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Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure
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#142This is one of the reasons that, despite no direct evidence of harm, I will only ever take marine collagen instead of bovine collagen. Do not fuck with the possibility of ingesting cow nervous system tissue, let alone human.
Tell that to my heart valve. All bovine baby.
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#143This is really fascinating, horrifying and hopeful at the same time.
It makes sense that some neurodegenerative diseases with unknown etiologies are caused by prions or prion-like proteins.
It could be fruitful to study the rate of Alzheimer's among nursing assistants who work in elder care. I found a few resourcas stating a higher rate for caregiver's in general along with nurses.
I have thought decreased immune function from aging leads to the increased permeability of the blood brain barrier: which leads to the infiltration of pathogens and now possibly prions.
I would assume this could be, or possibly has been, studied in animal models.
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#144Prions are most scary bit of biology there is. Almost impossible to eleminate, causes victim proteins to unfold.
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My mom developed an allergy to eggs after a blood transfusion. She long regretted never being able to eat another chocolate eclair.
If your mom’s still around let her know about vegan egg alternatives!
She honestly asks me to bring over vegan mayonnaise sometimes. She also has a good egg-free cake recipe.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
If your mom’s still around let her know about vegan egg alternatives!
I am not a vegan, but I eat a lot of vegetables, most vegetables, if prepared correctly are delicious, there are a lot of traditional dishes in every cuisine in the world that take absolutely no animal products on their preparation and have a wonderful taste and aroma. I see no reason to eat those franken-foods just because you're a vegan, a lot of them have strange additives to make them taste and look like animal s…
Aquafaba is a completely natural vegan egg substitute used in baking.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
My mom developed an allergy to eggs after a blood transfusion. She long regretted never being able to eat another chocolate eclair.
You are supposed to declare your issues before (or at least after) you give blood. Kinda messed up that whoever donated that blood didn't report it. Then again, I'm glad the blood was available...
I don't think I ever had to declare allergies when donating my blood (France).
They focus on infections and cancers I think.
Why would they ask for allergies if we don't yet know that they can be transmitted like this?
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Generally, I think if a patient needs blood transfusions there's a bigger and more immediate life-and-death problem right there. I think allergies would be preferable to death. Is my understanding correct? I hope blood transfusion hasn't become a routine procedure these days.
You get a blood transfusion for any major surgery.
You get it IF there is a need for it, not always.
I had an open heart surgery and didn't get a blood transfusion.
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are supposed to declare your issues before (or at least after) you give blood. Kinda messed up that whoever donated that blood didn't report it. Then again, I'm glad the blood was available...
I don't think I ever had to declare allergies when donating my blood (France). They focus on infections and cancers I think. Why would they ask for allergies if we don't yet know that they can be transmitted like this?
I thought it was well known that certain allergies (eggs/peanuts) can transfer via transfusions? At least for awhile. It looks like there’s some literature on it at least, but I didn’t dig into it or anything. I just thought this was “common” knowledge since that’s what I was told years ago by a nurse I was dating in college, a long time ago.