Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The other frustrating thing for people in that situation is the idea that, as there are no visible symptoms of their illness, the implication is that it is imaginary. People have touched on that. Dr. Lambert referred to PET scans. I have had a PET scan and know the format of it. If there is technology that can prove a person has a particular illness, that would be a significant psychological boost for him or her. It would dispel the doubt in respect of whether they suffer from the illness.

Part of the challenge at the moment is that, as far as I am aware, there is no medical term for long Covid. It is called different things in different countries. Its generic name is long Covid but there is no agreement on what that exactly means.