Interview 7 - The role of the rheumatologist in managing long-COVID with Dr. JW Cohen Tervaert

Dr. Tervaert, Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta, talks about the role of the rheumatologists in the diagnosis of long-COVID as well as the management of this syndrome. Long-COVID patients, like people living with arthritis, develop widespread pain, pain in a particular joint, and fatigue.
Resources:
• University of Alberta: Research by Dr. Jan Willem CohenTervaert show that sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome - www.ualberta.c...
• Long COVID: Defining the role of rheumatology in care and research - www.ncbi.nlm.n...
• Alberta Rheumatology: Vasculitis - albertarheumat...
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[@wildgardens]

Outstanding interview, I wasn't expecting it to be this interesting. I have Long Covid, ME/CFS and Pots and had read a bit about vasculitis and wondered about the similarities. The work this doctor is doing is so valuable, this is exactly the kind of research we need. I hope to hear more about this anti-complement therapy and what is actually going wrong in the mitochondria with these illnesses and whether they share similarities in their underlying cause.

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