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==<span id="MECFS">ME/CFS</span>== [[Postviral fatigue syndrome]] is one of the previous names used for [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] (ME), sometimes known as [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]] (CFS), and it commonly begins immediately after events such as a virus, bacterial or other infection.<ref name="ICC2011primer">{{citation | last1 = Carruthers | first1 = BM | authorlink1 = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = van de Sande | first2 = MI | authorlink2 = Marjorie van de Sande | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = KL | authorlink3 = Kenny de Meirleir | last4 = Klimas | first4 = NG | authorlink4 = Nancy Klimas | last5 = Broderick | first5 = G | authorlink5 = Gordon Broderick | last6 = Mitchell | first6 = T | authorlink6 = Terry Mitchell | last7 = Staines | first7 = D | authorlink7 = Donald Staines | last8 = Powles | first8 = ACP | authorlink8 = A C Peter Powles | last9 = Speight | first9 = N | authorlink9 = Nigel Speight | last10 = Vallings | first10 = R | authorlink10 = Rosamund Vallings | last11 = Bateman | first11 = L | authorlink11 = Lucinda Bateman | last12 = Bell | first12 = DS | authorlink12 = David Bell | last13 = Carlo-Stella | first13 = N | authorlink13 = Nicoletta Carlo-Stella | last14 = Chia | first14 = J | authorlink14 = John Chia | last15 = Darragh | first15 = A | authorlink15 = Austin Darragh | last16 = Gerken | first16 = A | authorlink16 = Anne Gerken | last17 = Jo | first17 = D | authorlink17= Daehyun Jo | last18 = Lewis | first18 = DP | authorlink18 = Donald Lewis | last19 = Light | first19 = AR | authorlink19 = Alan Light | last20 = Light | first20 = KC | authorlink20 = Kathleen Light | last21 = Marshall-Gradisnik | first21 = S | authorlink21 = Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik | last22 = McLaren-Howard | first22 = J | authorlink22 = John McLaren-Howard | last23 = Mena | first23 = I | authorlink23 = Ismael Mena | last24 = Miwa | first24 = K | authorlink24 = Kunihisa Miwa | last25 = Murovska | first25 = M | authorlink25= Modra Murovska | last26 = Stevens | first26 = SR | authorlink26 = Staci Stevens | title = Myalgic encephalomyelitis: Adult & Paediatric: International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners | date = 2012| isbn = 978-0-9739335-3-6| url = http://www.investinme.org/Documents/Guidelines/Myalgic%20Encephalomyelitis%20International%20Consensus%20Primer%20-2012-11-26.pdf }}</ref> ME has been a sequela of over [[Epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis|one hundred outbreaks]], in addition to sporadic infections. ME/CFS is not normally diagnosed until symptoms have persisted for six months or more, and tests must be run to exclude other possible causes of the symptoms.<ref name="SEID2015">{{Citation|last = Institute of Medicine | authorlink = Institute of Medicine | title = Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness|location=Washington, DC|publisher=The National Academies Press | date = 2015 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK284902/}}</ref> Some contagious diseases including [[Epstein-Barr virus]], certain [[enterovirus]]es,<ref name="ICC2011primer" /> and the [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]] coronavirus,<ref name="Moldofsky2011" /> have caused outbreaks of ME/CFS. It is not yet known how likely it is for ME/CFS to begin immediately after COVID-19 illness, although around 10% people with certain viruses are known to develop ME/CFS, and according to [[the BMJ]] around 10% of people with COVID-19 have developed long COVID. A significant number of those with long COVID have been found to develop ME/CFS, but it is not known how common this is.<ref name="BMJ11Aug2020" /><ref name="NIHR15Oct2020" /> According to [[Infectious disease|infectious diseases]] and [[Immune system|immunology]] researcher, [[Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik]], there appeared to be a correlation between the illnesses.<blockquote>"The symptom overlap between [[ME/CFS]] and long-COVID is quite astounding," Professor Marshall-Gradisnik said.Those symptoms can be [[fatigue]], they have [[pain]], [[joint pain]], [[Sleep dysfunction|sleep disturbances]], [[headaches]], they have [[Cardiac dysfunctions|cardiac]] changes. Notably, they've got [[brain fog]] and [[Cognitive dysfunction|cognitive]] issues with [[Memory problems|memory]], [and] [[Word-finding problems|word choice]] becomes a problem."<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-18/long-covid-and-chronic-fatigue-links/100916990 | title = 'Symptom overlap is quite astounding': Researchers probe links between long-COVID and chronic fatigue | date = 2022-03-17|work=ABC News|access-date=2022-06-09|language=en-AU}}</ref></blockquote>
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