2022

Moved post International Journal of Molecular Sciences Implication of Covid-19 on Erythrocytes Functionality: Red Blood Cell Biochemical Implications and Morpho-Functional Aspects by Annamaria Russo et al Abstract Several diseases (such as diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders)...

Moved from the general long covid thread Nature reviews immunology Lessons from Long COVID: working with patients to design better research by Nisreen A. Alwan quote: Why is the research question framed in such a way that a low accuracy laboratory test is to be believed — as a default — more...

Long lasting symptoms have been reported in a considerable proportion of patients after a severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. This condition, defined as either “post-acute coronavirus disease (COVID),” “long COVID,” or “long-haul COVID,” has also been...

Based on the theory of "brain-gut communication" and "heart-stomach disease simultaneously", the thinking and method of treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) from yangming meridian were discussed. CFS is related to brain and heart. Based on the analysis of meridian circulation, zang-fu...

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a known complex, multi-organ system disorder with a sudden or subacute onset. ME/CFS occurs most commonly among women between 30 and 50 years of age. The current diagnostic criteria of ME/CFS, as defined by the Centers for...

Abstract Objective: To explore the lived experience of ‘brain fog’—the wide variety of neurocognitive symptoms that can follow COVID-19. Design and setting: A UK-wide longitudinal qualitative study comprising online focus groups with email follow-up. Method: 50 participants were recruited from...

full details https://www.cc.nih.gov/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/recruit/pdfs/20_fatigue.pdf (this pdf seems to have been created last year?)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been the most impactful infectious disease in the 21st century. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic significantly increased the number of patients and deaths worldwide...

The Lancet New NICE guideline on chronic fatigue syndrome: more ideology than science? Signe A. Flottorp, Kjetil Brurberg, Per Fink, Hans Knoop, Vegard B B Wyller Article is paywalled other than this text (references removed): The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the...

Preprint https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1344323/v1 Post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC), or long COVID, is a multisystem complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection that continues to debilitate millions worldwide thus highlighting the public health importance of identifying effective...

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is commonly associated with cognitive complaints. To bring out the neuropsychological symptomatology inherent to ME/CFS, we conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA and MOOSE guidelines of the literature through the...

[Yet another pointless FND review paper] Abstract Functional neurological disorder and somatic symptom disorder are complex neuropsychiatric conditions that have been linked to circuit-based dysfunction of brain networks. Neuromodulation is a novel therapeutic strategy capable of modulating...

Full title: The careful assessment tool for managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms – The experience of Slovenian family medicine trainees: A qualitative study Introduction: Primary care physicians use various tools and methods to identify medically unexplained...

Highlights • Functional seizures remains a complex neuropsychiatric condition to identify and treat. • Practitioners must address management of physical symptoms and underlying causes. • Management strategies can fail if their reasoning is not properly communicated. • Better outcomes may result...

Abstract The biopsychosocial model was defined by George L. Engel to propose a holistic approach to patient care. Through this model, physicians can understand patients in their context to aid the development of tailored, individualized treatment plans that consider relevant biological...

Abstract Cognitive post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) can occur after mild COVID-19. Detailed clinical characterizations may inform pathogenesis. We evaluated 22 adults reporting cognitive PASC and 10 not reporting cognitive symptoms after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection through structured...

Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID: Postexertional Symptom Exacerbations is an Abnormal Response to Exercise/Activity Authors: Todd E. Davenport, Staci R. Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R. Snell, J. Mark Van Ness Quote: Prolonged symptoms after...

Abstract: The world continues to contend with successive waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), fueled by the emergence of viral variants. At the same time, persistent, prolonged and often debilitating sequelae are increasingly recognized in convalescent individuals, named...

Abstract Background: Long COVID is a condition characterized by long-term sequelae persisting after the typical convalescence period of COVID-19. Previous reports have suggested the role of an unsatisfactory immune response and impaired viral clearance in the pathogenesis of long COVID...

This is an update to this thread, What ME/CFS research, funded by UK sources, is currently in process (as of end June 2019)?, this time looking at research in progress as at time of posting. I'm afraid that compared to the original thread it won't have the same care and attention paid to...