Angus
@spideypsych.bsky.social
Retired francophile epicurean Psychiatrist Preacher with Long Covid enjoying fine wine, brewing craft beer, gardening, WW2 history, music, guitars and HIFI amongst other things!
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Angus
@spideypsych.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Immunological dysfunction and mast cell activation syndrome in long COVID
At least 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19, with the majority of cases occurring in the productive age (36–50 years old). Individuals with long COVID-19 are confounded with ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When I read this & other articles I started using antihistamines for my Long Covid symptoms. I chose Loratidine - an H1 blocker (anti hay-fever drug) & Famotidine- an H2 blocker (antacid). I felt dramatically improved in terms of reduced brain fog, fatigue, anxiety & irritability & food tolerance
Gorgeous soft juicy citrus pale ale (from #GlasshouseBeerCo) without that pithy bitterness that ruins so many beers. It slips down like a sumo wrestler on a water slide.
#bskybeer
#bskybeer
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Gorgeous soft juicy citrus pale ale (from #GlasshouseBeerCo) without that pithy bitterness that ruins so many beers. It slips down like a sumo wrestler on a water slide.
#bskybeer
#bskybeer
Mrs Bell asked for a Blackcurrant Cheesecake Gose- I brewed a Damson Gose without lactose or oats or indeed blackcurrants, just pale malt, wheat & some sea salt. Oh & the 2kg of damsons have added a nice tart sourness but not as much fruit as expected. She may have noticed the difference!
#bskybeer
#bskybeer
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Mrs Bell asked for a Blackcurrant Cheesecake Gose- I brewed a Damson Gose without lactose or oats or indeed blackcurrants, just pale malt, wheat & some sea salt. Oh & the 2kg of damsons have added a nice tart sourness but not as much fruit as expected. She may have noticed the difference!
#bskybeer
#bskybeer
Kept for years...oak cask fermented blueberry tripel from Mikkeller. The tart fruit has moderated and the funky lambic and woody notes bring a nice dry finish. More like wine than beer and so much more complex than several years ago. 9.5% abv
#bskybeer #Mikkeller
#bskybeer #Mikkeller
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Kept for years...oak cask fermented blueberry tripel from Mikkeller. The tart fruit has moderated and the funky lambic and woody notes bring a nice dry finish. More like wine than beer and so much more complex than several years ago. 9.5% abv
#bskybeer #Mikkeller
#bskybeer #Mikkeller
Mr Samir Zitouni - you are a lifesaver. I pray for your recovery.
Thank you for your brave service.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you for your brave service.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Samir Zitouni named as train hero who saved lives during attack
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Mr Samir Zitouni - you are a lifesaver. I pray for your recovery.
Thank you for your brave service.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you for your brave service.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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From my good friend Dr Asad Khan. Why do health and care professionals turn everyone taking infection control seriously into a neurotic? Why are there so many people labelled and self labelling as mentally ill?
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From my good friend Dr Asad Khan. Why do health and care professionals turn everyone taking infection control seriously into a neurotic? Why are there so many people labelled and self labelling as mentally ill?
A Gose from the Ile de Ré where they make a famous sea salt....which of course you can taste in this beer. Great little brewery on a lovely Island! Recommended for seafood and beer lovers as there is another great brewery on the Island.
#bskybeer
#bskybeer
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A Gose from the Ile de Ré where they make a famous sea salt....which of course you can taste in this beer. Great little brewery on a lovely Island! Recommended for seafood and beer lovers as there is another great brewery on the Island.
#bskybeer
#bskybeer
Just north east of Colmar in Alsace is this fab brewery taproom. Well worth a visit! www.sainte-cru.com
Gorgeous passion fruit flavours mild bitterness, brewed with Falconer's Flight, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra hops. #bskybeer
Gorgeous passion fruit flavours mild bitterness, brewed with Falconer's Flight, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra hops. #bskybeer
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just north east of Colmar in Alsace is this fab brewery taproom. Well worth a visit! www.sainte-cru.com
Gorgeous passion fruit flavours mild bitterness, brewed with Falconer's Flight, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra hops. #bskybeer
Gorgeous passion fruit flavours mild bitterness, brewed with Falconer's Flight, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra hops. #bskybeer
If we are serious about Public Health then howabout good old fashioned attention to prevention by environmental interventions? Clean filtered air in crowded public spaces. Then a vaccination programme for the working population regarding Influenza & #Covid.
