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 rather than recognised as a genuine affliction, University of Otago Emeritus Professor Warren Tate said.
Confirmation of the close link between them and Long Covid, and the medical profession’s immediate acceptance of the Long Covid phenomenon, should mean all post-viral fatigue syndromes were treated equally, he said.