成人快手

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sarah Joseph.

Good Morning.

Today is International ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day.

A complex condition, with unexplained, crippling exhaustion at its core. I say 鈥渦nexplained鈥� in that although individuals experience the body-crushing exhaustion, blood tests say everything is fine.

Sufferers report a long road to diagnosis, made harder by many clinicians dismissing the illness as being 鈥渁ll in their head鈥�, or as 鈥渄epression鈥�.
It is estimated that a quarter of a million people in the UK, suffer from ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Yet research into the illness has been patchy, and underfunded 鈥�
Yet there may be some relief for sufferers from an unlikely source:鈥� COVID 19.

The huge numbers of people presenting with what is called Long-Covid is causing unprecedented focus on post-viral illness. And research into symptoms, suffered by those with ME/Chronic Fatigue for decades, are now receiving funding on a mass scale.

We do not know yet whether what is called Long Covid is distinct from ME/Chronic Fatigue. What we do know however, is that the considerable commonalities between symptoms mean that the intense new focus on Long Covid could have wider treatment implications for sufferers of ME/Chronic Fatigue 鈥� many of whom have been told for decades that it is 鈥渁ll in their head.鈥�

Whilst many welcome the new focus, for others there is anger at the years of neglect that they have felt.

Our Merciful Lord 鈥� alleviate the pain of the vulnerable. Help our scientists in their endeavours to bring ease to those who suffer, and help us all to have understanding and empathy for those who suffer from each and every distress.

Ameen.

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