#Etiology

Hernia Dude

herniacompleja

HERNIA HISTORY SUMMARY-The Egyptian Papyrus of Ebers (1552 BC) contains an observation on hernias.-Hippocrates (400 BC) differentiated between hernia and hydrocele.-Celsus (14 BC–AD 50) was one of the first that

Dr. Om Lakhani, MD, DNB (ENDO)

omlakhani

#MedTwitter #ClinicalPearl #Endotwitter Is your patient having persistently high TSH , despite increasing the dose of your thyroid medications ? The patient on the other hand is asymptomatic and the

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Anosognosia is an interesting agnosia.It is, basically, the inability to perceive a disability.For instance, in hemiparesis (weakness/paralysis in one side of the body), about 18% of the time people do

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Unfortunately, this is not good reporting from NPR.It takes an extraordinary claim — that SARS-CoV-2 was circulating widely in the US in December 2019 and January 2020 — and presents

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

UPDATE: Coronavirus is the only respiratory virus I have ever encountered that causes inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). One of the great challenges in #COVID medicine is understanding why so

Jordan Strom, MD, MSc, FACC, FASE

DocStrom

Wednesday #EchoFirst #Tweetorial on one of my favorite #FellowsFirst topics, septal motion. Thank you to @ottoecho for the excellent graphic in her textbook (https://amzn.to/2JIaPYC ) which is an excellent read. @ASE360

Ian Berry

LaughingGenome

We made an exome diagnosis in a rare disease patient this month using a total of 2 PE sequencing reads, several hundred bps beyond the nearest coding region. Interesting anecdote

Ravi Singh

rav7ks

1/ During team rounds , a series of lactate levels resulted in the response to throw more salt water at the situation to see if Lactate reaches

Joel Baden

JoelBaden

#Exodus 2:1-10The birth of MosesThere is SO MUCH going on in these ten verses it’s hard to know where to start. Okay, let’s start with which story we’re in. The

Brian Cox, MD, MAS

Dr_Brian_Cox

How about some pleural lesion #pulmpath? 1/5 #tweetorial on thoracic #spindlythings1. To get warmed up, let's start with a 43-year-old female, presenting with a peripheral lung mass Biopsy shows the

Joel Baden

JoelBaden

#Exodus 4:24-26The Bridegroom of BloodIt’s like the title of a B horror movie, and honestly it’s just as incoherent. One of the most confounding episodes in the entire Pentateuch. Almost

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

So the first line screening of the WHO PCR protocol is for the E gene:https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1334958746284519424 THIS E-gene:https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1334970409809309697?s=19 They are meant to then test for a

Francesco Maura

FrancescoMaura4

In 2020 with @DrOlaLandgren we revealed how Melphalan has strong mutagenic activity on myeloma cells. This can understandably create fear for patients who have undergone transplant, and we have received

Alex Doan

alexdoan96

I've seen this floating around a lot on Twitter and it's frustrating to see science misappropriated like this. It's additionally damaging as many well-meaning folks might see it, think it's

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

ErinSandersNP

1/ THREAD: Sex Differences, the Brain, and #COVID19 I have been rheuminating over this topic for a while now, and this post from fellow #gynfluencer @jfitzgeraldMD particularly resonated with me.

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

So, longcovid occurs in at least 30% of cases. We know this.One common post-viral outcome is chronic fatigue.Encephalitis lethargica epidemics erupted in the wakes of the 1889 Russian Flu and

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