After a patient saw multiple physicians and neurologists over 6 months and was assigned a diagnosis of #LongCovid, a relative entered her symptoms into #ChatGPT with the correct output. Diagnosis was confirmed by antibody testing and therapy has been initiated. https://t.co/lFfp1zZmRT
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Apr 9, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
👏Yes @EricTopol calling out the
🎯Denial
🎯Dismissal
🎯Unempathetic
Biopsychosocial Model of #LongCovid
(This includes purely & partial psychological causation & drivers)
🔥Time to shift that paradigm🔥 https://t.co/aUACoZsCPt— Long Covid Advocacy💙 (@LongCovidAdvoc)
Mar 24, 2023
from http://twitter.com/LongCovidAdvoc
Links to the new @JAMAInternalMed #LongCovid papers
Paxlovid https://t.co/4g04GXeYUo by @zalaly and colleagues
Vaccination
https://t.co/N0hZ3UPCjl— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Mar 23, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
The vital role of patients and the public in guiding #LongCovid research
https://t.co/V2xLnrMLIi @NatureMedicine by @AshRouten and colleagues https://t.co/6qif9SHjUB— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Mar 17, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
3 years in, the status of #LongCovid
Editorial @TheLancet
“Progress has been excruciatingly slow due to lack of attention and resources”
https://t.co/qdQ9nF2Uon https://t.co/fxauyKYAAr— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Mar 10, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
The first randomized trial to show that some #LongCovid can be prevented, and other Covid updates
https://t.co/qTgIEjnydz https://t.co/5kH20Tpdgb— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Mar 8, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
It’s surprising that the results with this oral antiviral RCT haven’t received more attention, especially for potential of reducing #LongCovid in people with evidence of persistent virus
https://t.co/hHZLZdZrot @Nature by @marilenharo w/ @zalaly @Daltmann10— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Mar 4, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
“Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) attributed his decision to retire due to #LongCovid.. symptoms were still affecting him day-to-day.”
“Five or six others have (long COVID), but I’m the only one who admits it” https://t.co/qJwRTrqJV5
— charlos (@loscharlos)
Feb 24, 2023
from http://twitter.com/loscharlos
Good summary for infection-acquired immunity.
The unpredictability of a Covid infection with respect to inducing severe disease and chance of developing #LongCovid https://t.co/20YnGjtgPW— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Feb 17, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
As we’re seeing w/ #LongCovid, it’s essential for researchers to work closely with patients to make progress, democratizing medical science
https://t.co/LmKqgH723V by @AmyDMarcus
w/ @LisaAMcCorkell @patientled
“We consider patients as researchers”—
@jonirutter @ncats_nih_gov https://t.co/Jdd9VGPH0S— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Feb 11, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
More evidence of residual virus after initial recovery as a culprit for #LongCovid in some people
https://t.co/57WpSoVAD4 @GiaccaMauro https://t.co/0J604z7WH8— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 21, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Study looking at #LongCovid 2 years after infection:
Despite exercise, respiratory & olfactory rehab, cognition/speech therapy & psychological support, the main symptoms (fatigue, neurocognition, muscle) did not resolve.
Only 9% of patients recovered. 1/
https://t.co/hPBbx1dnYm https://t.co/BxeKGOI9AG— Hannah Davis (@ahandvanish)
Jan 21, 2023
from http://twitter.com/ahandvanish
From a short Q & A on #LongCovid w/ @cbarbermd
https://t.co/xHQn1YQZAL https://t.co/xp8IgCGb1F— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 21, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Amazing, timely, comprehensive, and evidence-based review – Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations – by @ahandvanish @LisaAMcCorkell @juliamv @EricTopol. This is a #MustRead and is already my go-to review on #LongCovid.
https://t.co/hPzJYKniLI
— Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity)
Jan 16, 2023
from http://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity
Important piece by @WPLN that shows the very real and dangerous risks of #LongCOVID. It is worth taking painless precautions like mask-wearing to avoid debilitating, life-altering post-COVID symptoms. https://t.co/hUMhTlnlus
— Zeke Emanuel (@ZekeEmanuel)
Dec 1, 2022
from http://twitter.com/ZekeEmanuel
Today’s report from Switzerland on #LongCovid in children and adolescents with controls reinforces the main findings from the Germany study, and extends to risk factors such as asthma and lower socioeconomic status
https://t.co/trnqpDbJkK
@iguessous and colleagues @NatureComms https://t.co/cIV1EaKDlQ— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 29, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
🚨 1.1 MILLION dead Americans is not noise.
