Brian Fog
@uselesspriest.bsky.social
Long COVID, mild, since Apr 2022
ME / Long COVID diagnosed May 2024
ME / Long COVID diagnosed May 2024
Thanks so much for this thoughtful coverage.
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks so much for this thoughtful coverage.
July 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An amazing response.
May 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
An amazing response.
ME triggered by SARS-COV-2 ⊂ LC
January 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
ME triggered by SARS-COV-2 ⊂ LC
Give it a wee Google, Phyllis.
January 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Give it a wee Google, Phyllis.
It's worth mentioning that the factsheet on PEM appears on a web page next to similar factsheets on POTS and MCAS (!)
www.c-support.nu/wat-is-pem-p...
www.c-support.nu/wat-is-pem-p...
Wat is PEM, POTS en MCAS - C-support
Patiënten met post-COVID ervaren vaak ook PEM, POTS (een vorm van dysautonomie) en/of MCAS
www.c-support.nu
January 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's worth mentioning that the factsheet on PEM appears on a web page next to similar factsheets on POTS and MCAS (!)
www.c-support.nu/wat-is-pem-p...
www.c-support.nu/wat-is-pem-p...
So broadly other than asserting PEM = exercise intolerance (which I think is incorrect), and an implicit assumption that LC = ME totally, it's a good handout that will benefit ME patients in NL and their doctors.
January 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So broadly other than asserting PEM = exercise intolerance (which I think is incorrect), and an implicit assumption that LC = ME totally, it's a good handout that will benefit ME patients in NL and their doctors.
There ensues a section with DOs and DONTs of PEM, including a link to the DSQ-PEM questionnaire which is used by Rob Wüst and others. There are descriptions of pacing etc.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There ensues a section with DOs and DONTs of PEM, including a link to the DSQ-PEM questionnaire which is used by Rob Wüst and others. There are descriptions of pacing etc.
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... And to understand how in addition to physical exertion also mental exercise can cause physical and cognitive complaints to increase.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
... And to understand how in addition to physical exertion also mental exercise can cause physical and cognitive complaints to increase.
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How does PEM arise?
Knowledge about the origins of PEM is lacking and it is also not known exactly how the mechanism works in the body. There are a number of hypotheses, but more (biomedical) research is needed to determine the various complaints that can occur arise after an infectious disease...
Knowledge about the origins of PEM is lacking and it is also not known exactly how the mechanism works in the body. There are a number of hypotheses, but more (biomedical) research is needed to determine the various complaints that can occur arise after an infectious disease...
January 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How does PEM arise?
Knowledge about the origins of PEM is lacking and it is also not known exactly how the mechanism works in the body. There are a number of hypotheses, but more (biomedical) research is needed to determine the various complaints that can occur arise after an infectious disease...
Knowledge about the origins of PEM is lacking and it is also not known exactly how the mechanism works in the body. There are a number of hypotheses, but more (biomedical) research is needed to determine the various complaints that can occur arise after an infectious disease...
• (exhausting) fatigue
• muscle and joint pain
• memory problems
• hypersensitivity to light and sound
• headache
• sadness / irritability
• sleep problems
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• muscle and joint pain
• memory problems
• hypersensitivity to light and sound
• headache
• sadness / irritability
• sleep problems
...
January 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
• (exhausting) fatigue
• muscle and joint pain
• memory problems
• hypersensitivity to light and sound
• headache
• sadness / irritability
• sleep problems
...
• muscle and joint pain
• memory problems
• hypersensitivity to light and sound
• headache
• sadness / irritability
• sleep problems
...
There are over 200 different symptoms submitted by patients with post-infectious disease are experienced. The common symptoms as mentioned below, often worsen with PEM or new symptoms arise.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There are over 200 different symptoms submitted by patients with post-infectious disease are experienced. The common symptoms as mentioned below, often worsen with PEM or new symptoms arise.
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