{"id":213,"date":"2022-09-22T08:25:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=213"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:23:05","slug":"can-long-covid-researchers-learn-from-me-cfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2022\/09\/22\/can-long-covid-researchers-learn-from-me-cfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Long COVID Researchers Learn From ME\/CFS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/100788?xid=nl_secondopinion_2022-09-20&amp;eun=g1462072d0r\">Med Page Today<\/a> &#8211; There are a dizzying array of case definitions for long COVID that\u00a0vary in terms\u00a0of what to name this condition, the duration of symptoms, the types of symptoms, and the medical comorbidities. The field of myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS) has encountered comparable problems as they developed\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DTrRieRVCshvPuhjrKl3pSttE9SdGxOQw2ejWzdtEbDnP5GjPpVsNDK3L2R3hZfsKUVbRKHkUh1ttvghxJR-I-MdflgReSyWfeWV7qR2qypCU2YkVy5jVcJdiaEPS_ntJzWyzzstaWh28O0K-TDkqKP0LZCvQsKU686OqkL-FIGt2wqOrfB3wNwCiKHs2PRAlBqR_3oxFMEu3fxESqUg7yYDPF4UkNM0nvWiecycX1QXBGsjlsFMR9K-fb_FyGLKtmix5b4d-MepcmcBWUf5Fm18HbwX5Cqa&amp;c=c6Us0Zuj6nOffcxql75rPs-Lmm_Aof4s3vcSlzh8w0a1vQmFYSoC7Q==&amp;ch=gZWW7q2oYXKiZYaXpi3xv_IUJqi_y8RWOk3P9XFfx2guf-dWvegnzg==\" target=\"_blank\">case definitions<\/a>\u00a0over the past 3 decades. In this commentary, we will show how lessons learned from ME\/CFS can help with identifying a variety of conceptually distinct medical comorbid conditions. This is a challenging task for those who are overseeing the large national COVID study,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DTrRieRVCshvPuhjrKl3pSttE9SdGxOQw2ejWzdtEbDnP5GjPpVsNDK3L2R3hZfsXLPid3S4r-cFhlMfnKIvosUIQGS-AZZxi8Vhn_HRjdfF9npBe-dV9gmQ0Yc7cy7lpJ2pL_M7xWbfmd5dW2RkNA==&amp;c=c6Us0Zuj6nOffcxql75rPs-Lmm_Aof4s3vcSlzh8w0a1vQmFYSoC7Q==&amp;ch=gZWW7q2oYXKiZYaXpi3xv_IUJqi_y8RWOk3P9XFfx2guf-dWvegnzg==\" target=\"_blank\">RECOVER<\/a>, with over 8,500 participants currently enrolled and a goal of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001DTrRieRVCshvPuhjrKl3pSttE9SdGxOQw2ejWzdtEbDnP5GjPpVsNDK3L2R3hZfs6NjQlD4J5aOGRSQ2zs-vI6jxZ_kxHT9YHcuRDowHwRvpZpdY46FdsZdsJafvoALAhgLYSksAhK-4whaX6u_KYV87giZ9a475HOeNHVzMKV6lBDpAsZ9myCXDw84K_hVxf4-vRaT3mNFGUb4YgDn7zFOsqV7e7SYxvtfFs7M2z7GXznBMdmFHHKHQHDXung8F&amp;c=c6Us0Zuj6nOffcxql75rPs-Lmm_Aof4s3vcSlzh8w0a1vQmFYSoC7Q==&amp;ch=gZWW7q2oYXKiZYaXpi3xv_IUJqi_y8RWOk3P9XFfx2guf-dWvegnzg==\" target=\"_blank\">40,000 participants<\/a>\u00a0by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Med Page Today &#8211; There are a dizzying array of case definitions for long COVID that\u00a0vary in terms\u00a0of what to name this condition, the duration of symptoms, the types of symptoms, and the medical comorbidities. The field of myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS) has encountered comparable problems as they developed\u00a0case definitions\u00a0over the past 3 decades. 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