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 (DIR) Post #ASmsZ46klADqiHHPXM by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
       2023-02-17T13:28:15Z
       
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       The Haunting Brain Science of Long COVID:Matt (24 years old): “I feel like I’m underwater. When you talk to me, I can hear you, but my doesn’t understand words. I can’t comprehend what you’re saying. I have no intellectual capacity to digest data.”In this piece I wrote for STAT, I use science to raise awareness of a growing public health nightmare hiding in plain sight - Neuro-Long COVID. I unpack 20 relevant medical articles. Check it out & stay safe.https://bit.ly/3ItiANv
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmsocasp97E0sn5Ky by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
       2023-02-18T00:41:55Z
       
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       @WesElyMD Matt's description of his experience of communication reminds me a lot of my own experiences during a particularly long, and severe, bout of depression.  Spooky stuff!I hope the neuro symptoms don't become permanent for people.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmt2Au4ZbZwBeEGrw by ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social
       2023-02-17T16:50:59Z
       
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       @WesElyMD Quote about one patient with Long Covid: "… he’s developed a condition characteristic of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) known as post-exertional malaise, which is why even slight exertion leaves him and millions like him inexplicably incapacitated."PEM is the worst!FYI, studies have found that about half of Long Covid patients match ME/CFS diagnostic criteria.From the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/pdfs/interagency/What-are-MECFS-Symptoms_508.pdf#MEcfs #PEM #LongCovid
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmt45ex2bBsVD4NJw by anitavondannen@mastodon.social
       2023-02-17T17:31:06Z
       
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       @WesElyMD it’s important for those people and for everyone else to sue the shit out of the Republicans and Fox News and everyone who spread lies and disinformation when the pandemic started. There have to be consequences otherwise it will happen again and again and again.   And we’re all paying for their greed and recklessness.