Newcastle University researchers have made a breakthrough which could help medics to better treat Long Covid.
The team of experts has found that three areas of the nervous system of people suffering from post-Covid fatigue were "underactive". The researchers carried out a range of behavioural and neurophysiological tests on people living with Long Covid - and discovered there was a "slower reaction" in specific parts of the brain, an "imbalance in the autonomic nervous system" and "muscle abnormalities".
This breakthrough has already seen the same team trial the use of a TENS machine - more commonly used to alleviate pain in childbirth - to treat fatigue in those with Long Covid.
