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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      Time for the second episode of #afflicted Follow along if for my thread of rage and sorrow

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      First person: "Twelve different diagnoses" Um This probably isn't going to be great

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      "I need a glutatione injection because my liver hasn't been detoxing well lately" Omg no

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      Now going through the diagnoses, and I'm forced to wonder how many of these are diagnosed by actual doctors

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      "I have a reactivated case of Epstein-Barr virus...various herpes viruses...Lyme disease" So I'm going to guess none

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      Oh hey look, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a treatment know to be effective for not a single thing that she has mentioned so far

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      Super worried about liver toxicity but drinking a big old glass of wine WHAT A FABULOUS IDEA

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      Now she's off to see her "functional neurologist". Or, as he's actually titled "chiropractor"

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      Now we're seeing Bekah, who has severe chronic pain that someone has convinced her is related to a range of total bullshit such as Lyme disease and severe mold allergy

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

      She's using a Rife machine, which claims to use electromagnetic frequencies to kill off her Lyme disease (that she probably has never been formally diagnosed with)pic.twitter.com/AE9KMkvDdo

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          The saddest part is that this is all incredibly expensive. These people do not look rich Quacks have scammed them out of enormous sums of money, which is heartbreaking

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Now we are back to ME/CFS man Apparently, he's left his room for the first time in 2 years

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        4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Not as much quackery this episode for him, although some odd oxymorons in his disease state. He's super-duper sensitive to light, but opening the curtains is totally fine? Very strange

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        5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Back to 12 diagnosis lady. Going through a whole bunch of nonsense tests She had candida overgrowth (not a thing), coeliac (not formally diagnosed), mold overgrowth (not a thing)

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        6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          None of these managed to heal her I WONDER WHY

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        7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Another important point: most of these people have simply put their faith in quacks They spend enormous sums on these treatments because someone who knows nothing at all about the issue has convinced them they work

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        8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Oh hey she's seeing the 'functional neurologist', Dr. Zielinski He is actually a chiropractor This is absolutely horrifying

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        9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          He's manipulating her neck, a treatment that has serious side-effects and virtually no known benefits THIS IS DANGEROUS AND ABSURD #afflicted

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        10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Back to the mold woman, her brother has come to help but he has to be decontaminated first This is really, really sad

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        11. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Oh man they're using an ozone machine to 'decontaminate' the car and clothes Again, expensive, and a total waste of time 😧

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        12. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Back to ME dude, and he's being treated by a GP who is into "integrative" and "functional" medicine, both buzzwords for alternative medicine This will be, um, interesting

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        13. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Apparently the 12 diagnosis woman believes "every" doctor who she has spoken to I am not surprised It sounds so frustrating

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        14. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          "ME/CFS is a group of symptoms" Exactly The causes are just largely unknown

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        15. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          This means that the TREATMENTS - pretty much all of them - are almost totally unproven Doesn't mean that they are necessarily worthless, but they do not have evidence regardless

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        16. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          And that wraps up episode 2 of #afflicted Some closing thoughts

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        17. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Most of these people are suffering. They are really, truly unwell They have also been lied to #afflicted

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        18. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 Oct 2018

          Even the smartest people can be conned It is sad, but happens all too often #afflicted

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