I wish we had an answer to the basic question, can timely rest/convalescence help prevent post viral conditions becoming chronic. My experience...
No, patients want an explanation that accurately describes their condition and if that is not possible to be told ‘we don’t know’.
@Manuel, thank you for posting. I have insufficient cognitive functioning today to assimilate this, but will return hopefully tomorrow. Being one...
I suspect that a never ending supply of chairs would eventually come up with a useful arrangement, rather we are seeing just a few chairs missing...
… … … but so far?
If POTS is also a feature of Long Covid, it may turn out to be a balancing act as to whether the protection of the vaccine against Long Covid and...
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It is important point out, that like medicine and researchers’ failure to recognise the existence of severe ME, there is a disregard for the fact...
It used to be a condition of the UK Home Office licences for animal research that the animals be euthanised. I am not sure if this is still the...
Sorry, I am struggling to respond this evening, but I do want to say, @kacheston that I value you engaging here on this issue
For me the question needs unpacking: Is animal research into ME going to tell us anything meaningful at present? I think the answer to this is...
@Joan Crawford posted the following to the Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group’s Facebook page: See...
Thank you @CRG, I had forgotten about all this. The Oxford approach to vivisection was a major factor in my becoming a clinician rather than...
I always have had problems reconciling the brilliant scientist I knew as an undergraduate from his published work and occasional lecture I...
I agree this is an important topic. I was in my 30s when my ME started and I had completed my education, had a career and developed a friendship...
Although more realistic than many BPS influenced approaches, I worry it will still give false hope. We desperately need data on what percentage...
There was a thread here, just a few weeks ago, triggered by a Canadian news article on an individual with Long Covid(?) investigating assisted...
One issue that has come up recently is assisted suicide and ME/Long Covid. The issue is of itself ethically complex, but this is added to by...
With ME we see a recovery rate of around 6% and presumably similar figures are anticipated for those with Long Covid that meet the the criteria...
Great to see a study that recognises many psychological questionnaires confound physical and psychological issues, and that questionnaires that do...
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