Completely done after every little exertion: Long-term consequences of an infection have not only occurred since Corona. In Germany up to 250,000 people are estimated to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, but hardly anyone suspects anything about them.
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Christina Berndt and Vera Schroeder
As a pediatrician, Herbert Renz-Polster, of course, knew that after a real flu you often still feel pretty “groggy” weeks later, as he calls it in gentle Swabian. It was Christmas 2016 when an Influenza Renz-Polsters family laid down – himself, his wife and one of his adult children. They still had a fever on New Year’s Eve. But at the beginning of January, the pediatrician and bestselling author was supposed to lead an important seminar, the participating teachers had shortened their Christmas vacation especially for this purpose, in short, everyone knows: Renz-Polster dragged himself to work. The “groggy” weeks followed.