Chronic fatigue syndrome: Number of patients is expected to double due to long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Chronic fatigue syndrome: Number of patients is expected to double due to long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Up to 80,000 people in Austria are estimated to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The number of ME/CFS patients is expected to rise drastically due to long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, research in the field has neither identified mechanisms of disease onset nor causal … Read more