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Collage by Cathryn Virginia |&nbsp;Image from GettyCOVID long haulers have been breathlessly covered, but there’s nothing surprising about medically unexplained symptoms—or the reaction to them.Răzvan Filip“Every virus has a post-viral syndrome. In a global pandemic we’re going to have a certain number of patients present with a post-viral syndrome, and shame on us for not being ready.”“In medicine, the leap between ‘doctor doesn’t know’ and ‘problem is in the mind’ is instant,” O’Leary told me. “They are the same thing.”“She presented with a verbal flood of symptoms, and they weren’t very structured either, jumping from one thing to another and shifting from one physical symptom to the next.”“The pattern wasn’t that logical and so on. I can understand you getting out of breath at the top of the stairs, but of course if you also get short of breath regularly when at rest, that’s a weird pattern.”“I think he is a real MUS patient because he never has a concrete story. Of course that’s not very nice of me and I realise that.”“That is simply the medical history you have. I’ve seen her a few times and the first time, well, you get a shock because she really comes across as very neurotic and crazy.”“It’s an understatement to say that a lot of physicians have God complexes.”Shayla LoveBy signing up, you agree to the and &amp; to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content.

Collage by Cathryn Virginia |&nbsp;Image from GettyCOVID long haulers have been breathlessly covered, but there’s nothing surprising about medically unexplained symptoms—or the reaction to them.Răzvan Filip“Every virus has a post-viral syndrome. In a global pandemic we’re going to have a certain number of patients present with a post-viral syndrome, and shame on us for not being ready.”“In medicine, the leap between ‘doctor doesn’t know’ and ‘problem is in the mind’ is instant,” O’Leary told me. “They are the same thing.”“She presented with a verbal flood of symptoms, and they weren’t very...

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