group aquatic exercise to reduce symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a pilot study

    Abstract - [3]

  • Solving the ME/CFS criteria and name conundrum: the aftermath of IOM

    Abstract - [4]


References[edit | edit source]

  1. Islam, Mohammed F.; Cotler, Joseph; Jason, Leonard A. (April 2, 2020). "Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics". Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 8 (2): 61–69. doi:10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227. ISSN 2164-1846.
  2. Waters, F. G.; McDonald, G. J.; Banks, S.; Waters, R. A. (April 2, 2020). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955". Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 8 (2): 70–83. doi:10.1080/21641846.2020.1793058. ISSN 2164-1846.
  3. Broadbent, Suzanne; Coetzee, Sonja; Beavers, Rosalind; Horstmanshof, Louise (April 2, 2020). "Patient experiences and the psychosocial benefits of group aquatic exercise to reduce symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a pilot study". Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 8 (2): 84–96. doi:10.1080/21641846.2020.1751455. ISSN 2164-1846.
  4. Jason, Leonard A.; Johnson, Madeline (April 2, 2020). "Solving the ME/CFS criteria and name conundrum: the aftermath of IOM". Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 8 (2): 97–107. doi:10.1080/21641846.2020.1757809. ISSN 2164-1846.
  5. Pederson, Cathy L.; Gorman-Ezell, Kathleen; Brookings, Jeffrey B. (April 2, 2020). "Psychological distress among postural tachycardia syndrome patients in the Fennell Crisis phase". Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 8 (2): 108–118. doi:10.1080/21641846.2020.1783065. ISSN 2164-1846.