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View synonyms for postviral syndrome

postviral syndrome

/ ˌpəʊstˈvaɪrəl /

noun

  1. another name for myalgic encephalopathy PVS
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Even so, the similarities are numerous enough that Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has raised them repeatedly, telling Medscape in July that “it’s extraordinary how many people have a postviral syndrome that’s very strikingly similar to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. They just don’t get back to normal energy or normal feeling of good health.”

However, some doctors are increasingly concerned about the overlap between long Covid and another largely virus-triggered illness: “It’s extraordinary how many people have a postviral syndrome that’s very strikingly similar to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome,” said the US’s top public health official, Dr Anthony Fauci, in July.

“And it’s extraordinary how many people have a postviral syndrome that’s very strikingly similar to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. They just don’t get back to normal energy or normal feeling of good health.”

The two largest are the postviral syndrome onset of C.F.S., and the slower onset of fibromyalgia that evolves into a C.F.S. illness.

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