"Unfortunately, current numbers & trends indicate that “long-haul Covid” is our next public health disaster in the making. To understand the landscape, we can... apply the lessons of past failures in approaching postinfection chronic disease syndromes." nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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"To understand why long Covid represents a looming catastrophe, we need look no further than the historical antecedents: similar postinfection syndromes. Experience with conditions such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)..." 🧵 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
".. fibromyalgia, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, chronic Epstein–Barr virus, and even the 19th-century diagnosis of neurasthenia could foreshadow the suffering of patients with long Covid in the months and years after infection." #LongCovid#MECFS#pwME
"The health care community, the media, and most people with long Covid have treated this syndrome as an unexpected new phenomenon. But given the long arc and enigmatic history of “new” postinfection syndromes, the emergence of long Covid should not be surprising."
One last thread on the #DysConf2018 by @rndNumGen. Hasan Abdallah of The Children's Heart Institute presented Sunday on "Stubborn POTS: Why won't my #POTS respond to treatment?" If treatment isn't effective after six months, it's important to dig deeper. (1/7)
@rndNumGen#POTS is a symptom complex rather than a disease entity in itself, with an underlying heterogenous pathophysiology. It has an unpredictable varying course, and the medical management paradigms is evolving. #DysConf2018 (2/7)
@rndNumGen To dig deeper, look at underlying pathophysiology. Look at medications that are being used--dosages, drug targets, interactions, etc. to see where you may be able to make changes. Look at comorbidities;they lead to more clinical severity and complex management. #DysConf2018 (3/7)