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Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by csours »

Anecdote: Back in October '24 I got Covid. My only symptom that stuck around was lack of taste on my tongue (NOT Anosmia, it's lack of salty/sweet/sour/bitter response on the tongue itself), but only on the right half of my tongue. It slowly got better, but last week I lost taste on that side of my tongue again. The taste is coming back again now.

Anyway, I have no idea what's going on with me; it's not really severe enough to investigate further right now, and my case is only the tiniest part related to Dianna's.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by klipt »

triyambakam wrote: post #8

I would say we don't really know if it's so called Long COVID. I mean that I have taken care of an ME/CFS sufferer long before COVID was around. So it's a set of diseases grouped by their similar symptoms. Autism and ADHD seem similar in that regard

Yeah a relative of mine had it decades before Covid.

A better term may be "Long Virus" since multiple viruses can trigger it, Covid just happens to be the most recent pandemic.

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Post by TomK32 »

csours wrote: post #13

Anecdote: Back in October '24 I got Covid. My only symptom that stuck around was lack of taste on my tongue (NOT Anosmia, it's lack of salty/sweet/sour/bitter response on the tongue itself), but only on the right half of my tongue. It slowly got better, but last week I lost taste on that side of my tongue again. The taste is coming back again now. Anyway, I have no idea what's going on with me; it's not really severe…

Fungi infections can also mess with your taste.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by alwa »

ivxvm wrote: post #14

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Anyone who suffers from what? Why is St John’s Wort good for it?

I will never watch this type of video, but it sure does sounds like whatever affected @physicsgirl was awfully serious if it left her non-ambulatory for multiple years.

It sounds like maybe you’ve had a positive experience that you might be willing to elaborate on?

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by omnibrain »

nickhodge wrote: post #7
pogue wrote: post #2

What was wrong with her? Some type of long Covid or something?

Severe ME/CFS. I am a carer for my wife who has this forgotten & hidden disease. I am so glad Physics Girl is getting better with rest!

The state of all things Me/CFS is so bad. I remember reading about cases as a child in some boulevard or women’s magazine at my grandmas house, so it must have been about 25 years ago. Seemingly nothing happened since then.

Even the explosion of cases after Covid hit somehow doesn’t lead to change. In Germany many doctors still don’t know it, a lot of them think it’s psychological.

There is some research, but it looks like the study of the promising compound „BC007“ got botched by bad study design, so even after some very promising results in some participants it is likely to get scrapped.

„Hidden disease“ fits it so well, because the people affected „just disappear“, too weak advocating for themselves and with potentially every activity leading to a crash.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by Vampiero »

omnibrain wrote: post #18
nickhodge wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Severe ME/CFS. I am a carer for my wife who has this forgotten & hidden disease. I am so glad Physics Girl is getting better with rest!

The state of all things Me/CFS is so bad. I remember reading about cases as a child in some boulevard or women’s magazine at my grandmas house, so it must have been about 25 years ago. Seemingly nothing happened since then. Even the explosion of cases after Covid hit somehow doesn’t lead to change. In Germany many doctors still don’t know it, a lot of them think it’s psychological. There is some research, but it look…

> a lot of them think it’s psychological.

no worse feeling in the world than hearing a doctor confidently tell you that it's all in your head and that you're wasting their time. Ask me how I know..

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by Vampiero »

alwa wrote: post #17
ivxvm wrote: post #14

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Anyone who suffers from what? Why is St John’s Wort good for it? I will never watch this type of video, but it sure does sounds like whatever affected @physicsgirl was awfully serious if it left her non-ambulatory for multiple years. It sounds like maybe you’ve had a positive experience that you might be willing to elaborate on?

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