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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy

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#LongCovid Scientific Consultant PhD Nutrition & Metabolism Hon Research Fellow, Lund Uni Posts: nutrition ▪ health ▪ all-things-science ▪ activism ▪ fun facts ▪ #PostVac Donations: https://ko-fi.com/drsmash Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LongCovidSC

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · Nov 14

Want help navigating the #longCOVID #postvac and related #chronicillness space? Want evidence, rather than be sold another protocol?

If so, I aim to help bring some clarity to things!

Book an appointment: lc-sc.co.uk/book-an-appo...
✉️ [email protected] (🚫please no DMs)

Long Covid scientific consultancy poster reading:
Helping bring clarity to long covid, covid vaccine injury and similar illnesses. Have you or a loved one had a COVID infection or vaccination, & things haven't been right since?
Maybe symptoms like… (symptoms pointing to an outline of a body)
Thirst, dry mouth or dry eyes
Problems thinking clearly
Tinnitus
Palpitations
Chest pain
Difficulties exercising
Exhaustion
Insomnia
Rashes
Legs change colour or swell when you stand up
Muscle/joint pain
Fingers, arms, or legs tingling
Food intolerances
Nausea
Breathlessness
...among many other things

If so, Long Covid Scientific Consultancy aims to help!

Harriet A. Carroll, PhD
www.LC-SC.co.uk
Harriet@lc-sc.co.uk

Poster reading:
Do you:
Feel unsure about what is going on,& you’re struggling to find answers or make sense of things?
Want help interpreting test results, or deciding what tests to ask for?
Want help navigating evidence, not be sold another protocol?
Read so much that you are now overwhelmed & dont know where to start?
Feel abandoned or dismissed by your healthcare provider, or been told there is nothing that can be done to help?
In my own journey, I remember frantically trying to find answers & getting constantly dismissed by doctors. Looking back, I wish I had some guidance from someone. This guidance is what Long Covid Scientific Consultancy aims to provide. I hope to support you in making evidence-based decisions on your journey...

5 star reviews:
“None of [my medical team] have had the depth of knowledge & understanding that Harriet demonstrated”~Anita
“It’s wonderful to have access to someone who is so knowledgeable & whom I feel I can can really trust” ~Jill

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anomielia @geekgirl397.bsky.social · 12h

i've noticed that all kinds of things are "standard procedure" in health care settings that can have a deleterious effect on some or most people's health. some of these practices may have a reasonable justification but I suspect in many cases it's just never questioned.
#sensitivity #medicine

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 13h

Lol I was just reminded of the time when I was in hospital waiting for emergency surgery and I asked the staff if we could turn the lights off and they said no but if the lights are a problem "you can just put your jumper over your head"

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 12h

I was very angry at you that you woke them up, but it looks like they have forgiven you so all is well again 😜😸 hope you got some cuddles!

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 12h

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Cerebrovascular, Autonomic and Neuropathic Features
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40843452/

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Cerebrovascular, Autonomic and Neuropathic Features - PubMed

This study provided evidence of cerebrovascular dysregulation with reduced orthostatic cerebral blood flow velocity associated with symptoms of cerebral hypoperfusion, frequent small fiber neuropathy,...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 13h

In essence, this member of staff placed a hypothetical risk of someone tripping above the real, here-and-now, risk of causing post-exertional malaise which in the worst case, I may never recover from.

I guess it's easier to sue the hospital if you trip...

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 13h

Sensory sensitivities are often perceived as being dramatic and not a genuine health risk. In ME, light can physically hurt. In my case, it tanks my cognitive function, makes me feel really ill, and causes multiple symptoms to flare like dizziness, nausea, tremors, fatigue

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 13h

This was clearly nonsense:
1. We have the lights off at night, no one was worried when I was getting up every 30 minutes to pee thanks to poorly controlled POTS

2. We had our own lamp next to our bed, so if we needed light, we could have light

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 13h

Apparently having the lights on was a health & safety issue - if the other lass on the ward needed to get up, she might trip if they were off

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 13h

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact: the sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in the human body, running from the base of the spine to the foot, making its neurons the longest cells in the body
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482...