🚨 #LongCovid & #LongCovidKids are not noise.
🚨 4 MILLION Americans no longer able to work is not noise.
🚨 #COVID19 making folks more prone to other illness is not noise.
🚨 #HealthcareWorkers burnout & full ped ICUs is not noise. https://t.co/RfJHPLhuTl
— Cat Herding Science Nerd 🔬 (@catladyactivist)
Nov 24, 2022
from http://twitter.com/catladyactivist
My friend @LCalabreseDO, a leading rheumatologist, relates his own experience with #LongCovid
https://t.co/spHlV61gAg @HealioRheum https://t.co/dpqnJ7Gi5X— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 13, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
The mechanism of brain fog with #LongCovid (and potential biomarker, CCL11) after a mild case
https://t.co/8k2O8EA3xn @VarunVenkatara2 https://t.co/webMwfeVzF @CellCellPress @Franklandlab https://t.co/NQAgabJntg— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 9, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Consistent and significant reduction of #LongCovid with Paxlovid treatment across all subgroups including age, sex, race, risk factors, prior Covid, vaccination, booster, unvaccinated https://t.co/T0oGWhfaTS
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
The first study to show improvement in long-term outcomes after Paxlovid—including less #LongCovid, deaths, hospitalizations and complications—is a major advance. I’ve reviewed and contextualized it here
https://t.co/bugfFk44sh— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Important new preprint just posted from @zalaly and colleagues;
Paxlovid treatment for Covid associated with ~25% reduction of #LongCovid, beyond less death and hospitalization reduction https://t.co/acE3YoDCWD— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Nov 6, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
There you have it—@WHO official says: the more times a person gets COVID, the more likely they are to be ‘unlucky’ and get #longCOVID, which “none of us want because it can be so serious”.
Let’s #BringBackMasks & bring in ventilation & air disinfection.
https://t.co/ETUJK7XExN— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing)
Oct 26, 2022
from http://twitter.com/DrEricDing
Myalgic encephalomyelitis was first recorded in 1934 in Los Angeles after an outbreak of atypical polio. It has taken nearly a century and #LongCovid to “get needed attention”
https://t.co/ryyI15mfnf @NanetteAsimov #mecfs https://t.co/xOYiOk9R2A— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Oct 21, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
A new #LongCovid nationwide study from Scotland w/ matched controls, 6-18 months follow up, showed 6% no recovery, 42% had only partial recovery, with “poorer quality of life and wide-ranging impairment of their daily activities which could not be explained by confounding” https://t.co/Nn1R2GLNBX
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Oct 12, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
In a large US cohort of ~200,000 people who had Covid, vaccination reduced the risk of #LongCovid by 30-40% and this protection persisted through breakthrough infections
https://t.co/UqFViYOWdm— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Oct 7, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
There has not been adequate regard for the level of immunity acquired from Covid infection, albeit with its attendant risk and unpredictable #LongCovid sequelae.
I reviewed many of the earlier studies in this thread
https://t.co/dWMGRpKKVa— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Oct 5, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
For #LongCovid, summary of many unanswered questions, no biomarker or treatments. What can doctors do now?
“the foremost tools in our armamentarium..careful listening, providing validation, and offering empathy”
https://t.co/GTj1Db4pWa @TheLancetRheum @LCalabreseDO @CCalabreseDO https://t.co/oS9kD1PQEP— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Oct 3, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
Why is obesity an important risk factor for severe Covid?
@ScienceTM, a potential contributing factor
#SARSCoV2 infects fat cells –> local and systemic inflammation
https://t.co/sOUkNG63DJ
Possible that fat cells may be a 🦠reservoir and increase risk of #LongCovid https://t.co/96mYZ0wXyP— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Sep 22, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
🆕@NatureMedicine
Comprehensive analysis of #LongCovid neurologic outcomes at 1 year from >150,000 people vs > 11 million controls including risk of stroke, cognitive disorders, peripheral nervous system. Substantial burden even w/mild infections
https://t.co/OicgBZ1QfG
@zalaly https://t.co/PGUOrMp2aC— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Sep 22, 2022
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol