Can COVID-19 Cause Insomnia and Sleep Problems?


September 13, 2023  Dr. Anis Rehman Internal Medicine Physician  The Sleep Foundation Key Takeaways Even years after the declaration of a global pandemic in March 2020, studies continue to document the effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 can cause both short- and long-term View Source sleep […]

COVID-19 Long-haul Fatigue Might be Similar to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Treated in a Similar Manner


There is no cure or approved treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). However, some symptoms can be treated or managed. Treating these symptoms might provide relief for some patients with ME/CFS but not others. Other strategies, like learning new ways to manage activity, can also be helpful. Patients, their families, and healthcare providers need […]

Narcolepsy following COVID‐19: A case report and review of potential mechanisms


Yazdani Roya, 1 Barzkar Farzaneh, 2 Almasi‐Dooghaee Mostafa, 1 Shojaie Mahsa, 1 and Zamani Babak 1 Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jun; 11(6): e7370. Published online 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7370 PMCID: PMC10213711, PMID: 37251741 Key Clinical Message The immune activation in COVID‐19 may trigger narcolepsy in vulnerable patients. We suggest clinicians carefully evaluate patients with post‐COVID fatigue and hypersomnia for primary sleep disorders, specifically narcolepsy. Abstract The patient is a […]

Does COVID-19 Cause Weird Dreams?


Dr. Sruthi M., MBBS, Medical Reviewer: Pallavi Suyog Uttekar, MD Medically Reviewed on 4/12/2022Disease and Condition: Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) coronavirus (covid-19) health center/coronavirus a-z list/does covid-19 cause weird dreams article Medical Net Research shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on sleep and dream activity in healthy adults. Anxiety and stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in anxiety and […]

Can COVID-19 Lead to Narcolepsy?


Aug 28, 2022: Olga Askinazi, PhD, Edited By Roman Gokhman. Medically Reviewed By Nick Villalobos, MD Health Line Narcolepsy is a condition that causes you to feel overly drowsy when you’re awake. It also can result in sudden sleep attacks (loss of consciousness) during the day and fragmented sleep at night. Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder: […]

How COVID can disturb your sleep and dreams – and what could help


January 5, 2023 Authors: Jakke Tamminen, Rebecca Crowley https://theconversation.com/us By the end of 2022, more than 650 million COVID infections had been reported to the World Health Organization. With the true number likely much higher, and the tally increasing by hundreds of thousands every week, the scientific community has been focused on understanding the impact of […]

Headache in long COVID as disabling condition: A clinical approach


Front. Neurol., 23 March 2023 Sec. Headache and Neurogenic Pain Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1149294 Arthur Nascimento Rodrigues1‡ Apio Ricardo Nazareth Dias1‡ Alna Carolina Mendes Paranhos1,2‡ Camilla Costa Silva1‡ Thalita da Rocha Bastos1‡ Bárbara Barros de Brito1‡ Nívia Monteiro da Silva1‡ Emanuel de Jesus Soares de Sousa1‡ Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma1,2,3*†‡ Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão1,3*†‡ Background and purpose: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) […]

Can COVID-19 Cause Insomnia and Sleep Problems?


September 13, 2023  Dr. Anis Rehman Internal Medicine Physician  The Sleep Foundation Key Takeaways Even years after the declaration of a global pandemic in March 2020, studies continue to document the effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 can cause both short- and long-term View Source sleep […]

Coronasomnia: Definition, Symptoms, and Solutions


Alexa Fry Senior Health Editor Dr. Abhinav Singh Sleep Medicine Physician August 2023 For many Americans, sleep problems aren’t new. More than one-third of Americans haven’t received enough sleep on a regular basis for years. Lack of good sleep is such a widespread problem that the CDC has called it a “public health epidemic.” Sleep-deprivation was already […]

Struggling to sleep following a COVID-19 infection? You’re not alone, experts say


Authors: Olivia WillisABC Health & Wellbeing  23 Mar 2022 Posted July 2022 When Jen Martin tested positive for COVID-19 in early February, she was surprised by just how unwell she felt. “I didn’t have a fever but I had very serious aches and pains, crazy lethargy, and a hacking cough,” she says. “I certainly felt […]