Lerna / Study PRN
The free educational resource on ME/CFS from Lerna/Study PRN has been updated by the author Dr Nina Muirhead. 1 CPD point is available for health professionals.
The module explores the evolving biomedical understanding of ME/CFS, including its links with long COVID, and supports clinicians in recognising post-exertional malaise, key diagnostic features, patterns of onset and variability in symptoms and severity.
Excerpt from quote by Dr Nina Muirhead:
Very recent breakthroughs in this field include research based on DecodeME, which is starting to map reproducible genetic risk patterns and shared biology with long COVID. Endocrine meta-analyses show a hyporeactive cortisol system in ME/CFS. Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics and cytokine signatures strengthen the case for immune, vascular, and coagulation involvement, especially in more severe disease and POTS subgroups.
Both ME/CFS and long COVID often do not present with fatigue; patients may complain of a plethora of multisystem symptoms, including non-specific viral symptoms that reduce the ability to work, study or care for others and themselves. Taking a good history is paramount, particularly whilst we await more accurate and readily available clinical biomarkers. Research is revealing a variety of patient-specific biomarkers and genes that may predispose them to developing ME/CFS.
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