[300bps]

What are the clinically significant differences between long covid and things like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome that have been around for quite a while?

I don't appear to be the only one asking these questions.

https://www.jwatch.org/na56219/2023/06/15/long-covid-and-chr...

https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/long-covid-really...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10117846/

[stefs]

i always thought long covid is a variant of ME/CFS - it just got it's own name due to the novel virus, while non-covid cases of CFS are caused by viruses which usually have a far lower chance of causing CFS (epstein-barr/herpes/...). no idea if that's actually the case though.

"A review of long COVID research found half of those affected met diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9839201/

[whimsicalism]

They're very similar and if you work in these fields you wink wink know what it means that the disease profiles are so similar.

[gadders]

Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome

"Conclusions: Our study shows higher levels of neuroticism in patients with post-COVID syndrome. "

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819212/

[ruskyhacker]

What does it mean?