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Former lawyer, dogwalker, runner, healthy person... I miss my life. Hoping for a cure. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #SmallFiberNeuropathy #Bipolar
Oct 8, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Interesting. I wish my brain worked, brainfog is thick atm.
#bipolar #EBV #autoimmune
Hypothesis: bipolar disorder is an Epstein–Barr virus‐driven chronic autoimmune disease – implications for immunotherapy
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… The high anti‐EBV antibody titres in BD might reflect a high number of EBV‐infected cells. It is interesting to note that clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat BD, inhibits EBV reactivation.