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RE: https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx/116641683206006955

if there is one thing i’ve learned from the pandemic is that #LongCOVID isn't unique; that other viral infections ―especially #influenza― can leave us with long-term chronic illnesses after we’ve “gotten over” the infection.

got me thinking when did i start feeling achy all the time? am almost certain i developed #fibromyalgia after a bad #flu infection, turned into “walking” #pneumonia in the 1990s.

can we correlate the explosion of chronic diseases with the normalization of #flu infections?

May 26 at 8:46pmWeb
Show threadWillow (she/her)May 26

@blogdiva My fibro is a result of mono about 15 yrs ago. Sucks ass.

Was first Dxed as a "post viral condition"

Show thread🌈🕯️Curious Magpie🕯️🌈May 26

@blogdiva
I'm thinking now about two bouts of influenza I had, about 15 years apart, and the long term chronic illness that followed and intensified. "Just take some dayquil and get over yourself" was the message from work and family.

@ahimsa_pdx

Show threadAhimsaMay 26

@blogdiva
I don't know about other illnesses, but some studies have shown certain types of influenza are associated with ME/CFS, eg, H1N1 -

"Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is associated with pandemic influenza infection, but not with an adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26475444/

Just one study I happen to remember seeing. The CDC page for ME/CFS has more info on infection as one of the triggers for ME/CFS:

https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/causes/index.html

Show threadJennifer Moore 😷May 26

@blogdiva

If I recall correctly, there were some 20th century illness stats which pretty much lined up with the aftermath of the 1918 flu epidemic. Maybe one was the one where people sleep for years and another was heart stuff? I can't remember the details. But yeah, I'd be surprised if there weren't still some links.