- Vikki McKeever, general practitioner with a specialist interest in ME/CFS
- Leeds and West Yorkshire ME/CFS Service, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, UK
- vikki.mckeever{at}nhs.net
Ladds and colleagues’ practice pointer explores the complexities of post-viral cognitive symptoms and provides guidance on management strategies.1 But there is no mention of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Given that debilitating fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and cognitive issues are the core symptoms of ME/CFS it would be prudent to describe the clear overlaps between long covid and ME/CFS.
ME/CFS is a defined illness …