Resources on ME/CFS and Covid: https://solvecfs.org/the-me-cfs-community-and-covid-19/
About Vaccinating for Covid if you have ME/CFS, by Dr. Nancy Klimas, renowned ME/CFS expert.
"COVID kills people. It kills people with over activated and damaged immune systems preferentially – and that is what ME/CFS is all about. So while there certainly is a risk of an ME relapse with these hyper reactive vaccines (the first wave to be released), you have to weigh the possibility of an ME relapse against the risk of death from COVID-19."
"can drive a classic ME/CFS relapse. So, take an antihistamine before and for several days after the vaccine – the strongest one you can tolerate. (Benadryl is one of the strongest, Zyrtec is another good choice)."
https://www.nova.edu/nim/To-Vaccinate-or-Not-with-MECFS.html
First, it's too early to know much about covid and anything, but we know a few things.
-ME/CFS experts agree that any major viral illness (which covid is) can cause increased severity of symptoms in ME/CFS patients. (NIH, CDC, Stanford, etc.)
-ME/CFS can follow any viral illness
-Fauci has said that it is likely we will see more cases of ME/CFS following covid. He notes that many people at this point have ME/CFS symptoms following covid (as quoted in three of the articles below). I assume since the definition of ME/CFS involves 6+ months of fatigue no one can confirm a diagnosis of ME/CFS yet (as ofJuly 2020) since there hasn't been enough time.
-After SARS (a close relative of covid 19), up to 30-40% of survivors got CFS/ME (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/415378)
As people with Long Covid reach 6 months, as many as half of them are qualifng for ME/CFS under the CDC guidelines and Clinician Coalition International Consensus Criteria.
*There are other long terms effects such as lung scarring and damage to organs from blood clots which occur post-covid and have nothing to do with CFS/ME which are being lumped into "Long Covid" but are starting to be called "damage" as well.
In later articles there is more traction in the medical community linking "Long Haulers" to ME/CFS (3/21/2021)
US ME/CFS Clinician Coalition Letter: Post-COVID “Long Haulers” and ME/CFS
October 30, 2020 link
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MEDICAL PAPERS/RESEARCH linking ME/CFS and Long Covid:
SARS-CoV-2 can trigger chronic fatigue syndrome Charité study provides evidence to support long-held suspicion
CHARITÉ - UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN
(8/2022)
Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 dysfunction in post COVID-19 condition and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients Molecular Medicine volume 28, Article number: 98 (2022)
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ARTICLES on Long Covid’s Relationship with ME/CFS (oldest to most recent):
Will Covid-19 Leave an Explosion of ME/CFS Cases in its Wake?
Solve ME (4/2/2020)
Researchers Expect COVID-19 Will Cause Surge Of Chronic Illness, Including ME ME Action, (5/10/2020)
Researchers warn covid-19 could cause debilitating long-term illness in some patients Washington Post (5/30/2020)
Coronavirus may cause fatigue syndrome, Fauci says CNN (7/9/2020)
America’s top covid doctor turns ME/CFS into a subject for general discussion as the pandemic deepens ME Association, UK (7/10/2020)
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that Post-Covid Syndrome is "highly suggestive of" Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ME Association, UK (7/10/2020)
Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria (7/27/2020) The Science Bit (UK)
Rehabilitating COVID-19 “Long-Haulers”: The ME/CFS Connection Mebridge (8/4/2020)
Chronic fatigue syndrome a possible long-term effect of Covid-19, experts say CNN CNN (8/7/2020)
Business Insider (8/22/2020)
What if you never get better from Covid-19? New York Times (1/21/21) *with a deep dive into CFS/ME
Some Long-Covid cases Have Met the ME/CFS Diagnosis, but That May Solve Nothing The sad thing is how shockingly little we know about myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Medium.com 2/24/2021
The tragedy of Long Covid Harvard Health Publishing, Anthony L Komaroff, MD, Editor in Chief (3/1/2021)