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact: small male cuttlefish can make themselves look like females so they can sneakily (and safely) have sex with the alpha male's mate, quite literally right under his nose.

Watch here:
youtu.be/KT1-JQTiZGc?...

Cuttlefish Mimics Being Female To Mate | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth

YouTube video by BBC Earth

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact: plants make a (ultrasonic) clicking sound when stressed, and the sounds are different for different types of stress (dehydration, injury)
cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Easy read/listen: www.businessinsider.com/plants-shrie...

Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative

Plants emit species- and stress-specific airborne sounds that can be detected in acoustic chambers and greenhouses.

cell.com

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 14h

Fun way-to-ruin-a-birthday-party fact: peeling oranges near balloons might cause the balloons to burst.

Watch here/explainer:
youtu.be/p21zJZiB0XI?...

Warning: Never Eat an Orange By a Balloon! The Orange Oil Experiment

YouTube video by The Action Lab

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact: skinks biliverdin levels are 40 x higher than humans with green jaundice causing them to have green blood, muscles, bones, tongue, & mucosal tissue. Its unclear why but has evolved 4 times
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.npr.org/sections/hea...

A skink, with its mouth open showing a blue green hue inside. It has green and brown patchy skin and big black eyes

A capillary tube showing green plasma and green red blood cell faction of centrifuged skink blood

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

A hyrax?? This must be an error!

Adding to the FF list 😆

a black cat is sitting on a carpeted floor in a room

ALT: a black cat is sitting on a carpeted floor in a room

media.tenor.com

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: during pregnancy endocrine pancreatic tissue increases by about two-fold and percentage of beta cells (the cells that produce insulin) increases by about 12 %
sci-hub.ee/10.1111/j.14...

This is because pregnancy increases metabolic stress
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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: trilobites already had interesting eyes—the 1st known complex eye, crystalline cones, & calcite lenses, but 1 species had a seeming "hyper-eye", unlike any known eye, capable of things like contrast enhancement
nature.com/articles/s41...
Easy read: livescience.com/trilobite-eyes

spongebob and patrick are standing next to each other in a doorway

ALT: spongebob and patrick are standing next to each other in a doorway

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: giraffes sleep for just a few hours a day, mostly standing up. They lie down to get a few minutes of deep sleep here and there, resting their head on nature's pillow (their butt) to do so 👇🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Easy read: iflscience.com/how-do-giraf...

A giraffe lying down with its head resting on its back near its butt. It looks very odd as the neck is so long, so the giraffe looks all twisted and quite uncomfortable

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

Today's fun fact: sunsets on Mars are kinda blue
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
Image: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11875/

A sunset over some hills on Mars. The sky is dusty and there is a tinge of blue around the bright white sun

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: you're probably aware jaundice turns people yellow, but yellow isnt the only option. Green jaundice is caused by high biliverdin levels, turning skin & body fluids green, & may be implicated in bronze baby syndrome
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3819048/

A blood tube with bright green blood plasma in it

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Queen of Land @queenofland.bsky.social · 1d

I noticed this, I am on a waiting list because my bleeding has become life-threatening. Buuuuut, I'm a Black woman where care is being gatekept, and in 15 years of fighting have always been refused HRT.

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my goodness im so sorry 😭

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 2d

It's not living in fear to wear seatbelts, to refuse to drink dirty water, to wash your hands, or to practice food safety measures. Similarly, breathing clean air means life is safer which can actually bring a lot of freedom!

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 2d

Remember COVID risks are not just about feeling rotten for a few days - there's plenty of long term and lasting "hidden" risks as well as long COVID, in both adults and kids.

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 2d

Ofc none of these are guarantees, but the more mitigation strategies you use consistently, the less likely you are to get infected. And if you do get infected, it can feel pretty hopeless so hopefully there's some ideas for you to look into that might help if you do get infected

Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 2d

🛏️ Finally: REST, REST, REST, AND REST SOME MORE. When you start to recover, REST. Avoid going back to work/usual activities until you actually feel fully recovered