Neurologist, pun enthusiast, die-hard Eagles fan. Husband of @mcknight_writes. Opinions are my own
Pittsburgh, PA
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Medical specialties as Pokémon. A 🧵. 1st gen (sorry @joshmcgoo)
Emergency Medicine—Ditto
Changes into basically every other specialty depending on the situation. May not get all the details perfect, but gets the job done
Alan Plotzker, MD retweeted
this is a much better red state Dem approach to trans politics than Turek's--it doesn't concede the conservative premises, even if it doesn't also assent to a transsexual ontology of sex and gender. It foregrounds decency and pluralism, which are liberal values.
#KansasSenate
Adam Hamilton on transgender rights:
“I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself.”
“I’m gonna love the trans person as well as the straight person, male or female. We have to do better than picking on small groups. What’s happened is we’ve turned a group of people into a campaign issue because it polls well.”
Alan Plotzker, MD retweeted
National Tight Ends Day isn't even a real holiday. the NFL adapted it from a pagan fullback festival held each year at the time of the fall equinox
I need to start keeping a running thread of hardcore right wingers who adamantly insist they’re “not right wing.” The complete absence of self-awareness is fascinating
I mean, who’s to say what the politics of someone whose following list looks like this are? 🧐
New addition didn’t even come from a political discussion. Just a dude blathering about how a woman should present herself, and that’s a pretty spot on vibe for this list
What doctors is this guy listening to? I’ve overwhelmingly seen doctors say it was appropriately managed. I’ve seen a minority say “I might have done things slightly differently but we need more info”
Announcers really pretending Philly fans are booing Harden because he didn’t win enough and not because of how he acted at the end of his time with the Sixers 🤦🏻♂️
Ah, finally a day off after working 14 straight. Maybe I’ll finally get to do some reading. Let me just check Twitter really quickl—[spends the rest of the day arguing with people about various forms of venous thrombosis]
Takes like this are driving me insane
1. Ignoring the difference between SVT and DVT
2. You’re not supposed to avoid activity!!! Literally the opposite
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So THIS part makes no sense. Like, at all. Telling people not to sleep is not part of SVT management
Alan Plotzker, MD retweeted
Ok this part makes zero sense and now I do question why he played after seeing this part of the report. That much sleep deprivation can have a similar effect to being drunk in terms of awareness and neuromuscular control.
There’s nothing inherently dangerous about sleeping while having a superficial clot. Immobility (venous stasis) can cause clots to get worse, but that’s why you are often advised to just sleep with the leg elevated.
I’ve NEVER heard of someone being told to avoid sleep after a superficial blood clot diagnosis and the short term effect of that sleep deprivation is a terrible thing to play football with.
Jalen Hurts reportedly went roughly 36 hours without sleep after doctors diagnosed him with a superficial blood clot in London and advised him not to sleep as a precaution.
He still started against the Jaguars, throwing for 220 yards and a TD.
(@TomPelissero)
This person blocked me after I asked this, and I’ve gotta think that there’s a reason she said “as someone with a medical degree,” and not “as a doctor” or “as a physician”
Watching a whole lot of my Eagles timeline have a whole lot of very strong opinions about a medical condition they’d never heard of until today 🫠
Superficial venous thrombosis is not DVT. It’s much lower risk and usually doesn’t require specific treatment. It’s also generally…
…not a reason to restrict physical activity, or a contraindication to flying (which is kind of oversold as a DVT risk to begin with). Just need basic precautions like periodically getting up to move around, etc. They CAN sometimes move, sometimes to higher risk locations…