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Abstract Introduction: After contracting COVID-19, many people have continued to experience various symptoms for several weeks and months, even after a mild acute phase. These people with 'long COVID' faced difficulties when confronted with the healthcare system. Purpose of research: In order...

Abstract A dysregulated autonomic stress physiology is hypothesized to play an important role in the etiology and perpetuation of somatic symptoms that cannot be (fully) explained by an organic disease. The aim of this study was to focus on the role of the respiratory system. We examined...

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to an increasing number of patients with ‘long COVID’. Long COVID is the persistence of symptoms for weeks or months after an infection by SARS-CoV-2. It often impacts on the professional life of affected people. Aims The aim of this...

Unravelling the nature of postexertional malaise in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: the role of elastase, complement C4a and interleukin-1β Abstract Abstract. Nijs J, Van Oosterwijck J, Meeus M, Lambrecht L, Metzger K, Frémont M, Paul L (Vrije Universiteit Brussel...

Abstract Patients recovered from a COVID-19 infection often report vague symptoms of fatigue or dyspnoea, comparable to the manifestations in patients with central sensitisation. The hypothesis was that central sensitisation could be the underlying common aetiology in both patient populations...

Abstract Chronic fatigue complaints are frequently reported in the general population and fatigue ranks among the most commonly reported symptoms in chronic disease. In contrast to its high prevalence and impact on quality of life, relatively little is understood about the etiology of chronic...

Local immune response to food antigens drives meal-induced abdominal pain https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03118-2

Sponsor Vrije Universiteit Brussel Overall contact Andrea Polli, MSc full details here: https://www.smartpatients.com/trials/NCT04378634

Yesterday the Belgium assessment report from the ME/CFS centre in Leuven came out. There are a lot of bad things in this report. CBT was for example said to be successful when the improvements were probably no larger than natural progression of the disease (discussion of the report here). But...

So there's some news from Belgium. The government has extended its ME/CFS-convention until 2020. In parliament our Minister of Health said the assessment report of GET/CBT rehabilitation has shown to be highly successful. Patients however were not allowed to see the report... The new...

Exercise-induce hyperalgesia, complement system and elastase activation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a secondary analysis of experimental comparative studies Polli A1, Van Oosterwijck J2,3, Meeus M3,4, Lambrecht L5, Nijs J6, Ickmans K6. Author information 1 Pain in...