Bea is Chronically Persisting✨
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Chronic Illness Researcher. Science of #MECFS #LongCovid #POTS #EDS #MCAS CCI SFN Lyme etc & How They Connect🕵🏻♀️Scientist/Advocate [email protected]
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14-11-2016 03:30:40
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“As a consequence of cervical & thoracic instability, & discopathy in EDS, there is loss of the normal cervical lordosis and an increasing kyphosis, rendering #EDS patients prone to progressive myelopathy, & mechanical neck & chest pain.” h/t Jodi Ettenberg onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…
@ales_frost @danahaff I think if generalist neurologists were trained in body biomechanics, the mechanics (physics) of the skeleton as it relates to connective tissue disorders, and their impacts on the central and peripheral nervous systems, it would obviate A LOT of FND misdiagnoses.
“According to the National Disability Institute, disabled people pay an additional $17,690 each yr to maintain the same standard of living "as a similar household without a member with a disability." At least 7 million people have long COVID. - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Health/7-milli…
Even #mild #COVID #infection increases risk of #blood #clots and #death A study in the UK found that mild (non-hospitalized) infections led to a 2.7x higher risk of blood clots and 10.2x higher risk of death compared to controls ( heart.bmj.com/node/174901.fu… ). H/T: Laura Miers 🧵1/