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🧵 “researchers say they’ve come up with a list of 12 symptoms that can reliably classify someone as having Long Covid a working definition that should accelerate research into the disabling condition.”
#LongCovid @CNN
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#LongCovid @CNN
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Postexertional malaise, or the worsening of health after mental or physical activity
• Fatigue
• Brain fog
• Dizziness Gastrointestinal symptoms
• Heart palpitations
• Changes in sexual desire or capacity
• Loss of or change in smell or taste
• Thirst
• Chronic cough
• Fatigue
• Brain fog
• Dizziness Gastrointestinal symptoms
• Heart palpitations
• Changes in sexual desire or capacity
• Loss of or change in smell or taste
• Thirst
• Chronic cough
• Chest pain
• Abnormal movements
“although most people in the study who met the definition of #MECFS also met the definition of #LongCovid the converse wasn’t necessarily true. Among people who met the definition of LC only about 10% to 20% would have also met the definition
• Abnormal movements
“although most people in the study who met the definition of #MECFS also met the definition of #LongCovid the converse wasn’t necessarily true. Among people who met the definition of LC only about 10% to 20% would have also met the definition
of #MECFS, meaning it may be an important subset of patients but isn’t exactly the same”
Researchers said :
The researchers said certain symptoms seemed to cluster together.
People with loss of smell or taste didn’t seem to have many other symptoms
A second group reported
Researchers said :
The researchers said certain symptoms seemed to cluster together.
People with loss of smell or taste didn’t seem to have many other symptoms
A second group reported
mainly postexertional malaise, fatigue and gastrointestinal trouble but no trouble with thinking or memory.
A third subset reported mostly postexertional malaise, fatigue and brain fog.
A fourth group – the most severely affected – had multiple symptoms and most commonly
A third subset reported mostly postexertional malaise, fatigue and brain fog.
A fourth group – the most severely affected – had multiple symptoms and most commonly
reported fatigue, postexertional malaise, heart palpitations, dizziness, brain fog and weakness.
This symptom does NOT apply to kids, who will be getting their own LC scale.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/25…
#LongCovdAwareness #LongCovidKids
This symptom does NOT apply to kids, who will be getting their own LC scale.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/25…
#LongCovdAwareness #LongCovidKids
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