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"Parents of children with #longCovid claim they have been accused of faking or exaggerating their child’s illness, leading to social services’ involvement and... court cases and the threat of the child’s removal from the home."
I think diagnoses like #LC & #MECFS are important for those ill after an infection to help adapt to the impairments, not get worse from pushing/having to push, etc
Developing effective strategies to optimize physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in the long Covid population- The need for caution and objective assessment
"A clinical trial to test if the fibrinolytic enzyme Lumbrokinase improves symptoms and mitigates blood clotting issues or platelet hyperactivation in patients with #LongCOVID, ME/CFS, & LongLyme disease."
We have made images of the charts from the analysis of PubMed publications data for #MECFS & #LongCovid available in our Google Drive, for use by anyone in advocacy 📊
A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Control Trial to Determine the Effects of Oxaloacetate on Improving Fatigue in Long COVID
Compensation: "Eligible participants will be compensated $50 for each in-person visit. At the end of the study, participants will be provided with a 45-day trial of oxaloacetate if they are interested"
#LongCOVID & ME/CFS have overlapping symptoms, yet many studies overlook the proportion of individuals with long #COVID who meet ME/ #CFS criteria. Read more about current estimates of the proportion of individuals with long #COVID19 who meet #MECFS criteria:
“we have demonstrated that there were no statistically significant differences in the retinal microvasculature of patients with #postCOVID19 syndrome compared to healthy cohorts. Furthermore, no significant structural differences were observed in the macular retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) & ganglion cell layer (GCL) of the study participants”
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"Despite Resistance, Policy Makers Push The Paradigm On ME/CFS And Long COVID"
by Prof Brian Hughes ( @b_m_hughes ), Prof Steven Lubet & David Tuller DrPH