Chronic pain is often caused by a hyper-vigilant nervous system which exaggerates the pain signal even after damaged tissue has healed. Similar processes are at play in persistent fatigue.
Khin Myint (left) and his sister Theda.
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Khin Myint’s memoir explores family trauma and chronic illness, through the lens of his sister’s illness, childhood bullying and a brutal breakup that sparked a court case.
Research into CFS has been chronically underfunded in the US and UK.
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Mindfulness, one of the most common forms of meditation, is a skill that must be cultivated and practiced. With some training and discipline, it can help anyone live more fully in the moment.
Contrary to widely held beliefs, effective therapies exist for post-infection conditions like long COVID. But we’ll need to come to terms with our history to make a difference for sufferers.
Fatigue can drag for weeks, even when the infection is gone, and sleep doesn’t fix it. But there are simple steps you can take to ride it out.
People suffering from long-term effects of COVID-19 face uncertainty about the nature of their symptoms and how long they might last.
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With the impact and cost of long COVID becoming ever more apparent, ongoing pandemic responses will need to be about protecting quality of life as much as saving lives.
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For many of us, becoming ill with a virus might put us on the couch for a week or two. But for some people, contracting a viral infection can cause lifelong debilitating symptoms.
Hot flushes and night sweats are experienced by more than 70 per cent of menopausal women.
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Menopausal women who were abused as children experience more hot flushes while sleeping than those who were not abused, according to recent research.
US singer Lady Gaga disclosed she lives with the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, which affects about 2% of the population.
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A recent study found a coaching program is effective in treating the symptoms of chronic fatigue. So was the study robust?
Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, who has worked with those who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, spoke to an open committee at the Institute of Medicine in February 2015 about the biomedical nature of CFS.
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