Methemoglobinemia seems to be a popular medical topic lately. It's an easily treatable disease, usually methylene blue is used, and it's more an inconvenience than anything else.
The Fugate family of Kentucky has had blue skin for centuries
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#42I'm not convinced this is the real deal. Change my mind?
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#43This is fascinating. Krsna in the Indian epic Mahabharata is similarly blue in color.
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#44I'm not convinced this is the real deal. Change my mind?
You think it's a bogus article? Look through the reference list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Fugates
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
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#47Once I donated blood and it came out green! Everyone was astonished. No idea why to this day, any ideas? Blood is back to its normal red color. Wasn’t taking any medications or feeling ill.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sickle cell anemia is Mendelian and recessive. So if 2 carriers (Rr and Rr) have kids, 50% of the children will be strictly superior (carriers), 25% will be normal, and 25% will die young. Not a bad outcome, especially if you have a lot of kids to reduce the variance.
> 50% of the children will be strictly superior (carriers) Is that domain nomenclature? Because I wouldn't call having to be careful who procreate with otherwise risk losing 25% of my children from that relationship as "strictly superior"...
2/4 resistant to malaria with no side effects and 1/4 dying is much much better than 4/4 dying from malaria
Re: The Fugate family of Kentucky has had blue skin for centuries
#49Once I donated blood and it came out green! Everyone was astonished. No idea why to this day, any ideas? Blood is back to its normal red color. Wasn’t taking any medications or feeling ill.
I believe sulfates in the blood can cause it to turn green.
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#50Weird. I worked with a guy once whose parents believed colloidal silver would cure him of his ADD. Instead he turned blue.
That's terrible because, if I remember correctly, that's permanent. :/