Talk:Long COVID: Difference between revisions

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*Aug 2020, [https://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Post-COVID%20ME-to%20Solve.pdf Will Covid-19 lead to ME/CFS in some people?] - Dr [[Anthony Kormaroff]]  
*Aug 2020, [https://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Post-COVID%20ME-to%20Solve.pdf Will Covid-19 lead to ME/CFS in some people?] - Dr [[Anthony Kormaroff]]  
==Letters and blogs==
==Letters and blogs==
*Sep 2020, Simon McGrath
*Sep 2020, [https://mecfsresearchreview.me/2020/09/17/understanding-long-covid-a-shortcut-to-solving-me-cfs/?#symptoms Understanding Long Covid, A Shortcut to Solving ME/CFS?] Simon McGrath
*Jul 2020, [https://meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ForwardME-Letter-re-Covid-19-Management-and-Exercise-Caution-27.08.20.pdf Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution]<ref name="GETcovidForwardME">{{Cite web|url=https://meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ForwardME-Letter-re-Covid-19-Management-and-Exercise-Caution-27.08.20.pdf|date=2020-08-27|last=Forward-ME|author-link=Forward-ME|title =Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution}}</ref> - [[Forward-ME]]
*Jul 2020, [https://meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ForwardME-Letter-re-Covid-19-Management-and-Exercise-Caution-27.08.20.pdf Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution]<ref name="GETcovidForwardME">{{Cite web|url=https://meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ForwardME-Letter-re-Covid-19-Management-and-Exercise-Caution-27.08.20.pdf|date=2020-08-27|last=Forward-ME|author-link=Forward-ME|title =Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution}}</ref> - [[Forward-ME]]



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Long Covid or post-acute covid-19 a term used to describe a group of long term health problems that are found in a significant minority of people who were infected with the coronavirus disease 19 and remain ill after a number of weeks or months.[1][2][3]

Long covid appears to be a multisystem disease, and may occur after antly severity of COVID-19, including after relatively mild cases.[2]

Long-haulers[edit source | reply | new]

A "long-hauler" is someone who became ill with confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 19, who has not recovered many weeks or months later after first becoming ill.[3]

Symptoms[edit source | reply | new]

  • Profound (very severe) fatigue
  • Cough
  • Breathlessness
  • Muscle pain and body aches
  • Heavy chest or a feeling of pressure on the chest

Other reported symptoms include:

“A very common feature is the relapsing, remitting nature of the illness, where you feel as though you’ve recovered, then it hits you back

Dr. Nisreen Alwan, BMJ, Sep 2020


Signs and symptoms[edit source | reply | new]

Treatment[edit source | reply | new]

ME/CFS patient groups have raised concerns about the use of graded exercise therapy (GET) in patients with long covid.[4] Graded exercise therapy, which is sometimes incorrectly referred to as activity management involves patients initially reducing their activity levels to a level that prevents regular crashes, and then typically increasing activity by 10% each week regardless of any increased symptoms or worsening illness. Patients are told to ignore deterioration or increased symptoms and "push through" them. Surveys of ME/CFS patients have consistently shown that large numbers of patients deteriorate as a result of graded exercise therapy, and a significant number become severely ill.

ME/CFS[edit source | reply | new]

Notable articles[edit source | reply | new]

  • Aug 11, 2020, Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care[2] - (Full text)

Presentations, interviews and videos[edit source | reply | new]

Letters and blogs[edit source | reply | new]

See also[edit source | reply | new]

Learn more[edit source | reply | new]

References[edit source | reply | new]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nabavi, Nikki (September 7, 2020). "Long covid: How to define it and how to manage it". BMJ. 370: bmj.m3489.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care". BMJ. 370: m3026. August 11, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3026.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yong, Ed (August 19, 2020). "Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved August 21, 2020. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Forward-ME (August 27, 2020). "Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution" (PDF).