There is a new strain of #SARSCoV2 which is on the prowl in India. It is called #XBB1.16 and is highly transmissible. It has also been called #Arcutus. These are very early days for us to know the severity of the disease that can be caused by this variant. There are very important mutations in this variant which affect the immunity of the infected people. #INSACOG, #GISAID and #WHO confirmed the presence of new variant in India.

1. Fellow Indians! DONT panic.

The #Covid situation in #China is alarming. Let’s see how it may affect India. #thermonuclearbad (pic not representative). Sudden lifting of Covid restrictions in China after December 7th, (in response to protests against the zero Covid policy) led to massive increase in Covid numbers. The Hospitalisations and deaths may increase.

The case of swimming heart: 🧵

A 50yr old educator (he has 300k YouTube followers, he tells me while on the cathlab table) had breathlessness, chest and abdominal discomfort along with swelling of feet. Examination and echo showed that he has a massive “pericardial effusion” 1/6 twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Normally Heart has a covering: pericardium. Space between Heart and this covering has a very small quantity of fluid. If the fluid becomes more because of infection, inflammation, cancer or any other disease, the heart may get compressed. This is called “cardiac Tamponade”. 2/6

#heartattack after a “normal” heart check up!

This 🧵 contains important information about #hearthealth.

58 year old gentleman from Canada came to #PulseHeart with chest pain of more than 12 hours duration. His ECG showed a major heart attack. 1/n He delayed seeking medical attention because he had a heart check up done in the past few months and he was told that his heart is normal. The check up included ECG and an ECHO. 2/n

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రండి. సమిష్టిగా చంకలు గుద్దుకుందాం!!!

భారతదేశంలో ఊబకాయం అనే సమస్య బలిసి కొట్టుకుంటోంది. చిన్నపిల్లల్లో కూడా ఈ సమస్య కొత్త పుంతలు తొక్కుతోంది. @LAKSHMIALAPATI3 @drmahishmak @thedocsaidso @JP_LOKSATTA @drsangitareddy

1/8 భారతదేశాన్ని ప్రపంచానికి వాణిజ్య రాజధాని లేదా విద్యా రాజధాని అని ఎవరూ పిలవకపోయినా, మధుమేహ రాజధాని అని మాత్రం అందరూ పిలుస్తున్నారు.
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It is certain that cardiac problems have increased in covid-recovered patients. The nature study amply demonstrated this. But questions remain 🧵@DrDeepakKrishn1 @serioustaurean @EricTopol @DrEricDing I have been seeing a lot of younger than 40 year olds getting MI. Most have history of covid. There used to be MIs in this population in pre-covid era, but now the cases are certainly high. Many of these young patients do not have the traditional coronary risk factors.

The statement of ICMR chief Balaram Bhargav regarding Molnupiravir is without scientific rigour and must be withdrawn immediately. Please read this 🧵
#Molnupiravir #Merck #icmr @DonitaJose @AneeshaBedi @KanizaGarari @vinodscaria Regarding mutagenicity of Molnupiravir, the initial test for any molecule is the Ames test which if negative indicates that the molecule in question has no mutagenicity. For Molnupiravir it was positive. If Ames test is positive, further tests are done for confirmation.