Healio Rheuminations Long COVID: Some facts, unanswered questions and implications for rheumatology – Part 2
Oct 10, 2022
24:19
In part two, Leonard Calabrese, DO, discusses the symptoms of long COVID and the role that rheumatologists play in diagnosing and treating patients with long COVID.
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- Intro 1:06
- Calabrese introduction 1:11
- In this episode 1:36
- Defining long COVID 1:49
- Reviewing symptoms of long COVID 2:51
- Long COVID fatigue 3:44
- Studies and research on fatiguability 4:38
- Phenomena of post-exertional malaise 6:18
- Chronic fatigue syndrome 7:25
- Neurocognitive dysfunction 7:52
- Co-factors of intercurrent mood disorders and neurocognitive dysfunction 9:30
- Pandemic-related sequelae 10:30
- What about pain? 10:53
- Long COVID pain and criteria for fibromyalgia 11:40
- Pandemic-related long COVID 13:16
- Diagnoses of long COVID 14:46
- Immunopathogenesis 15:27
- What about infections and autoimmunity? 17:50
- What about treatments for long COVID? 19:28
- Validation of long COVID 20:52
- What do rheumatologists have to do with long COVID? 21:56
- Wrap up 21:13
- Thanks 24:02
Disclosures: Calabrese reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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