🇮🇪Dr(MD/Psychiatrist). BSc Pharmacology.Not medical advice. Life on hold.🦠#April2020 #longcovid. #teamclots IG: @doc_with_longcovid #endmedicalgaslighting
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Aug 26, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Still processing the fact I got the “ your bloods are all fine”. Overall this is relief, as they haven’t been. Say overall as ..I know that I’m still not “well” and that these aren’t looking for eg microclots & know the feeling that many of us have on being told essentially 1/
what sounds like “ see, there’s nothing wrong with you” . But the truth is that many of us with long covid are still having bizarre fluctuating blood results for years now . LFTs, triglycerides and cholesterol seem to be the ones that I hear others have and this has been my
Having a really interesting chat with a friend about how there was a “ sizing up” stage post war. Then the super skinny twiggy thing came along . I thought the years of hearing “ she used to be slim and attractive” ( not about me but it could be in the eyes of 1n
Both boomer generations ( twiggy ) and mine - the return of the super waif ( Kate moss) . Growing up in one with parents from the other really truly did make me believe that I had to be stick thin to be attractive. And back then, in my youth anyway - the focus was always on 2n
Feb 24, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Transient elevation of triiodothyronine caused by triiodothyronine autoantibody associated with acute Epstein-Barr-virus infection - PubMed
LOOK!!
Thank you @renesugar … genius!!! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12699597/
“Acute #EBV infection may be associated with transient mild to severe TT(3) elevation as a result of assay interference by anti-T(3) autoantibodies.”
Where can I get tested for anti-t3 antibodies ?
I’m still sleeping all the time but this has actually woken me up a bit!!