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the autonomic nervous system has a branch that does not use acetylcholine or noradrenaline as transmitters. instead it uses other things, like nitric oxide, ATP, serotonin, neuropeptide-Y, etc
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

some thoughts RE #MECFS #LongCovid #teamclots #dysautonomia 🧵
Nitric oxide gets released (depleted?) in ischaemia reperfusion injuries
jnnp.bmj.com/content/67/1/1

Dysmetabolism is commonly reported in #MECFS
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

(Circulating) Serotonin may get depleted with platelet activation
portlandpress.com/biochemj/artic…
Appetite gets dysregulated in #LongCovid and ME, often (not always) causing lower appetite. ME may be associated with higher neuropeptide Y
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21190576/
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I have never been one for social media, but this is the first time I wish I could somehow write a tweet that goes viral…

I have a really important thing to say regarding bias towards women in medicine being real and affecting every single one of us.
(Long 🧵…)

@EpilepsyFdn
I don’t like to share personal experiences, but in this case, I will make an exception…

@Dysautonomia @LauraAPace @MetrodoraInst @dys_project @dysclinic @EpilepsyFdn @epilepsysociety
For context, I believe it is important for you to know that I am a Biotechnology Engineer and a Master of Science in Neurobiology. I also have a rare #epilepsy which presents itself as #dysautonomia, which is not common…
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Latest paper from Dr Robin Kerr & me:
#LongCovid is primarily a Spike protein Induced Thrombotic Vasculitis
researchsquare.com/article/rs-293…
Here we proposed that long covid is primarily a spike protein-induced thrombotic vasculitis, & we use Robin as a supporting case study 🧵
#TeamClots a U-shaped blood vessel. at...
We start by discussing the highly thrombotic nature of acute COVID & how this pathology doesnt cease in those with long COVID. in other words, long COVID is a continuation of the pathology accompanying acute COVID. Importantly, we cant rehabilitate until the pathology is treated
we highlight the role of microclots in capillary occlusion, that coagulopathic outcomes occur after acute covid (e.g. ↑ stroke risk), that there is platelet hyperactivation and endotheliitis, and all this leads to impaired oxygen extraction (and more)
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New research from the US National Institues of Health confirms #dysautonomia and #immune dysfunction in #LongCOVID! 1/🧵

nih.gov/news-events/ne…
“Consistent with recent studies, people with #LongCOVID had problems with their autonomic nervous system. #Autonomic testing showed abnormalities in control of vascular tone, heart rate, and blood pressure with a change in posture.” 2/🧵
The results also showed that people with Long COVID had lower levels of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and increases in the numbers of B cells and other types of immune cells, suggesting that immune dysregulation may play a role in mediating Long COVID. 3/🧵
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#SmallFiber #Neuropathy in #PostVac #LongCovid
I have those symptoms since 2014 - nobody ever took that serious 😭

Quote:
„Since the advent of the COVID-19 vaccines, neurologists Dr. Diane Counce & Dr. Suzanne Gazda have been seeing many novel neurological manifestations …1/x Image
among their patients.

Counce said a common neurological complication she sees is peripheral neuropathy. These are diseases that affect neurons outside of both the brain and spinal cord (‼️) - including nerves in the internal organs, limbs, and skin.
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Among them, small fiber neuropathy is the most common.

Small fiber neurons detect pain and temperature, hence why small fiber neuropathy is often associated with tingling, numbness, pins-and-needles, and burning sensations.
3/x
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[food]

I've been doing some more research on "why does my body sometimes just start violently rejecting basically every food" and my mystery hypoglycemia

And I wanted to share some of what I'm learning about inflammation (eg from MCAS), the autonomic nervous system, and enzymes
As ever, I will probably need to take intermittent rest breaks while writing this thread
First off, what even are enzymes

Enzymes are handy little chains of amino acids, and life forms like humans, plants, and bacteria all have them

