BLACK & WHITE - Albinism --Vitiligo & PSOR
randall
So i'm looking at PSOR news via google and this jumPed out at me.
LOOK at this picture of a PRETTY GIRL:
http://cdn.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/yv12-300x245.jpg
Now realize it's ALL bLackwards in her MIND.
Think real HARD.
Your for the MOST part are born white with psor white plaques and you
don't like them.
That's easy, as most in the P NG are psoriatic.
OK
Now THINK, your a black person born with white patches or ALL white.
YIKEs...
Then recall Michael Jackson and his vitiligo and lupus:
14 hits on the P NG for keywords: Michael Jackson Vitiligo
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis/search?hl=en&group=alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis&q=michael+jackson+vitiligo
Hey! the first one has a michael jackson link that goes no where.
see:
Thurs, Jun 25 2009 9:35 pm
Subject: PoP Star Michael Jackson Dead at AGE 50 due to Ai?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis/msg/b9e501f9c7392d20
too
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis/msg/0e9838bc3450ba78
So i've found a new link for man in the mirror.
Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps&ob=av3n
And thriller is changed also:
Michael Jackson - " Thriller "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjE4BpAFBPA
And so was:
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As&ob=av2e
I wish i could fix this GALs Albinism as easily as repasting uPdated
links.
Certainly the WIT KIT and newish GUT FLORA (microbiota) aren't
the answer.
No that i KNOW anywhey..... ;~)
http://www.bellanaija.com/2010/10/08/skin-deep-series-3-life-as-an-african-oyibo-living-as-an-albino/
Skin Deep Series 3: Life as an African Oyibo: Living as an Albino
Posted on Friday, October 8th, 2010 at 5:11 PM
By BellaNaija.com
BN Skin Deep Series is a 3 piece series which aims to provide an
intimate account into the lives of people with various skin conditions
(Vitiligo, Psoriasis and Albinism). The aim of this series is to
create awareness of these conditions and help people both understand
and appreciate the realities of living with these skin conditions.
This is the final part of the series. We hope you enjoyed it, please
do leave feedback and let us know if you would like us to cover such
topics in the future
My Name is Yvonne Edozien and I am an Albino. Albinism is a congenital
disorder (defects in or damage in a developing fetus) characterized by
the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes
due to absence or defect of an enzyme involved in the production of
melanin. The primary cause of albinism is the inheritance of recessive
gene alleles (particular type of DNA sequence). Thus I hope this
corrects the popular belief that if a light person marries another
light person they are likely to have albino children. This is quite
incorrect.
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PART II
http://www.bellanaija.com/2010/09/17/bn-skin-deep-series-the-white-spot-that-changed-my-life-living-with-vitiligo/
BN Skin Deep Series: “The White Spot that Changed My Life” – Living
with Vitiligo
Posted on Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 12:45 PM
By Ogo Maduewesi
My name is Ogo Maduewesi and I have a skin condition called Vitiligo,
a very devastating disfiguring physical condition. The only way you
can even begin to understand the effect of this disease is for you to
imagine waking up one morning with a white splotch on the side of your
face, arm, lip or just anywhere. Over time, the splotch enlarges and
is joined by others on your hands, your arm pits, your head, your
mouth, your belly button, even your groin, without having any power to
choose where these splotches appear.
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[...] the Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation (VITSAF) www.vitsaf.org.
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255 results for vitiligo - on the P NG:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis/search?hl=en&group=alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis&q=vitiligo&qt_g=Search+this+group
4069 - results for keyword: vitiligo - pubmed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=vitiligo
Don't forget to EAT your D3:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20866010
Of the 4069 vit's 67 have key word: albinism
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=vitiligo+albinism
And i get 70 with albino
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=vitiligo+albino
21265 - albino - pubmed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=albino
3032 - albinism:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=albinism
182 for albinism gene melanin - pubmed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=albinism+gene+melanin
#1 in this last search:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20601102
Mutat Res. 2010 Oct;705(2):141-53. Epub 2010 Jun 30.
