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Feb 27 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Totally agree. POTS is now much more prevalent. Around half* of people with Long Covid have POTS ( around 1.5% of population) and add to that those who already have POTS- over one million people could have POTS in the UK.
* estimates vary for prevalence of POTS in long Covid from 15-50%. From experience in long Covid clinic it is at the higher end, if not even higher.
Recent article in BMJ on POTS. Starter article for when to suspect, how to test, investigations, medications.
POTS= postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Heart rate goes up on standing but effect may take several minutes&many don’t feel faint.

bmj.com/content/380/bm…
#MedTwitter #pots #LongCovid #MECFS #NEISvoid

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Feb 28
There are so many things wrong with this I don’t know where to start.
- getting Covid will not prevent reinfection.
- it is not like a booster at all as you have no idea with each infection if you will land up in hospital 🤷🏻‍♀️
- there is no mention of the risk of long Covid.
Is this where we are at? Really? With all our modern technology and giant brains surely we can do better than this. The logic is upside down and back to front.
Paper on reinfection:
5.9% had at Least one reinfection

12.6% required either an ED visit or hospitalization or passed away following their reinfection!

🔴individuals who experienced a severe initial infection, 7.4% experienced a severe reinfection&another 5.7% passed away…
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Feb 28
Uk Covid-19 inquiry module 3 the impact of the pandemic on healthcare. includes long Covid. Live now. youtube.com/live/2rtO2AiPm…
Lots of coughing in the background 😳
Heard of behalf of clinically vulnerable families @cv_cev
- half a million forgotten people
- they have a 7.5x higher Mortality from SARS-CoV-2 than the general population
- a 5.2x increase risk of #LongCovid
- the pandemic is not over, there was no freedom day for them.
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Feb 25
1/ Everyone should read @DrGrounds submission to the Scottish long Covid enquiry. She has nailed it. yourviews.parliament.scot/covid19/long-c…
2/ ‘My own medical specialist interest is Parkinson’s Disease. In Scotland it is estimated that there are 12,400 people living with Parkinson’s Disease, compared with over 170,000 with Long Covid.’contd
3/ ‘Our Parkinson’s patients have access to dedicated multidisciplinary clinics, run by experts and linked with strong medical networks across the UK, enabling effective research and service development.’
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Feb 24
You cannot rehabilitate untreated pathology
Long covid is not psychological
Increased risk of heart attacks for at least 18 months after Covid.
There are 175,000 LC patients in Scotland. 3.3% of population
2 million in UK. 3% of population.
heraldscotland.com/news/23343395.…
Thank you @HMcArdleHT for listening and reporting this. It is very important that the people of Scotland know the risks of Covid and the lack of a treatment pathway if they get long Covid. The increased risk of cardiovascular issues is also clear now.
Data on the 175,000 who have long Covid in Scotland spice-spotlight.scot/2023/02/08/lon…
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Feb 19
Covid in the UK:
Another 1.2 million infected in week up to 7th feb.
Up 20% from previous week

rates highest among secondary school-age children.

The number of hospital patients in England who have tested positive is also continuing to rise.

manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/co…
3 million were infected at the end of December.
Now we are climbing again.
What is it now- 2 monthly waves?
Which variant? Take your pick from the latest technical report.
I will ask the immunologists- where is that immunity? Because it’s not lasting long.
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Feb 19
reinfection hell. The new normal to be on your 4th Covid infection. Where’s that immunity? Oh that’s right we don’t have any and never could to a rapidly mutating coronavirus.
Which variant is causing the increase in infections just now? Take your pick from the latest technical briefing. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Each colour is a variant. Each variant just displaces the previous one as dominant. Ad infinitum.
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