Dr. Priyam Bordoloi

Last week, a 35-year-old male died in my ER because he did everything "wrong" after a snake bite. He followed "movie logic" instead of medical reality. Here is everything you should know about snake bites and exactly what to do to stay alive. 🧵

@AmmousMD Who's authority? There is no authority, there is only evidence based medicine, it is science backed by evidence that has saved humanity till now aided by numerous discoveries along the way. And each and every discovery backed my peer reviewed studies

@DocPriyamMD It's that scary for you to live in a world where "the authority" is not right?

The new trend of many people rejecting evidence-based medicine, vaccination, and peer-reviewed analysis, meta-analysis and the rising hate toward 'true' doctors in favor of personal anecdotes, 'naturopathy,' 'quacks' and discredited papers might look harmless now. But in a decade or so this rejection of science could trigger an extinction-level event. It’s important to note: 'Big Pharma' is not the same as your doctors. While every field has its black sheep, the irony is that these 'alternative' grifters all have a personal website selling their own unregulated pills. Their whole business model is to make people distrust their doctors. They aren't fighting the system; they are just a different kind of salesman

@DawaiLaama Yes another important red flag

@DocPriyamMD Fever higher than 101° F in pregnancy

When is a fever an emergency? 🚨 Most fevers are just your body fighting back, but these Red Flags mean you need medical attention ASAP: 1️⃣ The Stiff Neck Test: If you have a fever + a severe headache + can’t touch your chin to your chest, don't wait. Seek help. 2️⃣ Breathing Issues: Shortness of breath or rapid, labored breathing is a major warning sign. 3️⃣ The Glass Test: If a new rash appears and does not fade when you press a glass against it, it’s an emergency. 4️⃣ Mental Clarity: Confusion, extreme drowsiness or being "out of it" is never normal with a fever. 5️⃣ Persistent Vomiting: If you can’t keep fluids down, dehydration will hit fast. Temperature Check: 👉Infants (<3 months): Any fever (100.4°F+) = Immediate MD. 👉Adults: 103°F (39.4°C) or higher that doesn't budge with meds. Even if you don't have the above red flag signs, if it feels wrong, get it checked.

Who hurt you? Seriously. Meningitis has been infecting and killing young people for the last 100+ years. There is absolutely nothing strange or new about a highly contagious pathogen spreading through a population of young people in close proximity...it is literally textbook epidemiology.

@DocPriyamMD @Dr_Chibuike_M The real question for your disgraced field is why is this outbreak in Kent happening? Very strange stuff and almost like something is happening with younger peoples immune systems?

Can anyone remind me why everyone from journalists to software engineers to gym trainers are suddenly allowed to spew absolute bullshit regarding medicine? We are talking about medical facts on human lives, not "opinions" Case in point: Meningitis. It is highly contagious, it is devastating. Spreading medical lies shouldn't just be frowned upon...it should be a non-bailable offense.

Of course I know that "-itis" means inflammation; meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges. Every doctor knows that...you don’t need to explain the basics of my own profession to me. By your logic, there would be no such thing as an infectious disease. For Pulmonary TB or Enteric Fever, the bacteria is what gets transmitted, but we still call the disease contagious because that transmission causes the disease in the next person, Einstein.

@DocPriyamMD You are incorrect, meningitis itself can not be transmitted. Multiple Medical professionals and health authorities make this clear.

@benny16199303 Need of the hour 💯

@DocPriyamMD Because our govt let them . China does it better. "No degree, no health advice/talk"

@ManUn010586 Unbelievable....Thank you for showing this, it was a fool's errand..

@DocPriyamMD x.com/JacquiDeevoy1/… You expect this woman to talk sense?

@Dr_Chibuike_M Surprisingly the specimen is fully intact

This is a real image of a ladybug found in the large intestine of a 59-year-old healthy man. The man went for a routine screening, as recommended for adults over 50. During the colonoscopy, the ladybug was discovered in his large intestine. The question is: how did it get there? 🤔

@Qwin69 Exactly, it's indirectly endangering someone's life

@DocPriyamMD People like these 'must' be held accountable for their outright false messages.

