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People w post viral fatigue arising from #Covid19 are advised to follow guidelines which are not fit for purpose & for some will result in significant worsening of their condition, causing permanent long term disability ie #ME
This document is all wrong
https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OH-011.20-Coronavirus-and-fatigue-v2.pdf
This document is all wrong
https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OH-011.20-Coronavirus-and-fatigue-v2.pdf
NICE, @NICEComms, are reviewing guidelines re #ME because they include Graded Exercise Therapy which has been proven not to be suitable for people with #ME, an illness caused by viral infections.
Why repeat same nonsense re GET @OxfordHealthNHS?
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/hWSxVIBTzDtqisvafkhE/full
Why repeat same nonsense re GET @OxfordHealthNHS?
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/hWSxVIBTzDtqisvafkhE/full
A steady increase in activity can easily cause further harm. Exercise might sound like the most benign of recommendations but the hallmark symptom of #ME is that overexertion triggers relapses that can leave patients much sicker ie PENE as per ICC
https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/25/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cdc/
#COVID19
https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/25/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cdc/
#COVID19
An important test that shows the inability to exercise that is experienced in #ME is the 2-day CPET which directly measures an individual’s capacity for work & is considered the gold standard for measuring disability in ME https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30234078/
When AHRQ [ @AHRQNews]
excluded Oxford-based studies from its analysis on #ME it found insufficient evidence of beneficial effect for GET and barely any for CBT.’ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-019-05375-y
excluded Oxford-based studies from its analysis on #ME it found insufficient evidence of beneficial effect for GET and barely any for CBT.’ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-019-05375-y
