Bio-IT World June 3, 2025
Although not often counted among the major chronic diseases, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID are both highly prevalent and uniquely challenging because the underlying causes are not fully understood, treatment needs to be personalized, and the often-invisible nature of the symptoms can be stigmatizing. Long COVID alone—barely a recognized disease five years ago—affects about 400 million patients’ lives and has an annual economic impact equivalent to about one percent of the global economy (Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03173-6).
An astounding 250 symptoms affecting most of the major organs of the body have been linked to long COVID. That unsettling list has some crossover with the experience of ME/CFS patients given that the two conditions...
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