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Doctors with #longCOVID
I think many with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome may find the changed attitudes of interest.
https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/doctors-with-long-covid
#longhaulers #longCOVID #PostCovidSyndrome #postcovid #MEpvs #MEpostviralsyndrome #MEcfs #CFS
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Doctors with #longCOVID
I think many with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome may find the changed attitudes of interest.
https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/doctors-with-long-covid
#longhaulers #longCOVID #PostCovidSyndrome #postcovid #MEpvs #MEpostviralsyndrome #MEcfs #CFS
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BMA survey of drs
"Of those who reported having #COVID, just under 30% said they’d been left with physical fatigue, generalised shortness of breath, & about 18% – 270 people – had been left with the brain fog & memory loss & generalised difficulty in concentrating"
#longCOVID
BMA survey of drs
"Of those who reported having #COVID, just under 30% said they’d been left with physical fatigue, generalised shortness of breath, & about 18% – 270 people – had been left with the brain fog & memory loss & generalised difficulty in concentrating"
#longCOVID
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"c. 1/5 had taken additional sick leave & 10% had taken annual leave to give themselves more time before returning to work he adds. So c. 30% of drs were affected beyond the acute #COVID.This is significant as doctors are less likely than other professions to take sick leave"
"c. 1/5 had taken additional sick leave & 10% had taken annual leave to give themselves more time before returning to work he adds. So c. 30% of drs were affected beyond the acute #COVID.This is significant as doctors are less likely than other professions to take sick leave"
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"More research is needed, he* says, including into similarities [of #LongCovid] with #ChronicFatigueSyndrome, as well as awareness-raising about the public health implications"
*David Strain, co-chair of the BMA medical academic staff committee
#MEcfs #CFS #postcovid #MEpvs
"More research is needed, he* says, including into similarities [of #LongCovid] with #ChronicFatigueSyndrome, as well as awareness-raising about the public health implications"
*David Strain, co-chair of the BMA medical academic staff committee
#MEcfs #CFS #postcovid #MEpvs
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"I’m a doctor and I don’t think I really understood what fatigue was until I experienced it, a feeling of just being like your whole body is drowning in treacle, inside & out, and you can’t make your body or your mind function"
#LongCovid #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS
"I’m a doctor and I don’t think I really understood what fatigue was until I experienced it, a feeling of just being like your whole body is drowning in treacle, inside & out, and you can’t make your body or your mind function"
#LongCovid #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS
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"All 4 doctors The Doctor spoke to for this article said they had learned from the experience of people with #MECFS – particularly around the need to ‘pace’ rather than attempt graded exercise. It has also improved their understanding of this group of patients"
#CFS #MyalgicE
"All 4 doctors The Doctor spoke to for this article said they had learned from the experience of people with #MECFS – particularly around the need to ‘pace’ rather than attempt graded exercise. It has also improved their understanding of this group of patients"
#CFS #MyalgicE
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"Dr C has made a lot of progress but is still far from well. ‘I’ve been building up gradually. I'd been trying to exercise but I found that exercise made me worse, so I’ve been adopting more of a pacing approach to my symptoms, so when I feel they’re coming on, I stop & rest’
"Dr C has made a lot of progress but is still far from well. ‘I’ve been building up gradually. I'd been trying to exercise but I found that exercise made me worse, so I’ve been adopting more of a pacing approach to my symptoms, so when I feel they’re coming on, I stop & rest’
