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"Covid has just ruined my life and the lives of so many other children" Samir, 16, has seen little improvement 5 yrs after developing #LongCovid. He is still disabled, housebound, and wheelchair-bound. The only medical help has been private because there was nothing on the NHS.

"Covid has just ruined my life and the lives of so many other children" Samir, 16, has seen little improvement 5 yrs after developing #LongCovid. He is still disabled, housebound, and wheelchair-bound. The only medical help has been private because there was nothing on the NHS.

34,026 Aufrufe • vor 28 Tagen

"For years and years I've been passed from doctor to doctor with me saying I'm so fatigued I've got all this pain... and noone could give me any answers." Miranda Hart talking about her diagnosis of ME caused by Lyme Disease on the Graham Norton show. #MECFS

"For years and years I've been passed from doctor to doctor with me saying I'm so fatigued I've got all this pain... and noone could give me any answers." Miranda Hart talking about her diagnosis of ME caused by Lyme Disease on the Graham Norton show. #MECFS

568,338 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

“It was horrendous, it was almost like being in a semi-coma. All my very basic bodily functions were struggling and my capacity to do anything like read or watch TV was zero.” Dr Nina Muirhead, describing how ME affected her in 2020 #MECFS

“It was horrendous, it was almost like being in a semi-coma. All my very basic bodily functions were struggling and my capacity to do anything like read or watch TV was zero.” Dr Nina Muirhead, describing how ME affected her in 2020 #MECFS

38,155 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

TW: Jon Stewart recently joked about hantavirus coverage and said: “this virus can cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, mostly amongst the experts who have to repeatedly answer the same questions.”

TW: Jon Stewart recently joked about hantavirus coverage and said: “this virus can cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, mostly amongst the experts who have to repeatedly answer the same questions.”

64,350 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

12-yr-old Aveline loved trapeze & sports until #LongCovid changed everything. “Within a day my entire life was flipped around… it’s been a constant battle against my own body.” “It’s really isolating. All my friends go to school together and I would give anything to be there.”

12-yr-old Aveline loved trapeze & sports until #LongCovid changed everything. “Within a day my entire life was flipped around… it’s been a constant battle against my own body.” “It’s really isolating. All my friends go to school together and I would give anything to be there.”

84,201 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

BBC Morning Live covered the new £4.75m UK government funded #MEcfs DNA study yesterday, which will sequence 6,000 samples as part of the wider DecodeME project. Unfortunately Dr Oscar Duke said Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is “probably the best way to describe” the illness.

BBC Morning Live covered the new £4.75m UK government funded #MEcfs DNA study yesterday, which will sequence 6,000 samples as part of the wider DecodeME project. Unfortunately Dr Oscar Duke said Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is “probably the best way to describe” the illness.

36,016 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Brief clip: Whoopi Goldberg raises concerns about #LongCovid on The View. She says one of her employees’ mothers has the condition and can no longer go out to do her job, so now works from home. She also raises concerns about the CDC.

Brief clip: Whoopi Goldberg raises concerns about #LongCovid on The View. She says one of her employees’ mothers has the condition and can no longer go out to do her job, so now works from home. She also raises concerns about the CDC.

38,574 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

ME “is as serious as AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis. You feel as ill as those people do, but neglected a lot by friends and family because they don’t realise how sick you really are.” ME patient Barbara Kell, BBC Look North 2012 #MECFS

ME “is as serious as AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis. You feel as ill as those people do, but neglected a lot by friends and family because they don’t realise how sick you really are.” ME patient Barbara Kell, BBC Look North 2012 #MECFS

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🧵 Suzanne O’Sullivan on the Amol Rajan podcast says #LongCOVID is psychosomatic for a large proportion of patients. There are several problems with this claim.

🧵 Suzanne O’Sullivan on the Amol Rajan podcast says #LongCOVID is psychosomatic for a large proportion of patients. There are several problems with this claim.

41,715 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

“He was a doctor who ran marathons. Now, walking to the bathroom is harder than any marathon he ever ran. In this grade of severity ME is only invisible if people purposefully look away.” Evelien van den Brink calling for biomedical #MECFS research in European Parliament in 2019

“He was a doctor who ran marathons. Now, walking to the bathroom is harder than any marathon he ever ran. In this grade of severity ME is only invisible if people purposefully look away.” Evelien van den Brink calling for biomedical #MECFS research in European Parliament in 2019

19,084 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Highlights from today's BBC Breakfast Interview with @BinitaKane and Sarah Boothby (sarah) about Severe #MECFS and doctors who have had no training not understanding/listening when they see severly ill patients with #MECFS

Highlights from today's BBC Breakfast Interview with @BinitaKane and Sarah Boothby (sarah) about Severe #MECFS and doctors who have had no training not understanding/listening when they see severly ill patients with #MECFS

143,170 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Highlights segment about #MECFS on BBC Breakfast. Dr William Weir and @BinitaKane talk about the history of #MECFS how it has been psychologised and the frustrating lack of progress. There are now millions of patients with Long Covid and we have no treatments.

