Wikipedia page on chronic fatigue syndrome here.
The illness can improve or worsen over time, but full recovery is uncommon.[12] No therapies or medications are approved to treat the condition, and management is aimed at relieving symptoms.[2]: 29 Pacing of activities can help avoid worsening symptoms, and counselling may help in coping with the illness.[8] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, ME/CFS affected two to nine out of every 1000 people, depending on the definition.[9] However, many people fit ME/CFS diagnostic criteria after contracting long COVID.[18] ME/CFS occurs more often in women than in men. It most commonly affects adults between ages 40 and 60 but can occur at other ages, including in childhood.[19]
My severe fatigue after having Dengue sounds like this.
I should note that I had severe muscular weakness (and low platelets etc) when I had Dengue, and indeed, the reason I went to the hospital was not pain (I had none) but because I fell and could not even lift up my arms so that my family could help me up, so we called an ambulance.
no, it was not covid (I tested negative) and my potassium was normal, which was what I had suspected was the cause....
I have had several checkups since then to find what is going on but after the tests were negative, the doctors all told me it was because I was old. Duh.
Yet there might be a subtle immune problem too: Six months after Dengue I developed shingles without a rash. The internist thought I was crazy, and said it was muscle pain but pregabalin controlled the pain, so it was obviously a localized neuropathic pain that improved after three weeks (but is still sensitive in the areas).
so do I have long dengue? Chronic fatigue syndrome? Old age?
But I wonder if the post Covid (and maybe the post mRNA vaccine problems) might have something to do with an increase in interest with this problem.
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