Enzymes are basically used to convert one nutrient into something else our bodies need
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🧵Let's make it known tomorrow how badly we need and deserve urgent drug development, and in the interim, emergency drug repurposing for #LongCovid. /1
@calirunnerdoc @D_Bone @JoshuaPribanic @cjmaddison @PutrinoLab @dbdugger @inducekarmaaa @drclairetaylor
fda.gov/drugs/news-eve…
For starters, @US_FDA needs to be made aware how many meds, supplements, and treatment protocols we have tried with little/no improvement. For starters, at the very least, they absolutely must address #Dysautonomia and exertion intolerance as roadblocks to PT/rehabilitation. /2
Second, we need help NOW. While drugs are being developed, let's talk about urgent repurposing of bold pharmaceutical interventions like antivirals, immunotherapies, monoclonals, etc. Let's begin a list of existing drugs we want made available for immediate use in the replies. /3
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.@Dysautonomia President Lauren Stiles and other patient advocates are quoted in this article exploring what the @NIH has done with $1.15B in US taxpayer funds allocated to #LongCOVID research. 1/🧵

muckrock.com/news/archives/…
Dysautonomia International advocates serve on several RECOVER committees & have been fighting hard to get the NIH to spend these funds on research that is urgently needed to develop more effective treatments for people with #LongCOVID (a majority of whom have #dysautonomia). 2/🧵
While there are some great people involved with RECOVER, RECOVER as a whole has failed to deliver & is hampered by excessive bureaucracy, lack of accountability for decision making, and NIH's failure to put experienced post-viral illness researchers in leadership roles. 3/🧵
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‼️Reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF) is found in various forms of #Dysautonomia and leads to a broad spectrum of symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, all the way out to syncope. Yet, CBF is often not monitored.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27525257/ ImageImageImage
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We tested the feasibility of a novel continuous monitoring of external carotid blood flow as a proxy for CBF using a novel in-ear device. An in-ear wearable device designed to measure blood flow and more. @HopkinsMedicine @VUMC_heart Tandri, Tripathi ImageImageImage
The device provided near-continuous data on eCBF both during baseline and during periods of syncope. Moreover, changes in the external carotid blood preceded syncope during tilt by several minutes. The in-ear device may improve the sensitivity or maybe even replace tilt testing?!
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This is a highly relevant study from Japan on #Dysautonomia, #gAchR antibodies and #FND!

I'll explain why it's important and what it means in clinical terms. 1/🧵

#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter @Dysautonomia

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
@Dysautonomia What the study found:
✅ Out of 59 patients who qualified for #FND diagnosis by DSMV criteria, 88% had autonomic symptoms!!!
✅ 27% were positive for ganglionic acetylcholine receptor antibody (gAchR Ab) via LIPS assay.
✅ 50% had #POTS.
✅ 50% had orthostatic hypotension.
2/🧵
@Dysautonomia Why is this important?
✅ Our patients are often misdiagnosed with #FND, and this study proves that.
✅ When #FND is diagnosed, treatment is psychotherapy & physical therapy, which is not a treatment for #Dysautonomia.
✅ We MUST identify and treat #Dysautonomia symptoms.
3/🧵
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I'm 1 of 50 million Americans living with an immune system that mistakenly attacks/damages healthy tissue (rude). During #AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth we strive to promote better understanding of these complex chronic conditions. Follow me as I share my journey this month. Image
2) It takes an average of 4.5 years and 4 physicians for patients to recieve an autoimmune diagnosis:
-Many conditions mimic others
-Lab tests are not always definitive
-Symptoms flare and dissipate frequently
-Diseases often appear in clusters
#AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth
3) This is me at 32, a month before I woke up 1 day + couldn't walk. Days later I couldn't bend my fingers. Bilateral pain/swelling + fam history of #rheumatoidarthritis prompted labs. Sky high CRP, ESR, rheumatoid factor sent me to a #rheumatologist.
#AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth Image
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#Dysautonomia
Autonomic Nervous System (#ANS) Impairment
#Thread #midjourneyartwork #MedEd
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#Dysautonomia is a condition that affects the ANS, which controls involuntary bodily functions, such as heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and breathing. It can be caused by various factors, including #autoimmune diseases & viral infections like #COVID19.
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The symptoms of #dysautonomia can vary depending on the underlying cause and can include lightheadedness, dizziness, syncope, rapid or irregular heartbeat, low blood pressure, gastrointestinal issues, difficulty breathing, and fatigue.
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„Wie ein grosser Tanker, im Blindflug, bei Gegenwind, im Dunkeln“, so beschreibt @ProfSchieffer die Lage.
#Covid #LongCovid #NotReCovered

@Karl_Lauterbach‼️Empfehlenswert ist dieser Vortag‼️@starkwatzinger anzutaggen macht ja gar keinen Sinn🥲 1/4
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#LongCovid macht das Gleiche auch, was Corona macht, es macht diese Dysbiose, es zerstört über autoimmunologische Prozesse Zellbarrieren,Organbarrieren, es macht Hautstörungen, es macht diese Gefässveränderungen,die #Microclots und es macht eine generelle Nervenschädigung“🥲
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Fatale Langzeitfolgen. Überlappungen mit #MEcfs #Dysautonomia #SmallFiber #POTS #MCAS u.v.m