Highlights segment about #MECFS on BBC Breakfast. Dr William Weir and @BinitaKane talk about the history of #MECFS how it has been psychologised and the frustrating lack of progress. There are now millions of patients with Long Covid and we have no treatments.

143,060 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

“I went down to 36 kg because I stopped being able to tolerate a whole range of foods.” Wendy Matthews has lived with #MECFS for 28 years and has been bedbound for the last 7. She talks about her symptoms, how the illness has impacted her, and how #MECFS is not rare.

“I went down to 36 kg because I stopped being able to tolerate a whole range of foods.” Wendy Matthews has lived with #MECFS for 28 years and has been bedbound for the last 7. She talks about her symptoms, how the illness has impacted her, and how #MECFS is not rare.

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Sleep hygiene can be just as “damaging as graded exercise” for patients with #MECFS Dr Nigel Speight describes a girl with severe sleep reversal. She walked into hospital and was carried out a month later needing to be tube fed.

Sleep hygiene can be just as “damaging as graded exercise” for patients with #MECFS Dr Nigel Speight describes a girl with severe sleep reversal. She walked into hospital and was carried out a month later needing to be tube fed.

27,621 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

New Video: George Monbiot describes the treatment of #MECFS as "The Greatest Medical Scandal of the 21st century". Watch the introduction to a new 27 minute explainer video about the scandal from reframing a recognised neurological illness to the withdrawal of harmful treatments.

New Video: George Monbiot describes the treatment of #MECFS as "The Greatest Medical Scandal of the 21st century". Watch the introduction to a new 27 minute explainer video about the scandal from reframing a recognised neurological illness to the withdrawal of harmful treatments.

110,979 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Powerful testimony on #MECFS by Emma Shorter in the Scottish Parliament from 2018 “It turns fit and active people into ghosts… I know teachers who can’t teach, children who can’t play, and parents who can no longer hold their children.”

Powerful testimony on #MECFS by Emma Shorter in the Scottish Parliament from 2018 “It turns fit and active people into ghosts… I know teachers who can’t teach, children who can’t play, and parents who can no longer hold their children.”

30,837 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

BBC Morning Live addresses complaints after Dr Oscar Duke said that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was “probably the best way to describe” the illness. Feedback from viewers outlines how it trivialises the illness, is just one symptom, and it does not reflect the reality of #MECFS.

BBC Morning Live addresses complaints after Dr Oscar Duke said that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was “probably the best way to describe” the illness. Feedback from viewers outlines how it trivialises the illness, is just one symptom, and it does not reflect the reality of #MECFS.

22,295 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

“Most of the people I’ve seen with #MECFS are so much sicker than my cancer patients.” Dr. Fridbjörn Sigurdsson, a former medical oncologist now focused on ME/CFS, speaking at the 2025 @Invest_in_me conference. Thanks to ME/CFS Science for finding the clip.

“Most of the people I’ve seen with #MECFS are so much sicker than my cancer patients.” Dr. Fridbjörn Sigurdsson, a former medical oncologist now focused on ME/CFS, speaking at the 2025 @Invest_in_me conference. Thanks to ME/CFS Science for finding the clip.

60,956 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

Dr William Weir on how the influence of Simon Wessely and his colleagues created an overriding tendency among doctors to insist that #MECFS is a psychological disorder. Clip from Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Collaboration for Change 2026

Dr William Weir on how the influence of Simon Wessely and his colleagues created an overriding tendency among doctors to insist that #MECFS is a psychological disorder. Clip from Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Collaboration for Change 2026

31,490 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

“This is not a life, it is miserable. So how do I feel? Not even human anymore.” A 36-year-old woman with severe #MECFS confined to bed, on oxygen and a feeding tube, unable to tolerate light, sound or vibrations. Gwyn Clip from Swiss TV

“This is not a life, it is miserable. So how do I feel? Not even human anymore.” A 36-year-old woman with severe #MECFS confined to bed, on oxygen and a feeding tube, unable to tolerate light, sound or vibrations. Gwyn Clip from Swiss TV

22,455 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten