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I rarely repost any advice on apparent silver bullets for #LongCOVID, because I don't want to raise false hope. However, I make any exception for the #Microclot hypothesis.
Anecdotally, it appeared to significantly help my son & I -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
a microfluidic assay for quantifying fibrinolytic clots in the plasma of #LongCOVIDkid . This study found significantly higher #microclot levels in children with LC vs to healthy controls, overcoming the limitations of previous qualitative assessment methods.
🧠 “It’s anxiety.”
🩸 Meanwhile:
– Impaired flow
– Platelet chaos
– Endothelial distress
Long COVID isn’t in your head.
It’s in your vessels.
More on longcovidjourney.com
#LongCOVID #Microvascular #PASC #MedTwitter #microclot
#endothelium
Another new preprint with
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
is available, on a technique called #Nailfold #Capillaroscopy that we think will be an important complement to #microclot measurements. preprints.org/manuscript/2... #TeamClots
#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #immunosky #publichealth A recent analysis compared the proteome of 🩸 clots seen in 2 diseases : sepsis & #longCOVID when 🩸 was known to have clotted into an amyloid #microclot form (as judged by staining with the fluorogenic amyloid stain thioflavin T)
RTHM offers microscopy-based #microclot testing (research-based) for our #pwLC and #pwME. Treatment for these microclots focuses on the breakdown of the clots as well as addressing the hyperactivated platelets. #TeamClots #rthm_health
rthm.com/articles/lon...
