Lymph nodes enlarge during a viral illness because they are doing their job. They are essentially immune-response “command centres,” and enlargement means they are actively filtering pathogens and producing the cells needed to fight the infection.

Yes, ME/CFS existed pre-COVID. I should add a caveat that a kindergarten teacher I know tested dual flu/COVID positive a week or so ago, so they are still around, even if my PCRs are negative.

At the moment none of my PCRs are coming back with COVID or influenza. I am seeing more rhinovirus/enterovirus

Note: it isn't necessary to always run an ionised Ca (needs to be on a fresh specimen collected in an ABG syringe, no ice) as the whole Ca is 80% accurate. But where accurate clinical confirmation is needed, run the iCa. Here's how to interpret the ionised calcium

It is kinda depressing that much medical orthodoxy is based on cultist dogma supported by the infinite repetition of mantras. bsky.app/profile/tosh...

The Payne corrected Ca formula has been shown over and over again to be utterly useless, yet I keep coming across clinicians who believe in it like a cult or religion. bsky.app/profile/hswa...

Running the Ca level through the Payne “corrected Ca” formula only reduces the accuracy of the result: it is worse than useless. It’s get even worse as the albumin level drops. Myth busted

So much for the cult and religion of anti-Xa monitoring.

And look at this… flu and the heart… 1930s!

virologyresearchservices.com/2019/04/30/w....