Doctors ignore ME/CFS patients: demand for changes loud!

Doctors ignore ME/CFS patients: demand for changes loud!

The challenges in the diagnosis and recognition of ME/CFS, a serious illness that often occurs in connection with infections and is considered one of the most serious forms of post-covid. According to the President of the Austrian Society for Nursing, Potzmann, affected patients often feel that they are not taken seriously, which leads to the diagnosis. Potzmann emphasizes that there is a tendency to put symptoms on psychological problems in the medical community instead of dealing with the real physical complaints. This leads to the fact that many those affected have to wait longer for a correct diagnosis, which often worsens their condition, as in Report of the Kleine Zeitung is.

In addition to the challenges in diagnosis, recent studies show that there are significant overlap between the symptoms of long-term covide and me/CFS. An analysis has shown that of 29 known symptoms of ME/CFS, over 85% also occurred in long-term covid patients. It is particularly noteworthy that the main symptoms such as fatigue, limited daily activity and post-exerting discomfort were found in numerous studies. An investigation shows that over 87% of Covid patients feel at least one symptom two months after the disease, which takes into account the urgency of further research as well as better diagnostic and treatment approaches for these patients, according to the results of a systematic literature overview, which in Journal .

In the past few months, the public interest in the support of patients who suffers from the long -term consequences of Covid has increased. It is increasingly recognized that the symptomatology of long-term covid and ME/CFS requires similar treatment methods to ensure more efficient patient care. Awareness of ME/CFS and its challenges are growing, with experts increasingly pointing out the need for an interdisciplinary approach to support the patient.