COVID-19 and ME/CFS mirror the same effects on the brain
World’s strongest MRI investigates COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue impacts on the brain
Griffith University researchers have used an ultra-high field MRI (7 Tesla) to investigate how COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) mirror the same effects on the brain structure.
They found the brainstem was larger in patients with ME/CFS & Long COVID than in those who didn’t have the same ailments.
The study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience on March 2023.
“It also showed similar volumes of the brainstem in patients which could be the reason Long COVID patients exhibit all common core symptoms of ME/CFS,” Dr. Thapaliya said.