Genetics of pigmentation in skin cancer - A review.
Scherer D, Kumar R.
Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research
Centre (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract
Skin pigmentation is one of the most overt human physical traits with
consequences on susceptibility to skin cancer. The variations in skin
pigmentation are dependent on geographic location and population
ethnicity. Skin colouration is mainly due to the pigmentation
substance melanin, produced in specialized organelles (melanosomes)
within dendritic melanocytes, and transferred to neighbouring
keratinocytes. The two types of melanin synthesized in well defined
chemical reactions are the protective dark coloured eumelanin and the
sulphur containing light red-yellow pheomelanin. The events leading to
the synthesis of melanin are controlled by signalling cascades that
involve a host of genes encoding ligands, receptors, transcription
factors, channel transporters and many other crucial molecules.
Several variants within the genes involved in pigmentation have been
associated with high risk phenotypes like fair skin, brown-red hair
and green-blue eyes. Many of those variants have also been implicated
in the risk of various skin cancers. The variants within the key
pigmentation gene, melanocortin-receptor 1 (MC1R), in particular have
been ubiquitously linked with high risk traits and skin cancers
involving both pigmentary and non-pigmentary functions and likely
interaction with variants in other genes. Many of the variants in
other genes, functional in pigmentation pathway, have also been
associated with phenotypic variation and risk of skin cancers. Those
genes include agouti signalling protein (ASIP), tyrosinase (TYR),
tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TYRP1), oculocutaneous albinism II
(OCA2), various solute carrier genes and transporters. Most of those
associations have been confirmed in genome wide association studies
that at the same time have also identified new loci involved in
phenotypic variation and skin cancer risk. In conclusion, the genetic
variants within the genes involved in skin pigmentation besides
influencing phenotypic traits are important determinants of risk of
several skin cancers. However, ultimate risk of skin cancer is
dependent on interplay between genetic and host factors.
PMID: 20601102
#2 - of last search:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20556350
Hautarzt. 2010 Jul;61(7):567-77.
[Hereditary pigmentary disorders]
[Article in German]
Giehl K, Braun-Falco M.
Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Ludwig-
Maximilians-Universität München, Frauenlobstr. 9-11, 80337, München,
Deutschland. kathri...@med.uni-muenchen.de
Abstract
Pigmentation in human skin differs individually and is regulated by
more than 100 genes. The discovery of an increasing number of these
genes has shed light on the molecular basis and pathogenesis of
genetic pigmentary disorders. They are very rare and can be caused by
changes in melanocyte number or melanin synthesis as well as
development, transport and transfer of melanosomes. Pigmentary
disorders can be divided into hyper- and hypopigmentation, of which
the distribution can be diffuse or localized. Localized
hypopigmentation can be found in piebaldism, Waardenburg syndrome and
Tietz syndrome, whereas diffuse forms are typical for oculocutaneous
albinism, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Chediak-Higashi syndrome and
Griscelli syndrome. Hyperpigmentation can be divided into diffuse,
reticular or localized forms. They must be distinguished from
endocrinopathies which may show hyperpigmentation, and from
poikilodermatous syndromes displaying internal involvement.
PMID: 20556350
Famous and an ALBINO:
http://www.dailycampus.com/focus/the-greatest-of-all-guitar-heroes-1.1670370
The Greatest of all guitar Heroes
By Jason Wong
Author Mary Lou Sullivan read passages from her book, Raisin' Cain:
The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter, Wednesday at the UConn Co-
Op.
Before you discount this as just another boring biography about some
dull figure from American history, consider the following review
describing the biography as "making VH1 look like a visit to Sunday
School." Currently, Johnny Winter is a well-known blues guitarist,
singer and producer.
Sullivan's book details everything starting with Winter's childhood in
Texas, his rise to fame, his heroin addiction and finally, his road
back to stardom.