#LongCovid #Influenza
It's not complicated
#LongCovid #Influenza
It's not complicated
UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’
Exclusive: Royal Society of Public Health says ‘fundamental shift’ needed in how firms help those with health conditions
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If we are serious about Public Health then howabout good old fashioned attention to prevention by environmental interventions? Clean filtered air in crowded public spaces. Then a vaccination programme for the working population regarding Influenza & #Covid.
#LongCovid #Influenza
It's not complicated
#LongCovid #Influenza
It's not complicated
Merry Samhain...this hallows eve!
A Gordon Scotch Ale in matching Thistle glass! Hilarious given its a Belgian beer! #bskybeer #Halloween
A Gordon Scotch Ale in matching Thistle glass! Hilarious given its a Belgian beer! #bskybeer #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Merry Samhain...this hallows eve!
A Gordon Scotch Ale in matching Thistle glass! Hilarious given its a Belgian beer! #bskybeer #Halloween
A Gordon Scotch Ale in matching Thistle glass! Hilarious given its a Belgian beer! #bskybeer #Halloween
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Remember all those minimising assurances that #COVID was really just like #Flu?
Turns out they weren't entirely wrong. Except, there's no such thing as "just flu", & as it turns out, flu is a lot like COVID.
So actually, always really serious & best avoided.
And also preventable -
Turns out they weren't entirely wrong. Except, there's no such thing as "just flu", & as it turns out, flu is a lot like COVID.
So actually, always really serious & best avoided.
And also preventable -
As I’ve explained: one of the best ways to protect your heart health is to keep up with your Covid and flu vaccinations. Don’t listen to antivaccine activists they don’t care about you or your family www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bottled & corked the Château Bell Cuvée Patrimoine 2025! Single varietal Black Hamburg. 7.1 kg harvest in the North East of England. Crushed enthusiastically by Grandson. #Wine #NorthEast
October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bottled & corked the Château Bell Cuvée Patrimoine 2025! Single varietal Black Hamburg. 7.1 kg harvest in the North East of England. Crushed enthusiastically by Grandson. #Wine #NorthEast
What a great idea! Hmm we could do this everywhere!
Having fun getting this stamped at various lambic breweries and lambic cafés. A great initiative by Visit Flanders and Visit Vlaams-Brabant to support lambic brewing culture and fully funded by them. I have 6 stamps already🙂😋
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
What a great idea! Hmm we could do this everywhere!
On Tues I went to a Tesco Pharmacy & got my private #Covid jab, booked thro' #Pharmadoctotor.co.uk
It cost £90. Then I went to my GP surgery & got a free flu jab. The staff are no longer given free covid jabs. The reason flu vax is free & Covid isnt, is "Cost effectiveness". Put simply it's about
It cost £90. Then I went to my GP surgery & got a free flu jab. The staff are no longer given free covid jabs. The reason flu vax is free & Covid isnt, is "Cost effectiveness". Put simply it's about
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
On Tues I went to a Tesco Pharmacy & got my private #Covid jab, booked thro' #Pharmadoctotor.co.uk
It cost £90. Then I went to my GP surgery & got a free flu jab. The staff are no longer given free covid jabs. The reason flu vax is free & Covid isnt, is "Cost effectiveness". Put simply it's about
It cost £90. Then I went to my GP surgery & got a free flu jab. The staff are no longer given free covid jabs. The reason flu vax is free & Covid isnt, is "Cost effectiveness". Put simply it's about
The cheaper cooler Hautes Côtes de Nuit hills above & to the west of the very expensive villages of #Burgundy are benefiting from climate change. Great quality to price ratio. These are the upper and lower plots by Domaine #Montmain where we had an entertaining multi-vintage tasting.
#wine
#wine
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is the most disgusting thing that I've ever put in my mouth! You're looking at #P&O Ferries loaded Nachos. The amorphous tasteless green goo is meant to be guacamole the nachos are soggy as the whole mess has been microwaved. Nothing tastes of anything. I paid £5.75 not to eat it.
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is the most disgusting thing that I've ever put in my mouth! You're looking at #P&O Ferries loaded Nachos. The amorphous tasteless green goo is meant to be guacamole the nachos are soggy as the whole mess has been microwaved. Nothing tastes of anything. I paid £5.75 not to eat it.
