The COVID pandemic has undoubtedly been one of the largest, if not the largest, drivers of new ME/CFS cases in recorded history ๐ฆ
A major NIH-backed study, based on the RECOVER-Adult cohort and led by the Bateman Horne Center (@BatemanHorne), found that adults who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 were 7.5x more likely to meet the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS 6 months later than uninfected controls ๐๐๐
These findings, in a large cohort, fit well with previous independent findings, that ~10% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 go on to develop long COVID, and that ~40-60% of long COVID cases meet the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS.
This helps to demonstrate why COVID-triggered ME/CFS should be recognised as a distinct subgroup in long COVID research and trials, and why ME/CFS deserves significantly greater attention and funding in its own right!
A major NIH-backed study, based on the RECOVER-Adult cohort and led by the Bateman Horne Center (@BatemanHorne), found that adults who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 were 7.5x more likely to meet the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS 6 months later than uninfected controls ๐๐๐
These findings, in a large cohort, fit well with previous independent findings, that ~10% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 go on to develop long COVID, and that ~40-60% of long COVID cases meet the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS.
This helps to demonstrate why COVID-triggered ME/CFS should be recognised as a distinct subgroup in long COVID research and trials, and why ME/CFS deserves significantly greater attention and funding in its own right!
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