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Dr. Alice 💕
@calirunnerdoc
Cardiologist,Advocate,🏃🏼‍♀️,✍🏻,Posts≠medical advice. NO DMs 4 MED ADVICE! SARS-CoV-2=persistent vascular bomb💣.Views expressed are my own,not my employers.
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Oct 6 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Thought I had #LongCovid. After the recent @NIH meetings, not sure. There was limited discussion of cardiovascular events, organ damage, immune deficiencies, hospitalizations & death.

Now I’m wondering what I…& (insert statistic here) others…actually HAVE according to @NIH. For example, people with cardiovascular complications weeks/months post acute COVID: arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, MIs, strokes, pulmonary embolisms-are also usually NOT formally documented/coded as having #LongCovid, from what I’ve seen.

So, what do these people have?
Jul 17 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
When “experts” called #LongCovid a “syndrome” or “syndromic” two years ago, I knew patients were in trouble. We already knew it was persistent SARS-CoV-2 causing organ damage.

Since when are chronic infectious diseases referred to as a syndromes- and not the name of the cause? With zero data or biomarkers to subtype or make separations, PowerPoint slides were presented at conferences separating the “organ damage during acute infection” crowd with the “syndromic long COVID”with a grab bag of symptoms.

It’s a continuum of disease & it always has been.
Aug 18, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Have several physician friends who’ve admitted they’ve been harassed & mocked for WEARING A MASK IN HEALTHCARE.

This doc works with transplant patients & had a relative die of #LongCovid. She’s also witnessed what C-19 did to my health.

I don’t recognize my profession anymore. Text saying “I still wear an N95 mask to work and people regularly make fun of that.” Published with permission. @theacecoalition @joaquinlife have been advocating tirelessly to #KeepMasksInHealthcare.

We must continue to work to normalize masking in healthcare, & remove the mask stigma. We did it with gloves in the 1800’s- we can do it now with masks to protect against BSL-3 pathogens.
Jul 27, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This piece contains very nice interviews detailing the patient experience with fatigue after SARS-CoV-2 infection & in patients w ME/CFS.

It doesn't headline that a good portion of #LongCovid "fatigue" is due documented brain & brainstem injuries & effects of persistent virus. @WesElyMD summarizes these effects quite well in his recent essay. Dr. Ely describes these C-19 induced brain injuries as "haunting," & he's right. The effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the brain are terrifying. Life altering. Career ending. In some cases, fatal. statnews.com/2023/02/16/the…
Oct 12, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Is #LongCovid a "real thing," #MedTwitter? I'll let you decide.

Here's my own case: I'm a cardiologist(40s) with no prior medical Hx & have run tons of marathons & several 1/2 Ironman Tris.

In March '20, I fell ill and became quickly hypoxic and confused. It was COVID-19. 1/ I was hospitalized 2x for hypoxia within 2 months, but had "clear" CXR and chest CTs. My PaO2 was 78 on an ABG, but my PFTs were normal. I had left arm & leg numbness and apnea during sleep, which wasn’t worked up. I was sent home from hospital 2x with a Dx of "anxiety." 2/