Henoch Schonlein Purpura - Articles
What’s the deal with ADAMTS 13?
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pathologystudent
Q. We learnt about a pretty rare disorder called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in which super-huge von Willebrand Factor (vWF) multimers are made which lead to occlusion of microcirculation. It was explained that this is often due to deficiency of the ADAMTS13 enzyme, which normally inhibits vWF multimers from getting too large. My ques ...
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Baseball and Steroids
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ffong
Steroids have a bad connotation in baseball, however it was a good thing for Jaylon to be playing baseball this weekend while on decadron. One of the side effects he experiences while on decadron are mood swings. Baseball keeps his mind focused on the game and leaves some of the side effects at bay. Below is a description of how decadron works fro ...
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Baseball and Steroids
by
ffong
Steroids have a bad connotation in baseball, however it was a good thing for Jaylon to be playing baseball this weekend while on decadron. One of the side effects he experiences while on decadron are mood swings. Baseball keeps his mind focused on the game and leaves some of the side effects at bay. Below is a description of how decadron works fro ...
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The Skinny on Autoimmune Skin
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Julia O.
Image foundhere.Unfortunately, I have had several opportunities to learn more about autoimmune related skin conditions recently. I've been just itching to share some of my newfound knowledge.Sorry.A discussion about skin needs to begin with a brief anatomy review. Human skin is comprised of three layers. The excellent chart below is from theUnivers ...
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What is a "leaky" gut?
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Debbie Ross
I remember very well the day that I first heard of "leaky gut" syndrome. It was at my first visit with my naturopath, Dr. Maurice Werness. After a lengthy consultation, he explained to me that I had a "leaky" gut. At the time I didn't really understand what it meant, but I was just glad that he knew what was wrong, and mor ...
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Types and Signs of Arthritis
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Jan
There are over 100 types of Arthritis Achilles tendinitis Achondroplasia Acromegalic arthropathy Adhesive capsulitis Adult onset Still's disease Ankylosing spondylitis Anserine bursitis Arthritis of Ulcerative colitis Avascular necrosis Behcet's syndrome Bicipital tendonitis Blount's disease Brucellar spondylitis Bursitis Calcaneal bu ...
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What is Arthritis?
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Jan
Arthritis is the most common type of joint disorder. The cartilage that cushions the bones at the joint wears away and leads to pain and stiffness. Although factors are known to lead to Osteoarthritis, such as aging, metabolic, genetic, chemical and mechanical factors, there is no known cause. Osteoarthritis is extremely common in people over the a ...
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Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
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pathologystudent
We’ve talked about a whole bunch of different hemolytic anemias over the past few weeks. We’ve gone through the main hereditary hemolytic anemias: hereditary spherocytosis (and its less-common counterpart, hereditary elliptocytosis ), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, the hemoglobinopathies (like sickle cell anemia) and the ...
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