What you should know: On Sunday, Autostraddle senior writer Heather Hogan posted an update on Facebook about her recovery from COVID-19.
She’s on her 10th week of symptoms, and she shared one of the most debilitating right now is post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS), the twin of post-exertional malaise people with ME/CFS experience.
This fatigue I’m talking about, which isn’t just feeling tired or sleepy, but like there’s no bones in my body and gravity is pushing down extra hard on me, to the point that I can’t lift my arms above my head. — Heather Hogan The Frontlines: COVID-19 causes a wide range of symptoms, and lingering post-viral fatigue seems to be another among those who have more mild cases of the virus.
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