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People pushing “brain retraining” as a curative treatment for severe post viral illness, autoimmune disease, neuro immune disease, etc. can go straight to hell. You are propping up a massive grifter empire that is destroying the lives of the most vulnerable sick people. Fuck all…
I think this situation qualifies for the #MedicalHungerGames, hey @NeuroSjogrens?
I can’t believe this. The two antivirals that can treat chronic Norovirus are no longer commercially available in Canada. One was withdrawn two years ago, the other can apparently be requested via the Health Canada “Special Access Program” (if you have a doctor willing to go…
👏👏👏 It’s about time. Now if we can just get seronegative disease and #NeuroSjogrens guidelines updated too. So thankful for all the #GoodDoctors working on this. #Sjogrens #Care4Complex
🔥 Wipe "Sjogren's Syndrome" and "Secondary Sjogren's" from our vocabulary! It is #Sjogrens disease and "Associated Sjogren's" as a disease standing as tall as #SLE #lupus #rheumatoid arthritis #myositis #scleroderma! This article is history in the making nature.com/articles/s4158……
Should I make one of these except for patient harm in complex illness and the steps of the BC Legislature? Barely joking. #Care4ComplexBC
Thinking of David Wojnarowicz, artist activist who died of AIDS this day in 1992. In the late 1980s, after he was diagnosed, his art took on a sharp political edge. As with Larry Kramer, I often wonder how he’d react to the extreme inaction and denial of SARSCoV2. If you’re not…
BC healthcare, folks. Exposing my senior citizen mom, who’s hardcore Covid safe, to potential infection - when it’s completely preventable. Our family cannot deal with more illness, we are stretched to the max. WHY IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?? What is wrong with these doctors? Where are…
Today at St Paul’s for ENT appt. Not a mask in sight. Me in N99. Small exam rm. 2 residents, no masks, no hepa. Ask them to put on masks and say I’m surprised they aren’t wearing them as they are going to be close to my face. Shocked expressions, go get blues, as does doc. FAIL
I can’t believe this. The two antivirals that can treat chronic Norovirus are no longer commercially available in Canada. One was withdrawn two years ago, the other can apparently be requested via the Health Canada “Special Access Program” (if you have a doctor willing to go…
Today at St Paul’s for ENT appt. Not a mask in sight. Me in N99. Small exam rm. 2 residents, no masks, no hepa. Ask them to put on masks and say I’m surprised they aren’t wearing them as they are going to be close to my face. Shocked expressions, go get blues, as does doc. FAIL
cc/ @markroseman @CCurrieadvocate @drpaulwinston @TuraEmanuela is it totally pie in the sky to think there’s any way to gain official access to US specialists for rare and complex diseases? Like where local doctors actually then take their expertise seriously and do follow ups…
My Seattle neuro is so good, and so kind. 🥹 #GoodDoctors I just wish I lived there, or there was a proper arrangement for care for BC/Canadian patients (which he has several of now), so I could actually get direct, ongoing care from him including prescriptions.…
Sorry, there's a lottery to get up to date clinicians in a given disease. Your disease did not win the lottery. Try again next year. #MedicalHungerGames (get this # trending?) #Sjogrens #MECFS #FM #LC #POTS #IACC #PostLyme #hEDS #Dysautonomia #NeuroSjogrens Whats ur disease?
Meanwhile, the front line ME/CFS long Covid specialist with over 5000 patients is having funding/slashed by B.C. Gov.! This does not even include the pediatrics patients that are not being served because the government is not funding and educating GPs and Specialist !
Oh my God, you total jackasses. EVERY country had a notable drop in life expectancy circa 2020. And you know why: COVID. Maybe you don't know that the USA had a WORSE drop in life expectancy, and started from a lower base to begin with!
Canada had a notable drop in life expectancy since 2020: "Being on the side of reality and facts is so against the narrative... they're willing to ignore an increase in all-cause mortality."
This was a few days into convoy…
This is the audio landscape in a residential area of downtown Ottawa this morning.
Sicca is not a rheumatic disease. It is a symptom that is often, but not always seen in Sjogren’s disease. Test for HIV and hepatitis C are important during the Sjogrens evaluation.
🦠 Infections can mimic rheumatologic diseases & lead to misdiagnosis! TB, HIV, Syphilis, Brucellosis & more — always rule out infections before immunosuppression. Stay sharp, stay safe! #Rheumatology #InfectiousDiseases #MedTwitter #Autoimmune @IhabFathiSulima
Now it would be Mr. Covid
The Mr. Cig cigarette mascot visiting hospital patients, 1948.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is extremely common in the Sjogrens patient community, but no one has studied it. It was one of my earliest signs of the disease.
📈 After onset or diagnosis, patients with #rheumatoidarthritis have an approximately 80% higher risk for #carpaltunnelsyndrome, according to researchers @MayoClinic. Read more here 👇 healio.com/news/rheumatol…
Canada should revoke credentials of US Ambassador. Let them send someone who isn't a complete MAGA *sshole that struts around insulting us.
“In the increasingly likely event of an engineered-virus outbreak or pandemic of catastrophic potential, managing infectious aerosols to reduce transmission will be crucial. Now is the time to start preparing…”
Too Many Of Us Are Dying I see people protesting the rights of many marginalized groups and important issues. I see people up in arms over injustices faced by people all around the world…BUT WE ARE DYING. Not to mention suffering endlessly from symptoms that are often only…