Born in 1944, Winter's childhood was not normal, even by the standards
of the time. Both he and his younger brother were born with albinism.
This resulted in problems not only in terms of grades, but also in
terms of friendship with his peers. Winter recalls that he was often
called nicknames like "Cotton" or "Whitey." But he never let it
negatively affect him.
"It didn't affect how I felt about myself, it affected how I felt
about people," Winter said. And there was a silver lining in his
cloudy childhood. Winter soon found solace in music, specifically in
the blues.
For the first few years of Winter's career, he was an embodiment of
the term "starving artist." According to John Turner, Johnny's drummer
of that time, "We were living on $300 a month. It was bad." The group
found gigs at various clubs playing blues and Jimi Hendrix songs. They
raised eyebrows and strained traditional Texan mentality with their
long hair and outlandish outfits. This time period was also marked by
their use of recreational drugs like marijuana and LSD.
Winter's big break came when he was offered a chance open for Led
Zeppelin. Despite taking LSD before the performance, the group managed
to pull off a successful show. Fame followed, along with its many
repercussions.
Winter would have a relationship with Janis Joplin, and had a chance
to play with Jimi Hendrix. But fame had its downsids. Winter recalls
how he could not go anywhere without being followed by fans, all
wanting to grab a guitar pick or even take a lock of his hair.
"It made going to concerts impossible; I had to stay in all the time,"
he said. "It was a drag."
His touring was largely successful. Unfortunately, it eventually led
to a serious heroin addiction. Sullivan did not elaborate on this
period in Winter's life, saying interested people should read the
book. Randy Weiss, a musician who attended, is definitely interested.
"It's interesting to hear about his life," he said. "Before this, I
was familiar with his music, but it's fascinating to see beyond the
rough-and-tumble guy I saw him as…the albinism, the drug use, it's
fascinating."
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But a white guy with albinism isn't the mind problem with being a
BLACK person with it?
What? Huh?
Haven't given it much thought?
For most albino's it's a CURSE.
http://www.times.co.sz/News/21385.html
Persons with albinism suffering in silence
By JACQUELINE MADDEN on October 02,2010
MBABANE - "I am fearful. We are living in anxiety and all we can do is
pray," said Nicolette Mhlanda, a woman with albinism.
Mhlanda, like many other individuals living with albinism, has already
faced the difficult task of growing up in an environment of continuous
discrimination.
Just recently, two 11-year-old children with the condition have been
brutally murdered locally.
Mhlanda, and many others, fear that the practice of killing persons
with albinism for the lucrative trade of their body parts has reached
Swaziland.
The moment Mhlanda heard about the most recent killing, she
immediately contacted her sister, who also has albinism.
"I called my sister right after I heard about the murder," said
Mhlanda, who now lives in South Africa. "I wanted to make sure she was
alive. My sister had only heard about it from people, in a taxi, who
told her she was going to be killed. Now she lives in fear, and I call
her all the time to make sure she is still alive."
Every day of her life, society reminds Mhlanda that she is different.
People often stare, as they believe that she is cursed, or that she
has magical powers which can cure HIV/AIDS, or even that throwing her
head into a cornfield will bring a better harvest.
"We have blood, and we think like any other human being," expressed
Mhlanda. "Yet people do not want to sit beside us on the bus. They
think if they touch us, they will become like us."
Although her parents never raised her to feel different, Mhlanda
realised from a very young age that life would be difficult for her.
She recalls a story of strange men breaking into her house in an
attempt to abduct her sister. "They tried to kill her," she explained.
"Luckily, my grandfather woke up and chased them away."
The myths surrounding persons with albinism are numerous and
dangerous. And on top of that, the discrimination these individuals
face can often seem insurmountable.
"As a child, I was always supposed to wear a hat to protect my skin
from the sun," Mhlanda explained. "But the teachers would not allow it
because hats were not part of the school uniform. I was also bullied a
lot, and was not able to report it." Mhlanda’s story resembles those
of so many children with albinism, whose specific needs are not
addressed at school. For instance, many teachers are unaware of their
visual impairment.
