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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
“Ebola is winning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We cannot let the virus outrun our response.”
— @UNReliefChief as fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever kills one person every 30 minutes.
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
This needs to go so much further. Covid is a linings, immunity, neurological, clot disease that masquerades as vascular disease masquerading as respiratory disease.
And in the absolute absence of vaccinations, the way to stop it is mechanical: ffp2+ masks
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
Post-exertional malaise and the myth of cardiac deconditioning: rethinking the pathophysiology of long covid
‼️Important and HIGH TIME this got addressed!
➡️This excellent international paper scientifically argues that heart-related issues seen in long COVID (like problems with blood flow/preload, inflammation, scarring, or poor oxygen use by muscles) aren't mainly explained by simple deconditioning from bed rest or inactivity. Instead, deeper problems are likely involved, such as issues with mitochondria (the cell's energy factories), blood vessel/endothelial dysfunction, autoimmunity, or other post-viral effects.
➡️The IMPORTANT takeaways for patients and colleagues:
1. Long COVID is NOT just "being out of shape" or simple deconditioning from illness/inactivity.
The idea that heart and exercise problems in long COVID are mostly reversible deconditioning is a myth, it fails to explain what doctors actually see.
2. Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is the REAL hallmark, hitting ~80% of long COVID patients hard.
Even mild activity (physical or mental) triggers a delayed, brutal crash: massive fatigue, pain, brain fog, etc., that drags on for days, weeks, or longer, sometimes permanently worsening your baseline. This is not what happens in normal deconditioning.
3. Heart issues in long COVID go way beyond deconditioning.
We're talking real damage: myocardial scarring, inflammation, "leaky" blood vessels, preload failure (heart doesn't fill properly), mitochondrial dysfunction, endothelial problems, autoimmunity, and poor oxygen use in muscles. Deconditioning alone cannot account for these, especially the weird preload issues seen on invasive testing.
4.Pushing graded exercise therapy is DANGEROUS for people with PEM.
Traditional "build up gradually" programs are contraindicated — they risk serious harm, crashes, and permanent setbacks. The WHO already warns against this for anyone with PEM.
5. One-size-fits-all exercise advice is reckless.
- Stop assuming long COVID = deconditioning.
- Screen EVERY patient for PEM first (using tools like questionnaires).
- Treatment must be highly personalized: pacing (staying strictly within your energy limits, often with heart rate monitoring), light tolerated activity, breathing work, avoiding prolonged bed rest, and sometimes meds for related issues like POTS.
‼️Long COVID's exercise intolerance and cardiac changes are largely independent of deconditioning.
Ignoring PEM and pushing standard rehab can actively harm patients.
Doctors and patients need to ditch the outdated "just get fitter" mindset and adopt physiology-guided, PEM-safe strategies, or risk making things much worse.
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
🦠 Una empresa surgida del #CSIC y el @icn2nano impulsará un dispositivo de diagnóstico rápido de infecciones bacterianas
🔬 Permitirá la detección de estas infecciones en menos de 30 minutos y a través de una pequeña muestra de sangre del paciente
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
🔴 Measles cases are rising across Europe: several EU countries have lost their measles-free status.
Measles is highly contagious but preventable.
✅ 2 vaccine doses give the best protection
Get vaccinated. Get protected.
👉 lnkd.in/dY-5VyyH
#UnitedInProtection
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁. 🕊️
It's time to turn on for peace and off for war and destruction.
Every action counts in building a world where harmony prevails over chaos.
The world needs to #ChoosePeace for #OurCommonFuture!
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
“There can be neither peace where people are starving, nor security where hunger drives conflict.”
Condemning the use of food as a weapon, @AminaJMohammed urges Security Council to act as millions are trapped in a vicious cycle of hunger & insecurity.
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
We are on the brink of a completely preventable hunger catastrophe that threatens widespread starvation in multiple countries.
Failure to act now will only drive further instability, migration and conflict.
The latest Hunger Hotspots report: wfp.org/news/new-fao-wfp-rep…
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
Two years of war in Gaza have brought devastation, displacement, hunger.
Amid these unprecedented conditions, @WFP remains on the ground, adapting every day to reach families in need.
Gaza urgently needs food and aid at scale — and only a ceasefire can make that possible.
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
By learning how to wash your hands properly and making sure you wash them often, you can help to reduce the risk of sepsis.
Stop #sepsis and save lives.
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
More food aid is reaching Gaza but it still remains far from enough to prevent widespread starvation, the head of the World Food Program told @Reuters reut.rs/3Vm0nH9
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
The independent UN child rights committee @UNChildRights1 today expressed deep concern over the “catastrophic impact on children of the hostilities in #Gaza.”
“Without immediate humanitarian access, more children will die,” it says.
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Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
The attacks on residential towers in #Gaza have displaced dozens of families, many left on the streets without shelter or basic necessities.
With humanitarian access severely restricted, the suffering of already displaced persons is only deepening.
We need a #CeasefireNow.
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
#Gaza
"People are dying from hunger. Families are being torn apart by displacement and despair. Pregnant women are facing unimaginable risks.
And the systems that sustain life -- food, water, healthcare – have been systematically dismantled.
These are the facts."
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
Gaza is piled with rubble,
piled with bodies,
piled with examples of what may be serious violations of international law.
Hostages must be released and the atrocious treatment they have been forced to endure must stop.
Civilians must be protected.
— @antonioguterres
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
“#Famine is now confirmed in #Gaza City. This is starvation by design and manmade by the Government of Israel. It is the direct result of banning food and other basic supplies for months including from UNRWA,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General @UNLazzarini.
The spread of famine can still be stopped. It is a matter of political will.
We need a #CeasefireNow and humanitarian organisations must be allowed to do their work.
Let us bring aid into Gaza.
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
Israel must immediately grant access to aid through all safe and effective channels to reach everyone in Gaza. It must authorise all international NGO aid shipments and allow essential humanitarian actors to operate with full access.
Read the full statement on the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report: europa.eu/!GNgXH4
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD retweeted
#Famine in Gaza City can be stopped.
Reverse the ongoing catastrophe - flood #Gaza with a massive scale up of aid through the United Nations including UNRWA.
UNRWA’s warehouses alone in Jordan and Egypt are full.
There is enough food, medicines and hygiene supplies ready to fill 6,000 trucks.
The State of Israel must let us bring aid into Gaza.
