Clinical Characteristics of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Diagnosed in Patients with Long COVID

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 58; no. 7; p. 850
• Main Authors: Tokumasu, Kazuki, Honda, Hiroyuki, Sunada, Naruhiko, Sakurada, Yasue, Matsuda, Yui, Yamamoto, Koichiro, Nakano, Yasuhiro, Hasegawa, Toru, Yamamoto, Yukichika, Otsuka, Yuki, Hagiya, Hideharu, Kataoka, Hitomi, Ueda, Keigo, Otsuka, Fumio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 25.06.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Chronic fatigue syndrome; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 vaccines; general fatigue; Long COVID; Medical records; myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; post COVID-19 condition; post-exertional malaise; Taste disorders; United States > US; Japan

Background and Objectives: COVID-19 can be serious not only in the acute phase but also after the acute phase and some patients develop ME/CFS. There have been few studies on patients with long COVID in whom ME/CFS was diagnosed by physicians based on standardized criteria after examinations and exc...