Today, the challenges Mhlanda faces are no different. "It has always
been the same," she said. "Nothing has changed or improved. Many
employers will not hire me because I have albinism, though they would
never tell you why."
Mhlanda explained how society can sometimes be unfathomably
insensitive towards persons with albinism. She specifically points to
the Siswati word for albino, ‘inkawu’, which means baboon. "Imagine a
child being called that name," she said.
Yet in the end, Mhlanda insists that she would never change the way
she is. "God doesn’t have a colour," she said. "He just creates. But I
would never want someone else to go through what I have been through.
By no mistake, if people continue to draw lines for people with
albinism, I will cross them."
Albinos targeted due to myths
MBABANE - In many African countries, such as Tanzania, Guinea,
Burundi, and now Swaziland, persons with albinism are specifically
targeted because of the myths surrounding their magical powers.
Some people believe that their body parts can bring wealth or cure
AIDS. In Tanzania alone, there have been 57 documented murders of
persons with albinism since 2007.
Deputy Prime Minister, Themba Masuku, who recently proposed holding a
meeting for persons with albinism, said he is deeply concerned about
the safety of these individuals.
"Before these incidents, I had read about the problems Tanzania and
other countries were experiencing with albinos," he said. "I started
to get really worried. ‘This hasn’t reached us,’ I thought. But now
it’s here."
According to Peter Ash, founder of Under the Same Sun, a Canadian
organisation in Tanzania that aims to improve the lives of persons
with albinism, the recent murders in Swaziland make him fearful that
the lucrative trade of their body parts is spreading into Southern
Africa. He said the killings have the same dynamics as those that
occur in other African countries for the trafficking of their body
parts. "The head was cut off in broad daylight," he said. "I don’t
doubt that these body parts are being sold."
Ash explained that the business operates like a ‘drug cartel.’ "There
is a consumer, who is usually a high-ranking official, I mean, who
else can afford that kind of money? Then there is the witch doctor who
performs the rituals, and then the killer who is hired by the witch
doctor."
Unfortunately, many cases across Africa are undocumented and under-
reported. Regardless, Ash knows that persons with albinism are being
targeted in vast numbers, and he compares their treatment to that of
the Jews’ during the Holocaust. The government is unsure how to
respond. DPM, Themba Masuku said government is taking this issue very
seriously, but several challenges stand in the way of developing
policies that deal directly with the needs of persons with albinism.
Firstly, there is no reliable data on the number of persons with
albinism living in Swaziland. "We would like to find a sponsor for a
survey," said Masuku. "We cannot develop a policy without knowing how
many there are or where we can find them."
Secondly, Masuku insists that their input is needed before government
is able to take action. "Right now, I am meeting with albinos
individually. I am concerned but I am trying to educate myself first,"
he explained. "I wanted to call a meeting so that we could get their
contribution, and find out how they are hurting, but I am afraid to
expose them. I don’t know if their security could be managed."
Nicolette Mhlanda, a woman with albinism, is grateful to the DPM for
associating himself with the issue, but she believes government’s
response has been too calm. "Other countries are watching Swaziland to
see how it deals with these latest killings," she said. "We are
vulnerable. We need the police to protect us."
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The genetics of albinism
70 hits - OMIM - pubmed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim?term=albinism%20gene%20
The first one has some demographics:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/203200
[...] Population GeneticsBack to TopLee et al. (1994) gave the overall
frequency of OCA2 in the United States as approximately 1:36,000;
however, the incidence is about 1:10,000 among African Americans and
is said to have a prevalence of 1:1,100 in the Ibo of Nigeria (Okoro,
1975) and a rate of about 1:3,900 in negroids of South Africa
(Kromberg and Jenkins, 1982, 1984) where it is the most common
recessive genetic disorder of this group. Throughout sub-Saharan
Africa, OCA2 is responsible for a great deal of morbidity, with skin
cancer and gross visual impairment being important sequelae.