But good to hear that @ProfSchieffer quotes Hanna Davis et al @ahandvanish #TopolPaper. One of the most comprehensive papers out there on #LongCovid 3/4

nature.com/articles/s4157…
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#Putrino #Webinar #SolveMEcfs

#LongCovid ist ein Überbegriff, für alle Erkrankungen, die sich durch eine #Covid Infektion manifestieren. #MEcfs ist eine von vielen! #Putrino hat darauf hingewiesen, dass man nicht auf Biomarker warten muss, um #LongCovid zu diagnostizieren.
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#Putrino hat auch darauf hingewiesen, wie wichtig es ist, jetzt zügig Untergruppen zu benennen, z.b #POTS #SmallFiber #Dysautonomia #ConnectiveTissueDisorder & natürlich viel mehr, um gezielter zu forschen.

Wir haben bei #LongCovid EINEN Auslöser und VIELE Erkrankungen. 2/x
Aber auch bei #LongCovid gibt es Risikofaktoren (nein, keine psychischen, die haben in dem Webinar keine Rolle gespielt #Henningsen), sondern die Frage, was passiert, wenn eine #Covid Infektion bspw auf jemandem trifft, der/die #EDS hat?
3/x
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#Dysautonomia damages ur body's automatic pilot (AP) system that controls where blood goes, how food processes/moves, temperature & glucose regulation, BP, HR,sweating etc. W AP damage there is no homeostasis, no "static" issues. Problems shift & change & r unpredictable.
#Sjogrens commonly has #AutonomicNeuropathy. Most patients have lost the ability to predict how one feels day 2 day. Hr to hr. Even minute to minute sometimes. The days of predictable baseline function are gone for many #NeuroSjogrens patients.
Loss of this baseline functionality in #NeuroSjogrens #dysautonomia erodes ability to follow thru w plans. Steals ability to work full time or at all. Wears on friends/family. Eventually many are left disabled, unemployable, poor, alone & sadly unrecognized by MD's 4 many yrs.
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Millions are missing
And the cooper’s wife is too
So we hold our silent vigil
For a girl in a gown too blue
Lost in halls and hospitals
A silver talisman bears true
The diagnosis they doubted
With “Maybe it’s just you?”
“Maybe it’s your fault
Did you ever think it might?
It sure looks like anxiety
Caught in fight or flight
This isn’t an emergency
I’ve no time to spare tonight
For another hypochondriac
Who thinks her Google search is right”
The words echo again
We’ve heard them all before
Generations of us girls
Lost to fable and to lore
Seal wives and fae women
Changelings left by the door
You wouldn’t hear our screaming
So now you’ll hear our roar
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“I now think of #COVID as a neurological disease as much as I think of it as a pulmonary disease, & that's definitely true in #longCOVID,” ~ Dr William Pittman, @UCLAHealth

My daughter is a medical comms specialist — her colleagues did the illustrations. scientificamerican.com/article/long-c…
“the COVID-causing virus, #SARSCoV2, can
reach the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. This contact may lead to
persistent and devastating symptoms of long COVID, which--more and more scientists
say-appears to be a neurological disease.” Image
Long COVID can present as #dysautonomia, impairing the autonomic nervous system, which controls “unconscious functions such as heartbeat, breathing, sweating & blood vessel dilation”. For many, “dysautonomia takes the form of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or #POTS.” Image
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The few times a day I climb our tiny staircase, when finally upstairs, I'm gasping for breath, my chest cavity sore and tight, and my lungs feel unable to fill or empty completely. This lasts for hours.

I used to bike and climb mountains with ease. #LongCovid #NotRecovered /1
"Exercise" for me is climbing a small flight of stairs out of necessity or walking from one room to another. When I do this too many times, imagine feeling like your head is spinning, your chest is seizing up, and you can't catch your breath. /2
For those still suspending disbelief about #LongCovid I challenge you to try to remain upright and functional for five minutes while feeling like you are experiencing a cardiac event. /3
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Heute mal ein Tweet über #Lyme #Borreliose.
Warum komme ich drauf?

