#CovidisNotOver #CovidisAirborne
tldr: post-exertional malaise (PEM) is NOT a choice.
In 2024, an amazing paper was published showing us some key features unlocking the physiology PEM in #LongCOVID. Curious minds would read a paper like this and view 1/
tldr: post-exertional malaise (PEM) is NOT a choice.
In 2024, an amazing paper was published showing us some key features unlocking the physiology PEM in #LongCOVID. Curious minds would read a paper like this and view 1/
#myalgicecephalomyelitis
#myalgicecephalomyelitis
Addressing Infection Associated Chronic Conditions
"It brings together much of the key information needed to help bring policymakers up to speed on these conditions - including #LongCovid, #ME/CFS, #POTS"
The Future is a Policy Choice: Addressing Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions
Our goal here is to bring together the key info needed to make the case for taking action *now*!
drive.google.com/file/d/17fgU...
Addressing Infection Associated Chronic Conditions
"It brings together much of the key information needed to help bring policymakers up to speed on these conditions - including #LongCovid, #ME/CFS, #POTS"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
Why?
Because...
Why?
Because...
By providing 20% more appts with 20% less funding than 2016
1/7 of population waiting for hospital treatments or investigations they are overwhelmed
GPs have 2300 patients up 500
Funding not matching demand & some GPs unemployed
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
By providing 20% more appts with 20% less funding than 2016
1/7 of population waiting for hospital treatments or investigations they are overwhelmed
GPs have 2300 patients up 500
Funding not matching demand & some GPs unemployed
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"The Greatest Medical Scandal" by @abrokenbattery.bsky.social
We need everyone to be watching this
#ME #MEcfs #pwME #LongCovid #MedSky
youtu.be/RiwX9Y0NbiQ?...
"The Greatest Medical Scandal" by @abrokenbattery.bsky.social
We need everyone to be watching this
#ME #MEcfs #pwME #LongCovid #MedSky
youtu.be/RiwX9Y0NbiQ?...
Karen describes their daily reality, responding to narratives that downplay the impact of #ME
www.thereforme.uk/p/this-is-no...
Karen describes their daily reality, responding to narratives that downplay the impact of #ME
www.thereforme.uk/p/this-is-no...
Sometimes I type when I can't bring food to my mouth or put on another layer of clothing.
Typing uses fingers & eyes, eating & dressing require limbs & more energy.
#MEcfs
Meanwhile, #Covid in 5 years:
"Participants with persistent symptoms had a 6-point loss in IQ, while those who had been admitted to an ICU experienced a 9-point loss in IQ."
Meanwhile, #Covid in 5 years:
"Participants with persistent symptoms had a 6-point loss in IQ, while those who had been admitted to an ICU experienced a 9-point loss in IQ."
CDC says… don’t worry… they’re not like you…they were gonna die anyway.
#PreeeexistingConditionsssss
CDC says… don’t worry… they’re not like you…they were gonna die anyway.
#PreeeexistingConditionsssss
There's something more than a little concerning about what's happening with Norovirus here.
A quick thread about Norovirus and its place within in the 'quad-demic'.
🧵
There's something more than a little concerning about what's happening with Norovirus here.
A quick thread about Norovirus and its place within in the 'quad-demic'.
🧵
*and coughing*
Not into their elbow... just into the air.
*and coughing*
Not into their elbow... just into the air.
In this issue:
💀Spike protein in skull bone marrow yrs after infection
😴T cells exhausted in MECFS & probably LongCOVID
✨LILRB1 & LILRB2 in PBMCs, LongCOVID biomarker?
⛪Notre Dame Paris reopens
& much more! buff.ly/4f2OMnW
#medsky #IDsky #Pedsky 🛟😷🧪
In this issue:
💀Spike protein in skull bone marrow yrs after infection
😴T cells exhausted in MECFS & probably LongCOVID
✨LILRB1 & LILRB2 in PBMCs, LongCOVID biomarker?
⛪Notre Dame Paris reopens
& much more! buff.ly/4f2OMnW
#medsky #IDsky #Pedsky 🛟😷🧪
And just who is in this "working group"?
They shouldn't need to determine *if* [whether] extra support is required. Archer has told them it *is* required and that something needs to be done about it.
And just who is in this "working group"?
They shouldn't need to determine *if* [whether] extra support is required. Archer has told them it *is* required and that something needs to be done about it.
(hint: rhymes with "f&ck me")
bsky.app/profile/abro...
youtu.be/FX6Fk9-WSmo?...
(hint: rhymes with "f&ck me")
bsky.app/profile/abro...
youtu.be/FX6Fk9-WSmo?...
youtu.be/FX6Fk9-WSmo?...
SRF writes about a survey by Long COVID and ME/CFS patient organisations showing rehabilitation leading to deterioration for half of the respondents and improvement only for 17%.
Google translation:
www-srf-ch.translate.goog/sendungen/ka...
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #LongCovid #PASC #PwLC
SRF writes about a survey by Long COVID and ME/CFS patient organisations showing rehabilitation leading to deterioration for half of the respondents and improvement only for 17%.
Google translation:
www-srf-ch.translate.goog/sendungen/ka...
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #LongCovid #PASC #PwLC