The JCVI said Covid was now a "relatively mild disease for most people", with rates of hospitalisation and death having "reduced significantly".
Both are true statements but completely ignore the long term sequelae of multisystem #LongCovid.
Its just bad pennypinching medical practice.
Both are true statements but completely ignore the long term sequelae of multisystem #LongCovid.
Its just bad pennypinching medical practice.
Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion
Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The JCVI said Covid was now a "relatively mild disease for most people", with rates of hospitalisation and death having "reduced significantly".
Both are true statements but completely ignore the long term sequelae of multisystem #LongCovid.
Its just bad pennypinching medical practice.
Both are true statements but completely ignore the long term sequelae of multisystem #LongCovid.
Its just bad pennypinching medical practice.
Cycling past Château #Beaucastel through #Châteauneuf vineyards on the way back from the supermarket! A goblet trained #Grenache vine with sablets roulées stones pictured!
#wine #bskywine
#wine #bskywine
October 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Cycling past Château #Beaucastel through #Châteauneuf vineyards on the way back from the supermarket! A goblet trained #Grenache vine with sablets roulées stones pictured!
#wine #bskywine
#wine #bskywine
Wonderful friendly welcome at this new Provençal Brewery getting established in 1st year. They kindly offered a tasting of the core range (Blonde, Blanche, IPA, Ambrée, & the ltd edition DDH NEIPA). The Blanche had an orange peel addition which was delicious!
#Fatch #Courthezon #bskybeer
#Fatch #Courthezon #bskybeer
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Wonderful friendly welcome at this new Provençal Brewery getting established in 1st year. They kindly offered a tasting of the core range (Blonde, Blanche, IPA, Ambrée, & the ltd edition DDH NEIPA). The Blanche had an orange peel addition which was delicious!
#Fatch #Courthezon #bskybeer
#Fatch #Courthezon #bskybeer
The Dentelles de Montmorail are a dental shaped mountain range, extending south to Mont Ventoux, shielding a sunny garden for vinegrowing. Up on the slopes above famous neighbours #Vacqueyras & #Gigondas is the village of #Suzette. Gorgeous smooth subtle expression Rhône red wine!
#wine #bskywine
#wine #bskywine
October 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Dentelles de Montmorail are a dental shaped mountain range, extending south to Mont Ventoux, shielding a sunny garden for vinegrowing. Up on the slopes above famous neighbours #Vacqueyras & #Gigondas is the village of #Suzette. Gorgeous smooth subtle expression Rhône red wine!
#wine #bskywine
#wine #bskywine
Walking in and around the village of Vacqueyras. Gorgeous marked walk through the vineyards circling the village. Tasted at Domaine La Garrigue.
#Vacqueyras #Wine #bskywine
#Vacqueyras #Wine #bskywine
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Walking in and around the village of Vacqueyras. Gorgeous marked walk through the vineyards circling the village. Tasted at Domaine La Garrigue.
#Vacqueyras #Wine #bskywine
#Vacqueyras #Wine #bskywine
Final beer from the Brewery Mont Ventoux at Carpentras is the Tripel! A bit sweet and malty for me but completes the range! The IPA and the Blanche were the best!
#bskybeer #Carpentras #MontVentoux
#bskybeer #Carpentras #MontVentoux
September 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Final beer from the Brewery Mont Ventoux at Carpentras is the Tripel! A bit sweet and malty for me but completes the range! The IPA and the Blanche were the best!
#bskybeer #Carpentras #MontVentoux
#bskybeer #Carpentras #MontVentoux
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A long-awaited consensus statement on inflammation and heart disease
"We have thus entered an era when the evidence linking inflammation with ASCVD is no longer exploratory but is
compelling and clinically actionable."
@jaccjournals.bsky.social open-access
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
"We have thus entered an era when the evidence linking inflammation with ASCVD is no longer exploratory but is
compelling and clinically actionable."
@jaccjournals.bsky.social open-access
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
September 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A long-awaited consensus statement on inflammation and heart disease
"We have thus entered an era when the evidence linking inflammation with ASCVD is no longer exploratory but is
compelling and clinically actionable."
@jaccjournals.bsky.social open-access
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
"We have thus entered an era when the evidence linking inflammation with ASCVD is no longer exploratory but is
compelling and clinically actionable."
@jaccjournals.bsky.social open-access
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...