Posts by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
(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 #AW3X8bO4bpsthf7bBA by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
2023-05-26T12:14:41Z
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Long COVID is Disability Roulette Boston Globe Opinion ✍🏻👇✔️ This Op-Ed is to raise #LongCovid public awareness✔️I hope it helps✔️It will never be enough✔️The millions suffering deserve moreOn Tuesday 5/30 I’ll unpack it & >20 references in a teaching🧵bit.ly/43uMoko
(DIR) Post #AYM5QJV78OWd2mSxQe by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
2023-08-03T12:05:08Z
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During COVID, who got “unilateral DNR” orders?ie, team chose FOR you📍Black & LatinX – Odds 4-6X📍Spanish Speaking – Odds 4.5X📍Covid Pos vs Neg – Odds 8xCommunication barriers ⬆️ vulnerability of having a doc choose EOL plan FOR you. Is this OK?Link: bit.ly/44PGWtn
(DIR) Post #AYpprxDNIW9xQybiiG by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
2023-08-17T14:46:39Z
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1/🧵 COVID & Autoimmune Diseases - more data 💥 My patient w #LongCOVID has new Raynaud’s and SLE (Lupus). She’s in tons of pain and is losing her fingers. Study: N=4M people. COVID ⬆️ risk of new autoimmune Dz & vaccine was protectivehttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00331-0/fulltext
(DIR) Post #AYppryzGhw42vo1U0G by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
2023-08-17T14:58:11Z
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Of course, I obtained her full written consent to share these images & she wants to help others learn about how horrible #LongCOVID can be via her story. She asked to share that her professions are chef & hair dresser. She’ll have to completely abandon her life’s work 😔
(DIR) Post #AYpps1bGzbeX2ForWC by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
2023-08-17T15:00:08Z
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Updated link for this Lancet paper:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00331-0/fulltext
(DIR) Post #AYpps7dcXn5zlGxp0i by WesElyMD@med-mastodon.com
2023-08-17T14:59:10Z
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@kkarhan thanks for teaching me!
(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