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« Reply #40 on: Tuesday January 30, 2007, 04:45:30 PM » |
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Hi Bunnie: What a very useful link for resizing! I use Microsoft Office Picture Manager to do mine, which is pretty simple and you can adjust the brightness and saturation also. Comes with XP I think. I resize to post here and on other forums, but always keep the larger ones in My Pictures. For just resizing, that site looks brilliant! Jane PS Hope you remember what you want to stick with the glue  |
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« Reply #41 on: Tuesday January 30, 2007, 07:56:29 PM » |
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I think we are using the wrong thread for this small talk!
You are right - back to the other thread ..... ....maybe others will have their photos used for publications and might be aware of that need for their permission .... |
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« Reply #42 on: Tuesday January 30, 2007, 10:33:48 PM » |
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Can this thread be made sticky? It has a lot of reads ... and anyone is welcome to post on it too ...
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« Reply #43 on: Tuesday January 30, 2007, 11:20:53 PM » |
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Can this thread be made sticky? It has a lot of reads ... and anyone is welcome to post on it too ...
All stickied. totalfolly |
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« Reply #44 on: Tuesday January 30, 2007, 11:24:59 PM » |
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All stickied. Many thanks TF!  |
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« Reply #45 on: Wednesday January 31, 2007, 10:44:05 AM » |
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What causes autoimmunity?
The immune system normally can distinguish "self" from "non-self." Some lymphocytes are capable of reacting against self, resulting in an autoimmune reaction. Ordinarily these lymphocytes are suppressed. Autoimmunity occurs naturally in everyone to some degree; and in most people, it does not result in diseases. Autoimmune diseases occur when there is some interruption of the usual control process, allowing lymphocytes to avoid suppression, or when there is an alteration in some body tissue so that it is no longer recognized as "self" and is thus attacked. The exact mechanisms causing these changes are not completely understood. Just to say that this extract I have taken from the above post from the pemphigus foundation, is what I have learned and understood to be the case concerning autoimmunity, and indeed the whole post says it all, it's unpredictability, the fact that auto is self, and it explains that the self mechanisms that are causing or have caused these changes at the molecular level, are not as yet understood. |
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« Reply #46 on: Wednesday January 31, 2007, 10:45:57 AM » |
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This is a most interesting thread - although I must admit I did pass rather quickly over some of the photos. I don't think I would have come across this if TF hadn't stickied....(thanks) and I was able to follow one of your listed links and confirm some more symptoms with my own current problem - fibromyalgia - which was misdiagnosed as lupus at first - thank you for that  btw I looked up Linear IGA on Wikipedia but they don't have an article - perhaps you ladies should write one after doing all this research....  andyb  |
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« Reply #47 on: Wednesday January 31, 2007, 10:55:31 AM » |
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hi Andyb thanks for the feedback. It struck me that it is a common element that exists for many skin conditions. Didnt know you have fibromyalgia, too. I know another with it. I was also wrongly told i had lupus at one stage last year ...not nice. Writing up on Linear iga for Wikipedia sounds rather daunting  , but thanks for your vote of confidence in us .... LG |
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« Reply #48 on: Wednesday January 31, 2007, 11:06:59 AM » |
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Hi Andyb, we have been discussing autoimmunity on our LIGA thread for a long time, all the info is there about our disease,and of course it applies to all autoimmune bullous diseases. LG thought it a good idea to have this seperate thread for any articles found on the subject of autoimmunity because all of these diseases are under that umbrella. There's loads of info out there Andy on our condition, mostly about us, or the drugs used, many of which I was personally the guinea pig for!
This thread is good, because the articles in it pertain to what an auto immune disease is, something I have been trying to get people namely friends and family to understand for many years. It occurs and is of self.. I'm glad you have found bits of it interesting.
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« Reply #49 on: Thursday February 01, 2007, 03:31:16 AM » |
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Andyb, if yu found some good stuff regarding your own condition, why not post links to it here ...?
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« Reply #50 on: Sunday February 04, 2007, 02:43:21 AM » |
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Link to article on a study using IVIG treatment for an autoimmune disease .... combining it with prednisone was not an effective treatment:http://neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/3/323
And another one which was also not effective:http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/6/S37I included these links just in case people are having this treatment suggested to them, they can make an informed choice about whether to accept it.
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« Reply #51 on: Tuesday February 13, 2007, 07:29:49 PM » |
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Just notiing that in the few weeks since this thread was made sticky it has received several hundred (about 300 or 400) reads!
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« Reply #52 on: Tuesday February 13, 2007, 07:38:58 PM » |
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I see theres a lot!
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« Reply #53 on: Tuesday February 13, 2007, 08:42:33 PM » |
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Yes, it's good ... I must have a look for more stuff for it ....
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« Reply #54 on: Thursday February 15, 2007, 04:48:05 PM » |
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I happened to hear a small thing on the radio about an emotional disorder being associated with plaque psoriasis. The emotional disorder is an anxiety disorder to do with fear of losing a loved one.
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« Reply #56 on: Friday February 23, 2007, 01:54:25 AM » |
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That link is a really good one, thanks Bunnie. It gives a better overview than many others I have read.
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« Reply #57 on: Wednesday February 28, 2007, 08:56:09 AM » |
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« Reply #58 on: Saturday March 03, 2007, 10:59:19 PM » |
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Abstract of an article which I think is interesting, supposing the genetic skin fragility referred to is our diseases ....
J Dermatol Sci. 2006 Sep 22; : 16996720
Molecular and diagnostic aspects of genetic skin fragility.
[My paper] Cristina Has , Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
Genetic syndromes with skin fragility represent a heterogeneous group of very rare disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding proteins or protein subunits important for the mechanical resistance of keratinocytes and for cell-cell or cell-extracellular matrix adhesion. The common symptoms are skin blistering or peeling, with various degrees of severity and distribution, ranging from localized to generalized forms. Associated features include involvement of skin annexes, mucous membranes, teeth, muscles or the digestive tract. Morphological investigation of skin samples provides evidence for the tissue level of blister formation, while immunostainings may reveal defective proteins, providing clues concerning the genetic origin of the disease. Extensive mutation analysis and subsequent identification of new gene defects provide accurate diagnostics, and lead to better understanding of the functions of the respective proteins, with the potential for new therapeutic strategies.
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« Reply #59 on: Friday March 09, 2007, 03:02:59 PM » |
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The link below concerns Bullous disease in the mouth. Note that ALL Autoimmune bullous conditions can affect all mucous membranes and epithelial tissue throughout the body. Bullous conditions which affect these tissues, are almost indistinguishable from one another, and all are medically treated the same. Scarring, which occurs from these lesions left by blisters in these tissues; unlike the skin, continues to grow, the scarring becoming thicker. In Ocular tissues this results in blindness, or other serious complications in other parts of the body where this tissue is affected. http://www.priory.com/den/pemphigoid.pdf |
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