“A possible new diagnostic approach to Long COVID. Long COVID may involve microcirculatory blockages - tiny, persistent clots known as fibrinaloid microclots. These abnormal fibrin structures resist breakdown and can obstruct blood flow in the smallest vessels.🧵”
“SARS-CoV-2 hijacks the clotting system of your body for its own purposes.
The spike protein binds to fibrin, rendering it toxic. Those toxic fibrin proteins damage blood vessel walls and drive an inflammatory response.
Other viruses don't do this.”
Great analysis thread:
“SIGNIFICANT NEW STUDY PUBLISHED TODAY IN NATURE!
Fibrin ‘binds to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein,’ forming clots that ‘drive systemic thromboinflammation and neuropathology,’ and it happens ‘independently of active infection.’
Simplified breakdown of the paper below!
