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When I was in second and third grade I had a wonderful teacher named Mrs. Duncan, she was a favorite and for a student who thought school was the bane of her existence, that is saying a whole lot! Just before Christmas of third grade, Mrs. Duncan became very ill and spent months away from school. We suddenly grew to appreciate her so much more...
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I am always intrigued by those problematic cells in my body that are responsible for so many of my autoimmune disease symptoms. A report, published in HealthDay , discusses some new information about B and T cells, which may impact future autoimmune treatments. You can refresh your memory about B and T cells here . Researchers from...
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory usually destructive disease affecting the diarthrodial joints. The RA target tissue is the cartilage (and the subchondral bone), which is progressively eroded, whereas the effector tissue is the synovial membrane, which normally produces the lubricating molecules responsible for the maintenance of t...
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(Today another guest post by Dr Andrew Weissenberger. Read more about Dr Weissenberger here )Chronic kidney disease (CKD), commonly also known as chronic renal disease, is a progressive, and generally permanent, loss of kidney function over a period of months or years.If a permanent loss of more the one-third of kidney function occurs, this is d...
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On July 14th this year, I completed 10 years with kidney disease. What a journey it has been! The vaccines I took on that day changed my life in a way I could never ever have imagined. What would life have been like if renal failure had not happened? Probably would have flown to the US with my Akron I20, probably would have switched to MS (CS...
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This week in the official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics a study reveals that at least 2/3rds ofnephrotic syndromein the first year of life is caused bymutations in 4 genes. Those genes areNPHS1,NPHS2,WT1,LAMB2.What does this mean for The Gene Sherpa? Well, incidentally it was found that these types of nephrotic syndrome are not r...
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Image found here . I read the most recent post by Vicky at Sjogren's and Me with dismay, and have copied excerpts here. For those who consider Sjogren's simply an inconvenient disease affecting saliva and tears, it is a wake up call to the reality of the body-wide effects of this syndrome. I wish I had great new...
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I have 2 strikes going against me when it comes to the health of my heart.Strike one- Marfans Syndrome, a condition that causes my connective tissue to be defective and not act the way it should. It affects my skin, bones, eyes and my heart. At present, I only have a heart murmur, but more severe cases include aortic dilation, leakage, tearing o...
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