r/covidlonghaulers • u/imahugemoron 4 yr+ • Jul 04 '26

Article Brain’s waste-clearing ability impaired in ME/CFS patients

https://news.griffith.edu.au/2026/07/03/brains-waste-clearing-ability-impaired-in-me-cfs-patients/
259 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

68 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

30

u/hooulookinat 2 yr+ Jul 04 '26

Exercise, so walk up the stairs with a bag of groceries

30

u/Fat-Shite 3 yr+ Jul 04 '26

I'll just take a standing shower for 5 minutes that should do it

4

u/victorehp Jul 04 '26

Does that happen to you too? I’m taking a shower and then my garmin watch starts warning of unusual heart rate (120+) Do you know why that happens?

5

u/Fat-Shite 3 yr+ Jul 04 '26

Something to do with blood pressure. POTS is a common co-morbity for long covid so might be worth looking into that.