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 (DIR) Post #AasEwR23xYq0JbjyEa by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
       2023-10-17T15:34:47Z
       
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       1/🧵 Long COVID Disease State COVID infects us & Interferon causes 3 dastardly plots:📌 We absorb ⬇️ tryptophan & convert ⬇️ Serotonin📌 Platelet pathology ⬇️ stores of Serotonin📌 Vagal nerve signals peripherally ⬆️ impairs brain function & memorybit.ly/3M5F9ZV
       
 (DIR) Post #AasEwT0McqfQQuxdrc by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
       2023-10-17T15:36:28Z
       
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       2/ Tryptophan is an essential amino acid - we don’t make it.So if we’re “programmed” to absorb ⬇️ from our diet, we sleep poorly, think worse, and all sorts of other bodily functions go awry.Will SSRI & SNRI meds help, or anti-virals, or immuno-modulators?Trials will tell.
       
 (DIR) Post #AasEwUkU8r9bqFXzOK by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
       2023-10-17T15:37:12Z
       
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       3/finThis study by @maayanLevy_lab is a marvel of dozens of avenues of science that all point to a greater understanding of the realities of #LongCOVID as a chronic disease state.Through work like this, we legitimize not only LC, but also #MECFS #LongLyme etc & take one step closer to finding medical solutions for past & future post-infectious states + syndromes like #PICSbit.ly/3Fjx3Jp
       
 (DIR) Post #AasEwWPHydO4z5e5dA by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
       2023-10-17T15:38:55Z
       
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       Adding to my 🧵 above…“Depleted serotonin could especially explain memory problems and some neurological and cognitive symptoms of long Covid…”Thanks Pam Belluck for this NYTs coverage:https://nyti.ms/45tXc2U