@bystarlightnite You are right, i just had a glance at their timeline and it's full of conspiracy theories.

@DocPriyamMD The person you have retweeted believes heavy cloud coverage is the gov trying to kill its people. That covid is mild, that vax are a gov plan to kill its people. You get the gist. Have a look on their timeline.

@1useyourbrain I don't even need to show evidence for this BS, just pick any reputed peer reviewed book or just read the Bible of Medicine "Harrison's" you will find all your evidence. Never again argue with a board certified M.D if you are a random nobody with conspiracy theories

@DocPriyamMD You really need to go back to school boy You learn everything in the wrong way Our body is an ocean of bacteria, their simple presence doesn't mean "disease". You can't even understand what "infectious disease" actually means And you can't give any actual evidence for your BS

You should keep your mouth shut instead. Are you aware that you are trying to teach the basics to an M.D. in Internal Medicine? ​It’s like saying TB isn't contagious because "inflammation of the lungs" can’t be transmitted, while ignoring the fact that the bacteria causing it certainly can. By your logic, no infectious disease exists. Muting this conversation, not even worth my time here

@DocPriyamMD You should go back to school Since you don't know that meningitis is a pathological condition & can't be spread & had never recorded one case of transmitted meningitis on planet earth. Is completely irrelevant if associated microbes can be transmitted

@iodonium Ok i get your point too, but I feel some things like medical advice should be backed with scientific evidence only because it has the potential to become deadly

@DocPriyamMD 2/2 Prohibition and war on drugs looks good on paper. But people still used alcohol as they do use drugs even more Also, some part of research is often driven by huge amount of money or politics and it's visible for everyone. Some people would never listen, let them be stupid

@Dr_Chibuike_M This is in context with the recent meningitis outbreak in UK

@DocPriyamMD Meningitis can be infectious and non-infectious. Non-infectious; Medications, head injury, cancer, brain surgery Infectious; Bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal. These are infectious. So, what are they saying?

Are you truly aware of the stakes? When a personality with a significant following falsely claims that meningitis is non-contagious, they aren't just sharing an opinion they are creating a public health crisis! This isn't about "censorship" or "control." It’s about accountability. If even 10 people choose to remove their masks or skip precautions based on that lie, and they contract a devastating disease, who is held responsible for that outcome?? Scientific facts aren't up for debate, and "freedom of speech" isn't a license to endanger lives with medical fiction.

@DocPriyamMD Well, despite what they are spreading remind me who allowed you to censor them and control what they can talk about or not. You have a right to disagree but nobody gives you a power to make them silent. What would be a next topic? Genocide? Corruption?

@OHappiness82 The 'gift' is that it can't be automated. There’s no digital substitute for hands-on clinical intuition

@DocPriyamMD Physical examinations true The gift of medicine

True, but unlike an LLM, a doctor has a 'Verify' button called a physical examination.

@AustinAJoseph76 Agreed. High-impact roles like these are built on human connection and long-term legacy

@DocPriyamMD I think Doctors and Teachers/Professors are the best profession to be it over any other profession , they may or may not pay well as other professions do but they most certainly save life and shape the future.

@rdchanchad Exactly. The doctor is the final 'sanity check.' AI provides the map, but the physical exam is the actual boots on the ground

@DocPriyamMD As a person championing AI in medical science I also say nothing can replace that physical examination. You may create the best of the best prompts with all the inputs needed, end of the day final output still has to be managed by the doctor himself.

@code_mom_ Exactly. A patient is a person to be understood, not just a prompt to be solved. Data captures the 'what,' but context and empathy capture the 'why'

@DocPriyamMD And full picture contextual awareness. Human beings can’t be summed into data points in their entirety.