United States: Chronic fatigue syndrome develops more often in people who get COVID-19, experts note.
Research in the Journal of General Internal Medicine shows people who have COVID are five times more likely to get chronic fatigue syndrome.
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According to investigators, new ME/CFS cases have surged 15 times during the pandemic. US CDC research shows people with ME/CFS experience ongoing fatigue that gets worse after basic everyday activities like shopping, participating in school events, doing work, and taking showers.
According to the team lead, Suzanne Vernon, research director of the Bateman Home Center in Salt Lake City, “Our results provide evidence that the rate and risk of developing ME/CFS following SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly increased,” newsmax.com reported.
What more are the experts stating?
Patients experience sleeping issues in addition to problems with dizziness and cognitive limitations.
Medical teams studying long-term COVID symptoms notice many similarities to ME/CFS conditions, suggesting potential connections.
Research reveals that ME/CFS may develop after Epstein/Barr virus infections, according to experts.
Research teams used COVID study data from their long-term health impact investigation.
How was the study carried out?
Scientists studied nearly 12,000 people who had COVID before analyzing medical data from more than 1,400 individuals who never developed the disease, newsmax.com reported.
People who fight COVID develop chronic fatigue syndrome at a 4.5 percent rate, whereas those who don’t catch the virus remain at 0.6 percent.
After physical activity, patients experienced poor energy levels together with lightheadedness from standing and thinking problems.
Research demands further investigation to reveal which COVID patients become new ME/CFS cases among survivors.