AeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intAeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square157linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoAs always, diagnoses are simplified medical/social constructs that don’t fully capture the reality. and it doesn’t help that there’s loads of prejudice against Long COVID in medicine.
minus-squareYeahToast@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoI wouldn’t say it’s just long COVID there’s prejudice against. It’s a lot of the hidden disorders -ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, ehlers-danlos syndrome etc etc. I think long COVID has brought more interest and research to some of the other conditions
As always, diagnoses are simplified medical/social constructs that don’t fully capture the reality.
and it doesn’t help that there’s loads of prejudice against Long COVID in medicine.
I wouldn’t say it’s just long COVID there’s prejudice against. It’s a lot of the hidden disorders -ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, ehlers-danlos syndrome etc etc. I think long COVID has brought more interest and research to some of the other conditions