"Brain on Fire" " starring Chloë Grace Moretz is on Netflix now.
It's the story of the @nypost journalist who got autoimmune encephalitis - specifically, anti-NMDAR encephalitis.
Guess what COVID can give you?
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netflix.com/us/title/80128…
It is the most common kind of autoimmune encephalitis, hitting women at a 4 to 1 ratio.
Nice, right? It can be very difficult to diagnose, so say hello to a psychiatric diagnosis.
. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
There are numerous cases documented.
Here is one.
Here are 8 more.
elsevier.es/en-revista-neu…
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
The mechanism may look like this.
More detailed yet👇....hit this study for even more.
Utterly fascinating.
"Just a cold" is not fascinating. I like my viruses boring and not thought of as, and I quote👇👇, "an autoimmune virus."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Why do I mask? Because I don't want a brain on fire.
But you should go watch "Brain on Fire" with a friend.
But only while wearing an N95.
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