Long Covid isn't as Unique as we thought: The nagging symptoms long-haulers experience reveal a frustrating blind spot in medicine. VOX (3/11/2021)
A Stanford scientist's quest to cure his son could help unravel the mystery of Covid-19 long haulers CNN (3/12/2021)
The Medical System Should have Been Prepared for Long Covid VICE (3/18/2021)
How COVID long-haulers might renew the focus on chronic fatigue syndrome
Podcast on NPR "WHY" (3/26/2021)
Long Covid isn’t as unique as we thought- The nagging symptoms long-haulers experience reveal a frustrating blind spot in medicine. Vox (4/7/2021)
Little-known illness turning up in COVID long-haulers- by Cindy Loose, Kaiser Health News on pbs.org (6/1/2021)
‘I felt betrayed’: how Covid research could help patients living with chronic fatigue syndrome- by Christina Frangou, The Guardian (6/30/2021)
How Long COVID Is Helping Young Women With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Refinery 29, Lucia Osborne-Crowley (8/15/ 2021)
For many, long COVID looks a lot like chronic fatigue
by Johns Hopkins University (8/26/2021)
Long-Haulers are Fighting for Their Future by Ed Yong, The Atlantic (9/1/2021)
What Causes Long COVID Is A Mystery. Here's How Scientists Are Trying To Crack It, All Things Considered, NPR 9/20/2021
Could long covid unlock clues to chronic fatigue and other poorly understood conditions? Washington Post, Frances Steed Sellers (11/7/2021)
So you've got long COVID? Here are 5 things you should know. SF Chronicle, Effie Seiberg (11/8/2021)
Even Health-care workers with long COVID are being dismissed, the Atlantic, by Ed Yong (11-24-2021)
Unknown Long COVID Connection – myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome, Mirage News (Australia) (11-25-2021)
For patients with long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome may offer a guiding star, NPR Mallory Yu (11-29-2021)
Could this scientist have the answer to long Covid?, The Times (UK) (1/11/2021)
Long COVID Shouldn’t Have Taken Us by Surprise, Infection Control Today, (1/28/2022) Frank Diamond
COVID-19 NEWS: For Many, Long COVID Looks a Lot Like Chronic Fatigue John Hopkins Medicine Newsroom (8/25/2021)
Long COVID is ruining lives, but it also presents Australia with an opportunity ABC News Australia (10/17/2021) Emily Sakzewski
Understanding ME/CFS and Long COVID as Post-Viral Conditions Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (1/2022) Susan Carr
To solve the mystery of long COVID, researchers look to an older disease WBUR (August 08, 2022) Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
Increasing data link ME/CFS, long COVID, and dysautonomia in Chest Medicine (August 8, 2022) Miriam E. Tucker
Queensland researchers find overlap in pathology of long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome ABC News (8/10/2022) Heidi Sheehan
World first chronic fatigue syndrome findings could fast track response to Long COVID Griffith News (8/11/2022) Emma O'Connor
If You’re Suffering After Being Sick With Covid, It’s Not Just in Your Head New York Times (8/25/2022) K.L. Ricks
One of Long Covid's Worst Symptoms is Also its Most Misunderstood The Atlantic (9/12/2022) Ed Yong
Long Covid Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine's Most Neglected Diseases The Atlantic (9/26/22) Ed Yong
A long-hidden disease is pulled from the shadows by its cousin, long COVID, San Francisco Chronicle (10/17/2022) Nanette Asimov
What patients find at long COVID clinics: rejection, outdated therapies, and unanswered questions Popular Science, (12/5/2022) BY MILES W. GRIFFIS
It Isn't Just Long COVID. Post-Viral Illnesses Are More Common Than You Think Time, (12/9/2022) JAMIE DUCHARME
For long covid fatigue, a strategy called ‘pacing’ helps, but at a cost The Washington Post (1/16/2023) By Amanda Morris
Here's What We Know About Long Covid, Three Years Later Science Friday (NPR Radio) 1/27/2023
Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, too Boston Globe 5/23/2023 by Amanda Gore
Long Covid Has Derailed My Life. Make no Mistake: It could yours too. Washington Post, by Madeline Miller 8/9/2023
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