Arnie Pye
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
From the quote box in post 1 of this thread :
But she warned that long Covid was a "complex condition", saying it was important to continue to research the other causal factors so all different types of post-Covid syndrome could be diagnosed and treated.
I hate seeing any medical condition described as "complex". It seems to me to be a way for doctors to deceive patients into believing they will be taken seriously. What it really appears to mean in practice is that the doctor thinks the condition is a mental illness, and the only thing the patient is likely to receive is a prescription for anti-depressants and a dismissal making it clear the doctor isn't going to investigate further.
But she warned that long Covid was a "complex condition", saying it was important to continue to research the other causal factors so all different types of post-Covid syndrome could be diagnosed and treated.
I hate seeing any medical condition described as "complex". It seems to me to be a way for doctors to deceive patients into believing they will be taken seriously. What it really appears to mean in practice is that the doctor thinks the condition is a mental illness, and the only thing the patient is likely to receive is a prescription for anti-depressants and a dismissal making it clear the doctor isn't going to investigate further.