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Back to Michael Jackson syndrome.
122 hits for : vitiligo AND lupus - pubmed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=vitiligo+lupus
Maybe if Michael was like Johnny Winter and ate LSD he'd
still be here?
But LSD can lead to weird weird things:
Didn't Mister KUNG Fu take many LSD triPs?
This says peyote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine#Reports_of_arrests_and_prosecutions
And NOT a direct causation for his final demise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine#Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoerotic_asphyxiation
Erotic asphyxiation is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the
brain for sexual arousal. It is also called asphyxiophilia, autoerotic
asphyxia, hypoxyphilia, or breath control play. Colloquially, a person
engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper. The erotic
interest in asphyxiation is classified as a paraphilia in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric
Association. Psychiatrist Joseph Merlino stated that it meets the
criteria for a disorder "because it has the potential for lethality or
serious injury."[1]
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This says 1,000 trips on LSD for Carradine:
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?t=11739
see: michaelangelo
**I have a couple of his tai Chi DVD's. Which are really good. I find
it hard to believe he would die that way.
He was on British tv a couple years ago on the Jonathan Ross show.
David admitted to having over 1,000 LSD trips. Found that hard to
believe also. **
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There you GO... some genetic glitch and your mind goes trauma city?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma
Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as
a result of a traumatic event. When that trauma leads to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder (also known as post-traumatic stress
disorder or PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after
exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma.[1][2][3]
This event may involve the threat of death to oneself or to someone
else, or to one's own or someone else's physical, sexual, or
psychological integrity,[1] overwhelming the individual's ability to
cope. As an effect of psychological trauma, PTSD is less frequent and
more enduring than the more commonly seen acute stress response.
Diagnostic symptoms for PTSD include re-experiencing the original
trauma(s) through flashbacks or nightmares, avoidance of stimuli
associated with the trauma, and increased arousal – such as difficulty
falling or staying asleep, anger, and hypervigilance. Formal
diagnostic criteria (both DSM-IV-TR and ICD-9) require that the
symptoms last more than one month and cause significant impairment in
social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.[1]
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Or your assualted in the womb.
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/walshQZ.htm
[...] Womb Trauma
What I'm leading up to.... is the scientific fact that serious
emotional or physical stresses experienced by the mother can impair
early brain development, especially if the mother is not biochemically
intact. For example high emotional stresses or physical trauma to the
mother will weaken the activity of metallothionein (MT) and
glutathione (GSH) proteins, and
increase oxidative stress in the brain. MT-1 and MT-2 are directly
involved in growth of immature brain cells. MT-3 is a key protein
required for pruning and growth inhibition. These proteins also have
the job of defending against oxidative stress in the brain and are
consumed in the process. Maternal emotional stresses and psychic
traumae deplete the embryonic brain of MT proteins and can compromise
brain development.
Womb trauma is real and the concept of "a cry so deep" is not psycho-
babble guesswork. Rather, it is solidly supported by scientific fields
such as embryology and molecular biology. (Aug 1, 2003)
<sniP>
I've noticed many kids from druggie moms who simply call it quits.
oTOH some of wealthy folks have problems as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Linkletter#Personal_life
[...] Diane Linkletter, died on October 4, 1969, by jumping out of her
sixth-floor kitchen window (while a student at UCLA).[1][9] Linkletter
claimed that she committed suicide because she was on, or having a
flashback from, an LSD trip. Linkletter spoke out against drugs to
prevent children from straying into a drug habit. His record, We Love
You, Call Collect, recorded before her death, featured a discussion
about permissiveness in modern society. It featured a rebuttal by
Diane, called Dear Mom and Dad. The record won a 1970 Grammy Award for
the "Best Spoken Word Recording".
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randall