Ruth Ann Crystal
Also known as @CatchTheBaby on Twitter
OBGYN physician, innovator, baker
Weekly newsletter at drruth.substack.com
#Medsky #LongCOVID
- COVID infection increases clotting risk. New study: Blood from unvaccinated people after recent COVID was more hypercoagulable, and their plasma corrected low clotting (INR) in recipients. This pro-clotting state can persist for ≥6 months after infection. buff.ly/28jDmMu #medsky #hemesky
- Why are certain immune cells affected in COVID and Long COVID? Viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 called xenoAMPs target specific immune cells based on the cell’s geometry. buff.ly/iWpGOPB ✴️Spiky dendritic cells and T cells are destroyed. 🟠Round monocytes and neutrophils are not.
- California, Illinois and NYC have joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) after the US federal govt pulled out of the WHO. buff.ly/NbMdvEp GOARN gives global early-warning alerts on outbreaks, collaboration and support during major #publichealth emergencies. #medsky 😷
- Thank you President Jimmy Carter for supporting the eradication of this disease. Amazing!
- Lots of good information 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
- ✨Please share!✨ My newsletter is out with lots of info on Flu, COVID, Measles & much more buff.ly/7C0fxzk 💥SC measles cases > TX outbreak 🧠8 articles on Long COVID brain effects 🔎WHO myth busters 🧠How immune cells in Gut lead to Parkinson's disease 💩FMT helps cancer immunotx #medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
- Thank you Laura!
- Monoclonal Antibody (mAbs) study buff.ly/UyotGQZ 😀mAb decreased need for oxygen in high-risk patients 😀mAb not later linked to Long COVID, CV disease, or cognitive decline ☹️mAbs use for acute COVID led to >2x risk of new autoimmune dz like Lupus & Rheumatoid Arthritis #medsky #covidconscious
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- Ruth Ann again. This too is something we look for in every one of our pts presenting with ME/CFS and/or Long Covid. SIBO>Leaky Gut>Immune Activation>Leaky Blood Brain Barrier>Increased mast cell activation. www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
- The more that I learn about the gut – brain axis, the more I understand about post-infectious conditions like Long Covid.
- I. Got. The. Yawn. #bunday
- He looks like he's singing.
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- Go Chuck!
