For viruses, is presenting with fatigue correlated with causing chronic fatigue?
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100Mono causes months of extreme fatigue when symptomatic (first study I found says 72% of infected patients had fatigue), this study says 4% of high schoolers met the conditions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 24 months "after infectious mononucleosis" (unclear if that's after diagnosis or what). In that study 11/13 cases improved between 12 and 24 months, but 2 were worse. 24 months out was the longest I could find: lots of studies showed extreme fatigue at 6 or 12 months but that seems more like a slow recovery that chronic infection.
Mono is unlikely to be a good model for COVID-19 because the infection is permanent, like chickenpox, whereas I believe coronaviruses are typically fully cleared.
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Pandermix, an H1N1 vaccine, is general considered to have led to an increase in rates of narcolepsy, especially in humans. None of the studies I found even mentioned relative risk except for this critical survey, done by people receiving money from the vaccine manufacturer.
Not a "good answer" as requested (no numbers and edited for clarification) but it's not a good question.
- most viruses cause fatigue during acute infection.
Anorexia, pyrexia, lethargy (fatigue) - 3 clinical signs very common to many infectious diseases.
"Fatigue" as a symptom is so common it is unlikely to be recorded or always ticked.
Who doesn't feel tired, lethargic, fatigued when they are ill?
Presenting with fatigue:
guessitmate 90-100% Depending on the wording of questioning regarding energy levels.
Where's the clinical distinction between feeling tired and feeling fatigued?
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