Nina Muirhead, SAS Doctor Dermatology Surgery, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Amersham Hospital, Whielden Street Extracts Re: Long covid: doctors must assess and investigate patients properly Dear Editor, I strongly echo this sentiment from my long COVID colleagues about assessing and investigating patients properly and would like to add that doctors must also diagnose patients properly. […]
Tag: Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome
News & Comment: The Long-Covid Crisis and £10 million on NHS Specialist Clinics for Post-Covid Sufferers
The ME Association appeared in several media publications at the weekend sharing opinion about Long-Covid and the proposed new specialist clinics.
ME Association Statement on the NICE clinical guideline for ME/CFS and the NICE guideline for Post/Long Covid-19
In this statement we explain why we have been working to help people with Post/Long Covid and how these syndromes overlap with ME/CFS.
Forward ME Letter re: Post-Covid/ME/CFS Management with Caution about Exercise
This letter is now available for anyone to download and share to help raise awareness of Post-Covid management and the similarities with M.E.
NHS England & Department of Health and Social Care Dismiss Concerns about Graded Exercise and Post-Covid Illness Management
The responses from Chris Whitty at the Department of Health and Social Care and Stephen Powis at NHS England to ME Association concerns, were very disappointing.
The Times: Warning over conflicting medical advice to coronavirus recovery patients
“The NHS is urging people to exercise at a time when many, just like people with post-viral ME, need to rest, recuperate and pace themselves,” Countess of Mar.
MEA Statement: NHS England Guidance on the Management of Post-Covid Fatigue Syndromes
The serious concerns expressed by the MEA about the Covid recovery guideline resulted in a reply from NHS England and an article in The Times newspaper.
Clinician’s Letter to NICE Results in Statement on Graded Exercise for Post-Covid-Syndrome
In response to a letter from Drs. Shepherd and Weir, NICE produced a statement about graded exercise therapy for Post-Covid management.
America’s top covid doctor turns ME/CFS into a subject for general discussion as the pandemic deepens
Dr Anthony Fauci from the NIH in America, made an important statement about Post-Covid Syndrome and ME/CFS.
BBC Spotlight: Covid-19 and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome with Dr Charles Shepherd
The uncertainty surrounding recovery from Covid-19 is something that we hope is being discussed within the NHS and Government, but pacing and self-management remain the only options for many people.
Latest Free Leaflet Update: Covid-19 and ME/CFS by Dr Charles Shepherd
We update our general leaflet on Covid-19 and ME/CFS and this is reproduced below along with all our range of free leaflets about the infection and lockdown.
“A post-viral tsunami is hitting our health services, yet in the UK it doesn’t even seem to be on the national agenda.”
Paul Garner, Professor at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, talks about those who have not recovered from Covid-19.
ME Awareness: Columbia University: Will there be a Post-COVID-19 form of ME/CFS? | 26 May 2020
“There is abundant evidence that ME/CFS can follow apparently infectious illnesses of uncertain cause, or a clearly diagnosed infectious illness…”
British Medical Journal Opinion: Covid-19 and fatigue – a game of snakes and ladders | 20 May 2020
“I am reading materials about pacing and CFS/ME and listening to the CFS/ME community.” Prof. Paul Garner.
ME Association Guidance: Reducing the risk of Covid-19 and PVFS/ME/CFS | 19 May 2020
We are launching a new leaflet and an update to add to the range that we have published since the very beginning of the pandemic and national lockdown.
Huffington Post: Covid-19 Is Leaving People With Serious Fatigue – What Can You Do About It?
Dr Charles Shepherd contributes to a new article about Covid-19 and possible Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome.
ME Awareness: Higher risk of developing ME after coronavirus diagnosis, warns University of Leicester | 08 May 2020
“The link between severe viral infection and M.E. is clear, as evidenced in the previous outbreaks of SARS and Epstein Barr.”
Covid-19 and Post-viral Fatigue Syndrome by Dr Charles Shepherd | 30 April 2020
Post-viral fatigue is being reported following Covid-19 infection. We explain the issue and offer best management guidance.
ME Association Weekly Update: Coronavirus and ME/CFS – Free Leaflet and Vulnerability Letter | 24 April 2020
Dr Shepherd has updated the weekly bulletin on covid-19 and ME/CFS.
Letter of Concern sent to Oxford Psychosocial Group re: Coronavirus and Fatigue | 20 April 2020
A controversial leaflet from Oxford Health Foundation Trust has been widely criticised – and now appears to have been removed.