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Treating Long-COVID Brain Fog With ME/CFS Guidelines
Medscape
27 March 2023
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989887
Cognitive symptoms, commonly referred to as brain fog, are among the most common persistent or new symptoms after COVID-19. Cognitive symptoms are also often reported by patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
There are five things to know about using ME/CFS symptom management tools to help with brain fog in long COVID:
1. Cognitive symptoms, commonly referred to as brain fog, occur in people who had COVID-19, no matter how severe their infection was.
2. Use validated tools and instruments to appropriately screen all patients who report cognitive symptoms after COVID-19.
3. Current practices to treat ME/CFS can help guide treatment recommendations for long COVID–related cognitive symptoms.
4. Using an individualized patient-centered approach when choosing the appropriate treatment will help meet the patient's needs.
5. Carefully consider the risks and benefits when prescribing or recommending pharmaceutical interventions to treat long COVID–related cognitive symptoms.