Dr. Maigaelle Moulene Long Covid
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ABOUT ME​​

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I am a doctor and a patient.

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I trained and qualified as a doctor in 2005 at St. George's Hospital Medical School in London and trained at St Mary's Hospital's GP training scheme and worked at Imperial College Health Centre until I stopped to look after my children. I have done research during a Primary Care research rotation, worked in public health at the 'Westminster Primary Care Trust', focusing on public health priorities of Westminster, specifically on cancer care. Before that, I worked for Medecins Sans Frontieres in New York and studied at Columbia University in New York and graduated with a Liberal Arts degree in Biology. ​

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I am also a Long Covid patient with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Histamine Intolerance, Dysautonomia and probable Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. I have been to countless specialist doctors who wrongly diagnosed me, often diagnosing me with anxiety when I suffered from palpitations, chest pain, tension and all their conventional tests came back normal. I have been my own advocate for the past 10 years since my diagnosis. I found a doctor who finally linked it all together and finally was able to send me to the right specialist who diagnosed me with POTS and EDS and histamine intolerance. Still, most doctors are in the dark when faced with any of these diagnoses.

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Some long covid patients get 'cured' but most don't know if they will ever recover. I am in this latter category; I don't think I will ever be cured because of my numerous pre-conditions. I have the perspective of a doctor as well as the perspective of a patient, therefore I know how it feels like to be a patient but also the position many doctors are in: they don't understand Long Covid and don't know how to manage it. Here, I will try to use evidence based research to advise Long Covid patients on how to manage their symptoms.