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New study out of Chicago that examined college students before, during, & 6 months after mononucleosis.
"Pre-illness data reveals differences in multiple metabolites and metabolic pathways in those who do and do not recover from infectious mononucleosis."
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35640165/
"Metabolic pathways related to energy production, amino acids, nucleotides, nitrogen, lipids, and neurotransmitters in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may contribute to the pathophysiology of ME/CFS."
"Examining pre-illness blood samples, we found...
"...significant detectable metabolite differences between participants fated to develop severe ME/CFS following IM versus recovered controls. We identified glutathione metabolism, nucleotide metabolism, & the TCA cycle (among others) as potentially dysregulated pathways." #MECFS
"Our models correctly classified the severe ME/CFS group & recovered controls w/ an accuracy of 97.2%, sensitivity of 94.4% & specificity of 100.0%. These changes are consistent w/ the elevations in pro-inflammatory cytokines... for patients fated to develop severe ME/CFS..."
Authors are: Leonard A. Jason, Karl E. Conroy, Jacob Furst, Karthik Vasan, & Ben Z. Katz from DePaul University & Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics & Lurie Children's Hospital. (Chicago)
#pwME #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

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"Millions of people continue to suffer from exhaustion, cognitive problems & other long-lasting symptoms after a coronavirus infection."

Striking visual journalism by @joshkellerjosh for @nytimes in "How Long Covid Exhausts the Body."

Thanks for the link to our #StopRestPace!
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Great video interview with #MEAction's Director of Scientific & Medical Outreach Jaime Seltzer @exceedhergrasp1 with Frank Diamond of @ICT_magazine.

"We expect the number of people with ME/CFS to triple or quadruple due to the pandemic alone."
#pwME
infectioncontroltoday.com/view/getting-a…
Transcript is available under the video.

"We have so much history—recent history as well as 100 years ago—to tell us that it would be incredibly unusual and atypical if SARS-CoV-2 were the only viral infection that did not lead to post-viral complications."
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"...when long COVID became a big deal & a headline on the international stage, researchers at very impressive institutions with very impressive roles first became interested in post-viral disease...that’s wonderful...we all welcome them to the field, & we hope that they’ll stay."
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