covid-19

  1. Andy

    Prevalence and correlates of chronic fatigue syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder after the outbreak of the COVID-19, Simani et al, 2021

    Open access, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13365-021-00949-1
  2. John Mac

    A Molecular network approach reveals shared cellular and molecular signatures between CFS and other fatiguing illnesses, 2021, Comella et al

    Full title: A Molecular network approach reveals shared cellular and molecular signatures between chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatiguing illnesses https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.29.21250755v1
  3. John Mac

    Review article: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Where Will the Drugs Come From? 2021, Toogood et al

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661821000487
  4. John Mac

    Editorial: Concern for Covid-19 cough, fever and impact on mental health. What about risk of Somatic Symptom Disorder? 2021, Willis & Chalder

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09638237.2021.1875418
  5. Hoopoe

    Neuropsychological and neurophysiological correlates of fatigue in post-acute pts with neurological manifestations of COVID-19 (2021) Ortelli et al

    • Neuropsychological and neurophysiological features of fatigue were studied in post-COVID-19 patients. • Apathy, deficits in executive functions and reduction in global cognition were found. • Abnormal shortening of cortical silent period and lack of MEP depression were demonstrated after a...
  6. leokitten

    Gut microbiota composition reflects disease severity and dysfunctional immune responses in patients with COVID-19. Yeoh et al. Gut (2021)

    https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/04/gutjnl-2020-323020
  7. leokitten

    Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Files et al. JCI (2020)

    https://www.jci.org/articles/view/140491 ScienceDaily News piece on paper here Of particular interest to long COVID research is they found immune dysregulation in non-hospitalized patients didn’t resolve quickly as well as activation and exhaustion markers increased during the...
  8. John Mac

    Viruses belonging to Anelloviridae or Circoviridae as a possible cause of chronic fatigue, Grinde, 2020

    Though the title says chronic fatigue the article is about chronic fatigue syndrome https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-020-02666-5
  9. Kalliope

    U.K. trial Rehabilitation exercise and psychological support after Covid 19 infection (REGAIN) Warwick University

    This post and all to post #12 have been moved here from the BPS attempts at psychologising Long Covid thread. Links to Warwick University and National Institute of Health Research web pages in this post Eurekalert: New clinical trial to test whether structured exercise benefits 'long covid'...
  10. M

    Tomorrow:Long COVID Joint Research Forum Dec. 9 and 10

    There is a world web based conference tomorrow and Thursday, discussing Long Covid. I would have loved to attend but it will be 3 AM where I am and therefore will prioritize my sleep. What I am most curious about is them modelling the Long-Covid management with Chikungunya. No mention...
  11. J

    Ed Yong webinar Monday, 7 December 2020

  12. M

    Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19

    Today, I found this preprint on the efficacy of Ivermectin in COVID-19 prophylaxis and treatment. In the context of COVID-19, Ivermectin looks more promising than any other drug I've read results on. The meta-review is partially based on unpublished data, though; it will take time until all the...
  13. J

    Evidence of Structural Protein Damage and Membrane Lipid Remodeling in Red Blood Cells from COVID-19 Patients, 2020, Thomas et al

    Both red blood cells damage and kynurine identified in LongCovid research https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/attack-on-red-blood-cells-a-prime-suspect-in-covids-debilitating-effects?fbclid=IwAR2BjzW8TolU6d1b-VxUN-n6F55E6dMVcMwGkMR-huuW-wbi8mEvqTNJt-s
  14. Andy

    Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Age of COVID-19, 2020, Mohabbat et al

    Open access, https://mcpiqojournal.org/article/S2542-4548(20)30153-3/fulltext
  15. ahimsa

    NIAID will host “Workshop on Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19” on Dec 3-4 2020

    Registration is now open for this online, NIAID-hosted workshop: Workshop on Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 December 3, 2020—December 4, 2020 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time Videocast The workshop will be hosted on the Zoom platform; however, due to space restraints on Zoom, we will also...
  16. leokitten

    Fluvoxamine vs Placebo and Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients With Symptomatic COVID-19 A Randomized Clinical Trial. Lenze et al. JAMA (2020)

    An SSRI to treat early COVID, supposedly SSRIs can inhibit SARS-CoV-2 and also potentially have anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory properties. I think also earlier this year there was an observational study showing patients taking SSRIs had lower risk of severe COVID and death (I think a...
  17. Simon M

    USA: INSPIRE Innovative Support for Patients with Covid-19 Registry (ME/CFS outcome measure)

    Post copied from Attitudes of incoming US politicians to ME/CFS and post-Covid 19 illness Details below. Basically, they aim to recruit a lot of people with a positive diagnosis for SARS-COV2 and follow them for 18 months, with ME/CFS as the primary outcome. (I think that's quite a strong...
  18. Andy

    Webinar: COVID 19: Known Unknowns (hosted by Dr Fiona Godlee & Professor George Davey Smith), 20th Nov 2020

    Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CBJIXWzwSp-EyWLyQ0mIow https://twitter.com/BJSM_BMJ/status/1320029382602182657
  19. Webdog

    Behavioral practices of patients with multiple sclerosis during Covid-19 pandemic, 2020, Alnajashi/Jabbad

    Full text: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241103241103 Study of 176 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients in Saudi Arabia. Spacing mine.
  20. Helene

    My family of MEEPS and thoughts on COVID long-haulers

    A brave & thoughtful story my daughter Nadine wrote about her recent diagnosis with ME, my family's history with the disease, COVID long-haulers and how it's time to start paying attention to those who suffer from chronic illnesses we don't yet understand. "How did my siblings and I collapse...
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