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#PASC #PCC #longcovid
Les #séquelles d'une infection #sarscov2 (condition post covid, #covidlong) handicapent beaucoup toute une frange de la population au point de l'éloigner durablement du monde du travail ou de mettre en jeu un fragile #rétablissement pour ceux qui,
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ne voulant pas passer par la case (#retraite pour) #invalidité (selon leur statuts / employeurs) tentent un #tempspartiel #thérapeuthique.
Et ça n'est pas parce que les médias français n'en parlent quasiment jamais, à la différence de ce qui se passe côté anglo-saxon, que nous
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serions mystérieusement préservés.
Je n'ai jamais conçu l'intérêt de garder par devers soi une partie des informations (ce mythe #linformationcestlepouvoir 🥴 est ridicule car le vrai pouvoir est de savoir utiliser les informations et il est intrinsèque à chacun - ou pas).
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1) Gen med residents are taught to think of secondary hypertension, especially primary hyperaldosteronism, if the following conditions are met.

- young onset HTN (age < 40)
- family history
- resistant HTN
- hypokalemia
2) First of all, young onset HTN is a controversial term nowadays --> with the rise of fast food and sedentary lifestyles with pediatric obesity and metabolic syndrome --> it is entirely possible that the age may need to be shifted even lower!
3) This study, done in AIIMS with @DrSarahAlam as the lead author looked at PA epidemiologically.

202 patients with young onset HTN (YH) were evaluated.

Surprisingly the mean age was 43.9+/- 10.9 years!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33393127/
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