by ccisupport | Jun 30, 2022 | COVID, Research
Long COVID kids is a organisation based in the UK who have developed a fantastic resource for children suffering with Long-COVID. The information they have provided goes a long way in explaining the condition and is an ideal resource for Long-COVID in general. For...
by ccisupport | May 26, 2022 | Media, Research
The ongoing burden of long Covid will be one of this generation’s disability challenges, the Disability Rights Commissioner says. Many people with long Covid are likely to meet the “definition” of disability, Tesoriero said. Support needed to be based on need, not the...
by ccisupport | May 12, 2022 | Research
Article Written By: Stuff science columnist Dr Siouxsie Wiles. Diagnosis of ME/CFS is challenging and generally requires people to have experienced symptoms for six months. With the pandemic in its third year, many people with long-Covid are now meeting the diagnostic...
by ccisupport | May 12, 2022 | Research
Otago research has established that Long Covid patients have an almost identical chemical composition to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Those conditions had been dismissed and labelled a psychological ailment for many years...
by ccisupport | May 12, 2022 | Research
Full Article written By Patrick Hadfield – ME Auckland Post-infectious illnesses are not new. In fact, I’m writing this because 12 May is ME/CFS Awareness Day – a day chosen as it marks Florence Nightingale’s birthday. The famous nurse was...
by ccisupport | May 11, 2022 | Research
“Waiting to Exhale”: Breathing and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) By Cort Johnson More than half of our patients with FMS or CFS develop a disordered pattern of breathing. They take very small rapid breaths using the small muscles of their chest instead of...