Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion

Dr. Ciaran Bannan:

There is an emerging body of evidence. This is a very new infection. We have experience with many other viruses such as glandular fever and the initial SARS outbreak, in which we saw a lot of post-infection sickness, malaise, tiredness and fatigue. It is quite exciting that we have a specific diagnosis in a lot of individuals here. We often see patients in clinics who have significant post-viral fatigue. We primarily manage them holistically, try to get them on the road to recovery and support them in that.

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