I don't know exactly how it works, but pre-prints are not yet typeset in the journal style, so it is common to upload the submission file and separate files for figures, but I'm sure you'd find pre-prints where the figures are inline.
That is deliberate. The paper is a pre-print so this will be how the journal expects the manuscript; usually they ask for figures as separate files or collated at the end of the document.
One of the co-authors, Natalie Hilliard, is listed as part of Physios for ME, but her first name isn't even spelled correctly, so that's not a great sign.
Did a beta-blocker help you? Propranolol 20 mg in the morning seems to help lower my HR but doesn't seem to do much else to help my OI (which isn't severe, but is still quite disabling during PEM). I may trial mestinon.
Can you describe the "chest tightness"? I am wondering if it's the same as my "chest heaviness" that is one of my main symptoms of orthostatic intolerance. It feels as though there's a weight in my chest and that I need to take a deep breath (to the top of my breath).
Without going too off topic, I would think the chance of discovering an overall test or drug to treat long covid is essentially zero, because the group is so heterogeneous, even compared with ME/CFS. So in that respect, Paul is probably right.
They have always as far as I know represented the staff working in the specialist NHS clinics. I'm sure you can join if you work outside the NHS, but it's very much revolves around the NHS clinics. I don't know what percentage of NHS staff in these clinics are members of BACME.
BACME Calls for Cochrane to Withdraw Outdated Exercise Review for ME/CFS
https://bacme.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/BACME-statement-regarding-the-decision-of-the-Cochrane-Collaboration_.pdf
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