1/🧵 #LongCovid: Lumper vs Splitter terminology
🎥👇This man is suffering a form of longCovid wrought by complications of his ICU illness. He’s a clear example of the most severe form of #longCovid, also known as #PICS, for “post intensive care syndrome”…
@Dr2NisreenAlwan
🎥👇This man is suffering a form of longCovid wrought by complications of his ICU illness. He’s a clear example of the most severe form of #longCovid, also known as #PICS, for “post intensive care syndrome”…
@Dr2NisreenAlwan
https://twitter.com/WesElyMD/status/1414467258781519872
2/ There are vastly different ways Covid will affect people over future months & years. Do we split those into multiple diseases or lump them into 1 big syndrome (w subgroups) to grab millions of people & help grow advocacy & gain footing?
3/ #PICS is mainly encompassed by cognitive difficulties, an acquired dementia called ADRD (#Alzheimers Disease & Related-Dementias), as well as #PTSD and depression PLUS profound muscle and nerve disease called ICU-AW (ICU Acquired Weakness).
4/ I and 1000’s of clinicians around the 🌎 have #LongCOVID patients who were never hospitalized & yet are now incapacitated with a form of real disability resembling #MECFS. 
5/fin
Let’s recognize the despair in the lives of pts w variants of #LongCovid. Let’s continue our discovery efforts & support groups like those of @CIBScenter, mental health & wellness programs, & financial assistance. A “Lumper approach” w subgroups may gain ⬆️ traction faster.
Let’s recognize the despair in the lives of pts w variants of #LongCovid. Let’s continue our discovery efforts & support groups like those of @CIBScenter, mental health & wellness programs, & financial assistance. A “Lumper approach” w subgroups may gain ⬆️ traction faster.
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