'Long Covid' guidance urges referral to UK clinics after four weeks

Nice issues first guidelines but ME campaigners say they lack symptom management adviceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePatients with ongoing Covid symptoms should be referred to specialist clinics as early as four weeks after they develop the illness, according to the first official guidelines on the management of “long Covid”.However, ME campaigners are disappointed that the guidelines fail to recognise apotential overlap between ongoing Covid symptoms and post-viral fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), and that they provide no specific advice on symptom management – particularly how to deal with fatigue and energy management.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Long Covid Coronavirus National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome UK news Society Science Source Type: news