#AutoImmune

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

DrTedros

The Executive Group of the #COVID19 Solidarity Trial met on Saturday to review a study on hydroxychloroquine and decided to temporarily pause this arm of the trial while data is

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

Just like the body, for which there are many unconscious functions (like your heartbeat, breathing), the mind has many unconscious functions (98%!). The conscious part is good at higher functions—dancing,

IG: Mimo_Mokgosi

MimoMokgosi

2008 after I was diagnosed with a rare disease called autoimmune hepatitis. Autoimmune hepatitis occurs when your immune system mistakes your liver cells for foreign aggressors and creates antibodies to

Ryan Marino

RyanMarino

Reminder that there is still no good evidence that HCQ prevents or treats COVID19 in humans (no matter what you read on Giuliani’s website). Use outside of clinical trials or

Leticia Kawano-Dourado

leticiakawano

Interesting post-hoc analyses of autoimmune ILDs from INBUILD trial presented at #ACR2019 by Dr. Matteson:The numbers get small when stratified by especific ILDs but the central tendencies of effect suggest

Someone, Somewhere

CapobiaNB

#FAMTaughtMe that the intestinal microbiome affects estrogen. It is the method through which we excrete estrogen. Estrogen is made during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle in the ovaries.It

Erin C. Sanders, MSN, WHNP-BC (She/Her)

ErinSandersNP

1/ @VirusesImmunity men were found to have higher initial immune response & females with higher immune cytokine levels had worse disease. Could these pts potentially have a stronger autoimmune response,

Putrino Lab

PutrinoLab

There have been some really thoughtful comments since we shared our first #longCOVID rehabilitation paper on here and I wanted to take some time to transparently share 5 points about

Adam Brufsky

breastoncdoc

Thread on the #hydroxychloroquine study for Dr. Topol:(1/8) Assume for a minute that what is going on is that the virus is hijacking autophagy pathways in cells to live and

Dani Fernandez

msdanifernandez

Had a rough autoimmune flare up the last 48 hours. On the other end of it. Thinking of the chronic illness community and people struggling super hard right now. It’s

Ferdous Rahman

Ferdous__Rahman

1/Arthritis is a complicated topic that may be frustrating. You may have heard it used synonymously with ARTHRALGIA - the two are different!Let’s explore this topic with an open ended

Nikita Arora

guks123

Dear @MoHFW_INDIA I have an autoimmune condition & have been on #Hydroxychloroquine since my diagnosis a yr ago. It’s the only medicine my body has been able to tolerate &

Kenneth Rockwood

Krockdoc

Great question; requires some detail. People accumulate deficits across their lives. In young people, many disabilities are “single system” eg spinal cord injury, trauma, cancer +/- chemo. There are many

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Inevitable_ET

Think for yourself/trust yourself Prophylaxis (preventative/therapeutic/Cure) randomized trials on people with “comorbidities” “high risk” or “if there’s another reason they think you need to be treated” they’re going to give

TheLiverDoc

theliverdr

A 6y old girl is rushed into ER in unresponsive stateChubby & cute, her prettiness is mauled by the deepest jaundiceAs I watch ER docs intubate the child to protect

Todd Weiler

gopTODD

In recent weeks, the federal government indicated that hydroxychloroquine would soon be in short supply nationwide. In response, Utah purchased 20,000 doses to ensure individuals suffering from autoimmune conditions would