Weil @ProfSchieffer es gelegentlich anspricht in seinen geduldigen Interviews. Wie auch zuletzt in der ARTE Reportage über #PostVac (die leider monatelang rum lag vor Ausstrahlung) - hier der Ausschnitt. 1/x
Borreliose ist eine tückische Erkrankung, oft übersehen und falsch behandelt. Auch hier erleiden Betroffene eine Psychologisierung vom Feinsten, wie mit allen multi-systemischen Erkrankungen. #Gaslighting. Borreliose kann ausserdem fast alles ‚imitieren‘. 2/x
Viele Krankheiten, die den „Autoimmunerkrankungen“ zugeordnet werden, gehen nachweislich auf eine Infektion mit Borrelien oder den Co-Erregern (wie zum Beispiel auch Bartonella, Babesien, aber auch Herpesviren u.v.m) zurück. Borreliose kommt selten allein. 3/x
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On biomarkers: Patients with #Dysautonomia have preload failure. Invasive caridopulmonary testing or cardiac catheterization proves it. I just had a patient with post-Covid #POTS who had the tests done to rule out heart disease. She had no CAD, but did have preload failure. 1/🧵
Her excellent cardiologist @FudimMarat identified the problem and correctly diagnosed it. His findings were consistent with Dr. Systrom's study on preload failure. 2/🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1086/68…
This patient was fortunate: she wasn't dismissed because her 2D cardiac echo & 24-hr Holter monitor were negative. Many patients with #Dysautonomia and #LongCovid are simply discounted as anxious or deconditioned when their routine cardiac & neurologic tests are unrevealing. 3/🧵
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To those intent on psychologising #LongCovid & #MECFS because ‘there is no biomarker’- let me tell you something as a senior Dr. Many diseases don’t have biomarkers & diagnosis is clinical. Take asthma for example. Symptoms vary between patients. 1/n
Many patients have abnormal exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) & histamine challenge tests- some don’t. Yet if the patient’s symptoms & signs fit with asthma, we have no hesitation in making the diagnosis. 2/n
There is the well-known example of multiple sclerosis. Many deemed it psychogenic because there was no lab or radiology test that was diagnostic. Until of course the MR scan was invented. 3/n
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„Ed, 16 Jahre alt, Pflegegrad 3, leidet infolge seiner Corona-Infektion an Long Covid und einer besonders schweren Form von ME/CFS – dem chronischen Fatigue-Syndrom. 1/x

ksta.de/koeln/me-cfs-1…
Das bedeutet: Ed hat keine Energie mehr. Nicht zum Aufstehen, er kippt ja schon beim Sitzen weg. Nicht zum Lesen, nicht zum Zähneputzen, nicht zum Denken. Während seine früheren Klassenkameraden sich aufs Abitur vorbereiten, ihre ersten Partys schmeißen und sich zum ersten 2/x
Mal verlieben, kocht Eds Mutter ihm die Möhren extra weich, damit er sie ohne allzu große Anstrengung kauen kann. Die Ärzte können bei Ed das chronische Fatigue-Syndrom zwar diagnostizieren. Eine wissenschaftlich anerkannte Behandlung empfehlen, können sie aber nicht.“ (…) 3/x
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#MECFS

Ein Sammelthread um sich über diese neuroimmunologische Multisystemerkrankung zu informieren.

1. #MECFS ist NICHT psychosomatisch!

2. Hauptsymptom ist #PEM (Post Exertional Malaise) = Belastungsintoleranz
3. Es gibt verschiedene Ursachen:

z.B. vorangegangene Viruserkrankungen (Grippe, Infektionen mit EBV, SarsCov-2 …),

#FQtoxicity (Flourchinolon-Vergiftung)

Unfälle, OPs, nach Impfungen (#PostVac)

4. Es gibt (bisher) keine Heilung.

5. #Pacing ist die oberste Divise.
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Tag 3 nach #MEcfsImBundestag

Ich gehöre zu denjenigen, die extrem von den sogenannten #Komorbiditäten betroffen sind, die - das darf bitte nicht vergessen werden - nicht irgendwelche belanglosen Begleiterkrankungen sind, sondern hochgradig quälend. 1/x
Dazu gehören #posturalesTachykardieSyndrom (z.B abnorme Herzraten, Atemnot usw.), die #SmallFiber Neuropathie (z.b ekelhafte Nervenschmerzen, Brennen, Sehstörungen, Gehirn in Flammen, Pochen am ganzen Körper usw.) und das MastzellAktivierungssyndrom. #Dysautonomia 2/x
Allein #MCAS kann zig ekelhafte chronische Symptome hervorrufen.

Alle diese sogenannten #Komorbiditäten können vorkommen sowohl bei #MEcfs #LongCovid als auch #PostVac und - das ist mir ja immer wichtig - in hohem Masse auch bei der Schädigung durch #Fluorchinolone. 3/X
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