ahimsa_pdx ,
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Opinion piece in Stat News by David Tuller, Mady Hornig, and David Putrino:

"Functional neurological disorder is not an appropriate diagnosis for people with long Covid"

https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/long-covid-not-functional-neurological-disorder/

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With long Covid continuing to be a leading cause of disability, it is essential that physicians, researchers, and policymakers follow the science — and the science does not point to functional neurological disorder as a driving factor in this wave of illness. New studies document daily the long-term impacts of an acute coronavirus infection on multiple organ systems in the body, including the central nervous system. Individuals and clinicians are slowly learning how to manage some of the complex and life-altering symptoms, and how not to. To address this urgent medical issue, it is unnecessary and unhelpful to resort to categorical diagnostic assertions largely based — as was conversion disorder — on questionable arguments and unconvincing research claims.
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    • moss ,
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    @ahimsa_pdx @longcovid strong agree!!! And fuck you to anyone who suggests post-viral illness is conversion.

    I spent a decade getting my mental health stable & learning about mh before I was infected. Long Covid & mh issues are extremely different. anyone who actually listened to patients should be able to tell.

    People with post-viral illness are experiencing severe grief and stigma, but it is based in our very cruel reality, not a neurochemical imbalance! 😤

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