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‘Faceless monster, secret society’: Women's experiences navigating the administrative burden of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme Abstract Previous research has indicated that administrative burdens are particularly high in personalised funding schemes such as the Australian...

Conclusion General cognition remains preserved in most patients, only a small group of them shows a significant mild cognitive impairment. Maintained attention is clearly deficient, showing a marked fatigability after the Toulouse-Piéron test. The effort was perceived as very hard by both...

Objective: To investigate the influence of comorbidities on the prognosis of pediatric postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 275 children with POTS admitted to the Department of Pediatrics at Peking University First Hospital were recruited from 2016...

Introduction SARS-CoV-2 infection which causes the disease COVID-19 is most known for its severe respiratory complications. However, a variety of extrapulmonary effects have since been described, with cardiovascular complications being amongst the most common[1]. Those who recover from the acute...

Abstract Background The Composite Autonomic Symptom Score 31 (COMPASS 31) is a validated, 31-item self-assessment questionnaire assessing autonomic symptoms in six domains, orthostatic intolerance, vasomotor, secretomotor, gastrointestinal, bladder, and pupillomotor function. So far, there is no...

Abstract Dysfunctional thalamocortical interactions have been suggested as putative mechanisms of ineffective pain modulation and also suggested as possible pathophysiology of fibromyalgia (FM). However, it remains unclear which specific thalamocortical networks are altered and whether it is...

Abstract Background In this study, the effects of long-term pregabalin use on the choroid and retinal nerve fiber layer were investigated in the fibromyalgia disease. Methods The patient group consisted of 41 fibromyalgia patients using pregabalin. The control group consisted of 41 newly...

Abstract Cognitive dysfunction is a complaint of many patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Although the main symptoms of the disease are fatigue, widespread musculoskeletal pain, poor sleep quality, and tenderness points, the cognitive symptoms can be more distressing than the pain itself, and...

Abstract Background Altered red blood cell (RBC) deformability has been reported in Veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) who endorse exercise-induced symptom exacerbation and fatigue. However, it is unknown whether altered RBC deformability is worsened secondary to exercise. Objective To...

Change of RBC Deformability During Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Kim YK, Lee JM Abstract The red blood cell (RBC) deformability test is the measurement of the ability of RBCs to adapt their shape to the flow conditions. The major determinants of RBC deformability include cell shape...

Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Developing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Abstract Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health issue with a variety of ill health consequences associated with exposure. Due to the stimulation of chronic stress and inflammatory...

The association between exposure to domestic abuse in women and the development of syndromes indicating central nervous system sensitization: A retrospective cohort study using UK primary care records Abstract Background Domestic abuse is a global public health issue. The association between...

Background An estimated 260,000 people in the UK are living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS); this neurological condition has been described as ‘a serious, chronic, complex, and multisystem disease that frequently and dramatically limits the activities of affected...

Abstract Background and methods Skeletal muscle-related symptoms are common in both acute Covid-19 and Post-Acute Sequelae of Covid-19 (PASC). In this narrative review, we discuss cellular and molecular pathways that are affected, and consider these in regard to skeletal muscle involvement in...

Abstract Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) triggers the development of numerous pathologies and infection-linked complications and exacerbates existing pathologies in nearly all body systems. Aside from the primarily targeted...

Abstract The terms “Post-COVID” or “Long-COVID” refer to a variety of physical and psychological symptoms that continue for weeks or months beyond the initial illness or develop as new-onset clinical manifestations after resolving of the acute phase. Moreover, these signs and symptoms are...

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 virus that led to a pandemic. Acute manifestations of COVID-19 include fever, cough, dyspnea, respiratory failure, pneumonitis, anosmia, thromboembolic events, cardiogenic...

Abstract Fibromyalgia developed in the 1950s from a substrate of difficult to explain regional and widespread pain mixed with symptoms of psychosocial distress. Controversies regarding psychological issues were common. Multiple criteria arose to define the disorder, but each identified a...

Background: Persistent physical symptoms are common after a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) episode, but their pathophysiological mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to explore the association between anxiety and depression at 1-month after acute infection and the...

ABSTRACT Introduction Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, has become a common disease in modern medicine. Objective The paper analyzes the impact of exercise training on patients' quality of life with chronic fatigue syndrome. Methods...