Whats Your Thoughts On Vampires, page 1
Pages: <<  1    2    3    4  >>
ATS Members have flagged this thread 0 times


reply posted on 2-12-2003 @ 11:14 AM by darklanser
Viral infection. Sun allergies. Need for transfusions. There is a disease that mimics much of "das wampyr".
Porphyria, an allergy to sunlight that causes exposed skin to burn, blister and scar. In extreme cases symptoms can include migraines, nausea, vomiting and chronic pain. Some sufferers can even stop breathing.

From The American Porphyria Foundation

Treatment and Prognosis: PCT is the most treatable of the porphyrias. Treatment seems to be equally effective in familial and non-familial PCT. Factors that tend to activate the disease should be removed. The most widely recommended treatment is a schedule of repeated phlebotomy (removal of blood), with the aim of reducing iron in the liver. This actually reduces iron stores throughout the body. Usually, removal of only 5 to 6 pints of blood (one pint every one to two weeks) is sufficient, which indicates that iron stores are not excessively increased in most PCT patients.


If this disease has existed for hundreds of years,
maybe the symptoms and treatments were similar in the "Old Country". Just my theory.

[Edited on 12-2-2003 by darklanser]
Pages: <<  1    2    3    4  >>    ^^TOP^^



Strange creatures from Marianas Trench
  Posted 6 days ago with 26 member flags
\'Woolly mammoth\' caught on camera in Siberia
  Posted 4 days ago with 19 member flags
icelandic lake monster spotted! (VIDEO)
  Posted 6 days ago with 16 member flags
The Bridgewater Triangle
  Posted 19 days ago with 10 member flags
Shape-Shifting Dinosaurs by Jack Horner (TED Talk)
  Posted 3 days ago with 6 member flags
Bigfoot Attack...or is the Lizard Man in Georgia?
  Posted 11 days ago with 5 member flags
\'mutant spider fears at nuclear wastelab\'
  Posted 6 days ago with 4 member flags