More than 3 years into the pandemic, some patients who experience symptoms after a COVID-19 infection still feel like they are treated less seriously by some healthcare professionals, leading to stigma, say these Simon Fraser University academics.
any time soon. And for some patients, their symptoms haven’t gone away either.
Perhaps because long COVID presents itself in many different ways, the illness has been contested across the medical field. Medical gaslighting isn’t new. It has been documented by patients with other chronic conditions, such as myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome. And while this is common for patients with non-visible illnesses, medical gaslighting is more commonly experienced by women and racialised people.
First, educate physicians on long COVID. Because definitions of long COVID, and its presentation, vary widely, primary care physicians need support to recognise and acknowledge the condition.
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