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A 28 yo W with rapid-onset, severe weakness.
In the ED she is barely able to lift her head; CNs are intact. She has severe symmetric upper & lower weakness (3/5 prox, 2/5 distal) with normal reflexes. Normal sensation.
CSF protein=normal.
A #continuumcase
Many, many more women say yes, to sharing their spaces with trans people.
I say YES.
I DO consent.
I have been sharing spaces with trans people all my life, as my mother did before me as did everyone before that
Helen DOES NOT speak for me.
From A Woman.
1 in 10 women & girls suffer from endometriosis yet NIH allocates .038% of it research funding to the disorder. It could be underlying cause in 50% of infertility cases. Without research, doctors are ill-equipped to help & some patients are not believed.
https://t.co/3skuQANsao
This is so heartbreaking. We have to tackle the drivers of the violence virus and we have to face up to the fact that this is about structural inequality and a poverty of hope. Every life lost is a tragedy & the ripple effects on friends, families and unheard communities is huge.
Cauda Equina Syndrome: missed/delayed diagnosis can be catastrophic for patients. Did you know UK guidelines were updated in 2018 to lower the threshold for urgent MRI? @saspist and I have summarised for EM/GP. PDF available at https://t.co/BjS4qHZ8Fc #FOAMed Please do share!
We’re going to have to ask ourselves-
What really is the difference between Sudanese people & Ukrainian people, which means Ukrainians have free entry to Europe & a visa pathway to the UK, and Sudanese are kept out with brutal force?
I’m not sharing the DM hit piece on @tee_kayoki . Crying about the term ‘white supremacist patriarchy’ when Black women are dying at 4 times the rate in child birth in this country and just this week it’s been highlighted no action is being taken.
The evidence is right there. 🫠