Category: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (POTS)

Cardiorespiratory dysautonomia in post-COVID-19 condition: Manifestations, mechanisms and management

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Artur Fedorowski, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Frida Nikesjö, Christer Janson, Judith Bruchfeld, Maria Lerm, Kristofer Hedma: May 2023, Journal of Internal MedicineVolume 294, Issue 5 p. 548-562 Abstract A significant proportion of COVID-19 patients experience debilitating symptoms for months after the acute infection. According to recent estimates, approximately 1 out of 10 COVID-19 convalescents reports persistent health issues more than 3 months after […]

Dysautonomia and small fiber neuropathy in post-COVID condition and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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N. Azcue, R. Del Pino, et. al., Journal of Translational Medicine volume 21, Article number: 814 (2023)  Abstract Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and post-COVID condition can present similarities such as fatigue, brain fog, autonomic and neuropathic symptoms. Methods The study included 87 patients with post-COVID condition, 50 patients with ME/CFS, and 50 healthy controls (HC). The hemodynamic autonomic function was […]

Study finds 67% of individuals with long COVID are developing dysautonomia

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By Shanet usan Alex, News Medical Life Sciences In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed the traits of autonomic symptom burden in long coronavirus disease (COVID). Study: Characterization of Autonomic Symptom Burden in Long COVID: A Global Survey of 2,314 Adults. This news article was a review of a preliminary scientific report that had […]

Long Covid is hard — here are five tips to help

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By Andrea Kane, CNN, November 9, 2023 (CNN) — Brain fog, fatigue, heart palpitations, post-exertional malaise and dizziness are a handful of the symptoms associated people with long Covid in adults. They are among the 12 symptoms identified as part of the National Institute of Health’s RECOVER initiative that can be reliably used to classify someone as having long […]

Orthostatic Intolerance in Long-Haul COVID after SARS-CoV-2: A Case-Control Comparison with Post-EBV and Insidious-Onset Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients

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C. (Linda) M. C. van Campen* and Frans C. Visser, Kenneth J. Friedman, Academic Editor, Patricia A. Fennell, Academic Editor, Derek F. H. Pheby, Academic Editor, Evan Spivack, Academic Editor, James M. Oleske, Academic Editor, Nancy Klimas, Academic Editor, Pawel Zalewski, Academic Editor, and Susan M. Levine, Academic Editor Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Oct; 10(10): 2058. Published online 2022 Oct 17. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10102058, PMCID: PMC9602265,PMID: 36292504 Abstract Background: As complaints of long-haul […]

Orthostatic tachycardia after covid-19

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BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073488 (Published 24 February 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:e073488, Ana B Espinosa-Gonzalez, Harsha Master, Nicholas Gall, Natalie Rogers, Trisha Greenhalgh What you need to know Patients with long covid—defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as signs and symptoms that persist for more than four weeks (and especially more than 12 weeks) following acute […]

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments

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The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system  Author: Stephani Sutherland   March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class in high school, graduated summa cum laude from college and earned top honors in veterinary school. She […]

Autonomic dysfunction in ‘long COVID’: rationale, physiology and management strategies

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Melanie Dani,  Andreas Dirksen, Patricia Taraborrelli,  Miriam Torocastro, Dimitrios Panagopoulos, Richard Sutton, and Phang Boon Lim Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Jan; 21(1): e63–e67.  doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0896 PMCID: PMC7850225 PMID: 33243837 ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented morbidity, mortality and global disruption. Following the initial surge of infections, focus shifted to managing the longer-term sequelae of illness in survivors. ‘Post-acute COVID’ (known colloquially as ‘long COVID’) is […]

Orthostatic Symptoms and Reductions in Cerebral Blood Flow in Long-Haul COVID-19 Patients: Similarities with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Published online 2021 Dec 24. doi: 10.3390/medicina58010028 PMCID: PMC8778312 PMID: 350563 C. (Linda) M. C. van Campen,1,* Peter C. Rowe,2 and Frans C. Visser1 Olli J. Polo, Academic Editor Abstract Background and Objectives: Symptoms and hemodynamic findings during orthostatic stress have been reported in both long-haul COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but little work has directly compared patients from these two […]

Autonomic dysfunction in ‘long COVID’: rationale, physiology and management strategies

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Melanie Dani, consultant geriatrician,A Andreas Dirksen, specialist nurse in syncope,B Patricia Taraborrelli, specialist nurse in syncope,B Miriam Torocastro, syncope research nurse,C Dimitrios Panagopoulos, clinical research fellow in cardiology,D Richard Sutton, professor of clinical cardiology,E and Phang Boon Lim, consultant cardiologistF Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Jan; 21(1): e63–e67.  doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0896 PMCID: PMC7850225 PMID: 33243837 ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented morbidity, mortality and global disruption. Following the initial surge of infections, focus shifted […]