Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: First Described Complication after Gam-COVID-Vac Vaccine

Psychiatr Danub. 2022 Sep;34(Suppl 8):189-190.

Abstract

Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a severe, debilitating chronic disease characterized by marked tiredness and fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, sleep disturbances, pain, and autonomic, immunological, and metabolic dysfunctions, in which all symptoms are usually exacerbated by physical and/or psychological stress.

Subjects and methods: We report a case of ME/CFS with severe myalgia and severe locomotor disorders in a 25-year-old female after Gam-COVID-Vac vaccine (Sputnik V) ten days before the manifestation of the symptoms.

Results: This is the first report of such a complication from the Gam-COVID-Vac vaccine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • COVID-19*
  • Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic* / diagnosis
  • Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic* / etiology
  • Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic* / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Sleep Wake Disorders*
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Vaccines, Synthetic

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Gam-COVID-Vac vaccine
  • Vaccines, Synthetic