Thread by @angryhacademic

Cause matters when discussing illness.

Understanding the cause can help direct what tests to do, what treatments to have, and in some cases improve safety for products or pharmaceuticals

Context is essential for clinicians to help effectively

Some examples:

Having flu like symptoms can be from infection or drug withdrawal

Tremor can be a sign of neurodegenerative diseases like MS or a head injury

A rash can be from allergies to washing detergent or infection

It would be absurd to go to your healthcare provider & not mention youve been exposed to an infectious person, are withdrawing from drugs, had a recent head injury, or you notice a trend when you use different detergent

These add essential context & clues as to tests & treatment

It is therefore also absurd to go to your healthcare provider and NOT mention that your symptoms seemed to occur in line with having a vaccine.

#PostVacSyndrome #vaccineinjuries

Yet many folk have "helpfully" suggested patients to not mention they think the vaccine is a trigger to symptoms, and leave it to the care provider to make the link instead

This is unlike advice for any other condition, adds work to work out correct tests/treatments, and delays essential adverse event reporting

Imagine if VITT or GBS patients didnt mention the vaccine, that could be life threatening.

There is ofc the argument to not mention the vaccine to reduce the chances of medical gaslighting, which is a sad reflection of reality.

Hopefully soon, currently less established reactions will be better recognised

https://twitter.com/angryhacademic/status/1510352750399393797

This then helps direct the healthcare provider: MCAS, POTS/dysautonomia, microclots (when theyre recognised), (neuro)inflammation, autoimmunity, etc, rather than wasting time exploring less probable pathologies

An added benefit to mentioning the vaccine link is that if healthcare providers see such reactions in other patients, they have some familiarity. This then helps new patients, raises awareness, and improves safety tracking

Bar patients themselves deciding not to mention the vaccine due to likely gaslighting, it is not only an unhelpful suggestion to not mention the vaccine, but a potentially harmful one.

So kindly stfu.

#MedTwitter