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Full title: Early symptoms preceding post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome following COVID-19: a retrospective observational study incorporating daily gastrointestinal symptoms Background Intestinal microinflammation with immune dysfunction due to severe acute respiratory syndrome...

Background/Aims Changes in autonomic regulation and psychological distress play an important role in the pathobiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The aim of the current study is to evaluate the autonomic function and to link it to the levels of somatization in adolescents with IBS...

Background In post-COVID-19 conditions (Long COVID), systemic vascular dysfunction is implicated but the mechanisms are uncertain, and treatment is imprecise. Methods Patients convalescing after hospitalisation for COVID-19 and risk-factor matched controls underwent multisystem phenotyping...

Background Both post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) and the presence of persisting symptoms that do not meet formal definitions of post-COVID-19-condition may adversely affect quality of life and function. However, their prevalence among children and young people in England is unclear. Methods...

Full title: High levels of pro-inflammatory SARS-CoV-2-specific biomarkers revealed by in vitro whole blood cytokine release assay (CRA) in recovered and long-COVID-19 patients Background Cytokines induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and...

"The pathogenesis of fatigue can involve a variety of inflammatory, neurologic, metabolic, peripheral muscle, psychological and social factors in long COVID. In addition, certain other acute infections are also associated with post-acute infection syndromes, similar to the unexplained chronic...

Acute infections with SARS-CoV-2 variants of concerns (VOCs) differ in clinical presentation. Discrepancies in their long-term sequelae, commonly referred to as long COVID, however, remain to be explored. We retrospectively analyzed data of 287 patients presented at the post-COVID care of the...

DMissa is Daniel Missailidis, as confirmed by Daniel himself here, https://www.s4me.info/threads/%E2%80%9Ca-cellular-chronic-fatigue%E2%80%9D-dysregulated-mitochondrial-respiratory-function-metabolic-and-signalling-pathways-in-me-cfs-21-missailidis-thesis.22017/#post-407547. His Researchgate...

For what it's worth, the guideline is also available from NIH's National Library of Medicine here, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK589852/

From an NIH MECFS Information List email, "NIH has issued three funding opportunity announcements of interest to the ME/CFS research community: RFA-NS-24-022 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)...

My personal opinion is that the ME/CFS community has achieved a lot, particularly in the past 5 years, that the Long Covid community will face many similar challenges to those we experienced, but that their progress will be that much easier due to the progress that we have made in highlighting...

"Functional somatic symptoms Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) were operationalised by evaluating cardiopulmonary/autonomic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and general symptoms through 10 different questions (coded between 0 and 2), which were identical in all waves of data collection...

Background Longitudinal studies evaluating the negative effects of exposure to interpersonal violence in the adulthood on the mental health of both women and men are scarce. Using longitudinal data, we evaluated the relationship between the last year experience of violence and functional...

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Online research launched to help those with Long Covid "A free comprehensive online tool has been released today to help those suffering from Long Covid. Chronic fatigue support group, ME Support, said people with Long Covid have been calling for more support and information for the past two...

Copied post Online research launched to help those with Long Covid "A free comprehensive online tool has been released today to help those suffering from Long Covid. Chronic fatigue support group, ME Support, said people with Long Covid have been calling for more support and information for...

Questions I had issues with. "Do you believe that ME is a separate illness from either CFS or ME/CFS?" Answer Yes or No "Do you believe that ME, ME/CFS, and CFS are three separate illnesses?" Answer Yes or No Confusing. Asking about three separate things in each question and then only...

"Many controversies have emerged around the development of case definitions for ME, ME/CFS, and CFS. We have developed this brief questionnaire that assesses key issues involving case definitions. Thank you for the time you have provided us to give us feedback on these important issues for the...

Still causing potential harm. Quote from Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study 2023, Coscia et al..