Photo: Getty ImagesOtago research has established that Long Covid patients have an almost identical chemical composition to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Warren TateConfirmation of the close link between them and Long Covid, and the medical profession’s immediate acceptance of the Long Covid phenomenon, should mean all post viral fatigue syndromes were treated equally, he said. "Now, because of the focus being given to Long Covid, we have not only the opportunity to create a platform for all clinicians to do the best for Long Covid patients but also for ME/CFS patients," Prof Tate said. "Long Covid will be a similar burden if we get a lot more cases, at the moment because we did so well in the first part of the pandemic and had so few cases of Covid we had a relatively small number of long Covid cases ... the critical thing will be how many Long Covid cases will we get from Omicron or from other new variants?" Because of their similarities, in principle research into a cure for Long Covid could benefit MC/CFS patients, Prof Tate said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 12, 2022 04:25 UTC