How is "recovery" normally defined after an infection? Is it pcr negative/antibody positive/non contagious or free of symptoms/back to normal?
I too couldn't help but to think how this clip might sound in Wessely's/BPSer's ears :-) Pacing, patients connecting online, reactive...
Paul Garner and the founder of Body Politics on long haul Covid, mentioning of ME "CFS" several times, recommend pacing [MEDIA]
I'm feeling a very strange mix of empathy for everyone being affected by Covid, hope & excitement for ME research from scratch, worry that it'll...
I'm worring, too, that this could backfire ("See, they got better, why didn't you?) What makes it a little more likely for me is the experience...
Can you explain in what way?
I think he was criticizing the DSM5 revision/renewal (I can't find the right word) 10yrs ago about grief and how the DSM5 is pathologizing normal...
@Kitty yes, that makes sense. I had moderate light/sound sensitivity from the very beginning - but I just really thought the outside world was...
When long-hauler's symptoms are being described, there's no mentioning of light and sound sensitivity, is there? At least I haven't read of it....
Oh, I was only thinking about Herpes viruses...but right, with Sars1 it was pretty high.
where is the number of "up to 10% of people with some viruses can develop ME/CFS" Ron Davis is mentioning coming from? That sounds a little high.
That what I find a little surprising, too. Some articles/doctors make it sound like post viral problems are unheard of and the wheel needs to be...
ME is the untouchable of all diagnoses, I sometimes think. Or like Lord Voldemort, the name that shall not be spoken. Maybe that's why they...
Three Months In, These Patients Are Still Ravaged by Covid’s Fallout Doctors are studying coronavirus patients who are still experiencing symptoms...
I'm wondering, why hasn't the WHO said anything about "long haulers" yet? Or the CDCs? So far, it's a tiny handful of researchers and the media...
I will never, ever be able to unsee this :D
I have a question, please feel free to move it if this isn't the right thread: Is there any proof/data on people actually really having anxiety...
Can somebody help me with language/use of medical terms here: Why isn't it called "neurological" but (neuro)psychiatric? What's the difference...
I've talked to my family about this and they too said "this is a chance, this time they can't just say its in people's head. There is worldwide...
Me, too. I empathize, 3 months is a lot for an otherwise healthy person. It's nothing for the chronically ill. I still think most of them will...
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