Dr Rosamund Vallings on Covid long-haulers and CFS-ME
One of the side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has been an increase in people suffering the effects of the virus long after their initial infection. The "long-haulers", as they've come to be known, can experience severe tiredness, breathlessness, chest and muscle pain for months after catching Covid-19. These symptoms will be familiar to many suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. It's an often misunderstood disease, yet globally, two to four people in every thousand will experience it. Kathryn talks to Dr Rosamund Vallings, who has spent her life diagnosing and managing patients suffering from CFS-ME and has just released a second edition to her book Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, ME: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Management.