For viruses, is presenting with fatigue correlated with causing chronic fatigue? - LessWrong 2.0 viewer
[Question] For viruses, is presenting with fatigue correlated with causing chronic fatigue?
Note that while there is pretty good data about the symptoms of viruses on presentation, data on chronic fatigue is relatively poor. So, a good answer to this question might look like “human examplevirus infects 20% of the population[cite1], causes fatigue 30% of the time[cite2], and is implicated in chronic fatigue on questionable patient forums[cite3].”
Do we have up­dated data about the risk of ~ per­ma­nent chronic fa­tigue from COVID-19? by Eli Tyre (14 Aug 2020 19:19 UTC; 60 points)
[Question] Will COVID-19 sur­vivors suffer last­ing dis­abil­ity at a high rate?
Mono 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.
Not a “good answer” as requested (no numbers and edited for clarification) but it’s not a good question.
“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?
Where’s the clinical distinction between feeling tired and feeling fatigued?