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Decades of biological research haven't improved diagnosis or treatment. We should look to society, not to the brain.

Decades of biological research haven't improved diagnosis or treatment. We should look to society, not to the brain.

Long-haul COVID-19 cases cast new light on chronic fatigue By Kevin Cool Kaiser Health News/TNS Four weeks after San Diego pediatric nurse Jennifer Minhas fell ill with COVID-19 last March, her cough and fever had resolved, but new symptoms had emerged: chest pain, an elevated heart rate and crushing fatigue. Her primary care physician told her she was just anxious, and that none of her other COVID-19 patients had those issues. “That wasn’t what I needed to hear,” Minhas said. At times, she’s been too exhausted to hold up her head. “I was kind of a zombie for months, shuffling aroun...

I recall an episode more than a year ago where I was ridiculously tired for 8-9 weeks which was put down as a post-viral thing. I’ve recovered at least in part since, but we were certainly thinking that ME/CFS might be the problem. The GPs that I went to, (both of them), informed me that the condition didn’t exist… Stuart Murdoch of the band Belle and Sebastian has talked quite openly about his experience and that did make me feel better while I was in that place. But it is truly awful – not only being unwell and, at times, incapable of even getting to the end of a sentence – but a...

Four weeks after San Diego pediatric nurse Jennifer Minhas fell ill with COVID-19 last March, her cough and fever had resolved, but new symptoms had emerged: chest pain, an elevated heart rate and crushing fatigue. Minhas’ primary care physician told her she was just anxious, and that none of her other COVID patients had those issues. “That wasn’t what I needed to hear,” Minhas said. At times, she’s been too exhausted to hold up her head. “I was kind of a zombie for months, shuffling around unable to do much of anything.” The clinical term for the flattening fatigue Minhas desc...