Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is an overlooked medical condition that affects about 1.5 million Americans. The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the complicated disorder, as researchers have found that many post-COVID patients suffered from similar symptoms.
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The disability community, including those with chronic fatigue syndrome pre-pandemic, were “some of the first to raise alarm bells that this was going to be a mass disabling event. We were looking at symptoms of long COVID and saying there are going to be a boatload of people with CFS/ME [chronic fatigue syndrome],” Robert Sklans of the #MEAction Network
told NorthJersey.com.
While the long-term effects of COVID remain largely unknown — the pandemic is only entering its third year —
it is estimated that 1 in 10 infections may get chronic fatigue syndrome. With nearly 78 million cases recorded in the U.S., 7.8 million Americans could face chronic fatigue syndrome.
The number could even triple given the high volume of those in the U.S. who have had the virus and experience long COVID symptoms,
according to experts.
