On Apr 10, 5:35=A0am, Michael B <baugh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder...
>
> This is how it develops:
>
> I decide to water my garden.
>
> As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at
> my car and decide my car needs wa****ng.
>
> As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is
> mail on the ****ch table that I brought up from the
> mailbox earlier.
>
> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
>
> I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk
> mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice
> that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back
> on the table and take out the garbage first.
>
> But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox,
> when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay
> the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see
> that there is only 1 check left. My extra checks are in my
> desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk
> where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
>
> I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push
> the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
> I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should
> put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward
> the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter
> catches my eye--they need to be watered.
>
> I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my
> reading gl***** that I've been searching for all morning.
> I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm
> going to water the flowers.
>
> I set the gl***** back down on the counter, fill a container
> with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote Someone left
> =A0it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to
> watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't
> remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put
> it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the
> flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit
> of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on
> the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I
> head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning
> to do. At the end of the day:
>
> ----the car isn't washed,
> ----the bills aren't paid,
> ----there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
> ----the flowers don't have enough water,
> ----there is still o nly 1 check in my check book,
> ----I can't find the remote,
> ----I can't find my gl*****,
> ----and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>
> Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
> I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long,
> and I'm really tired.
>
> I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some
> help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
>
> On Apr 9, 10:08 pm, ironjustice <teamtan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Lousse JC, Defr=E8re S, Van Langendonckt A, Gras J, Gonz=E1lez-Ramos
R,
> > Colette S, Donnez J
> > Iron storage is significantly increased in peritoneal macrophages of
> > endometriosis patients and correlates with iron overload in peritoneal
> > fluid. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
> > Fertil Steril 2008 Apr 5.
>
> > OBJECTIVE: To further investigate peritoneal iron disruption in
> > endometriosis by studying iron storage in peritoneal macrophages of
> > patients with endometriosis compared with controls.
> > DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.
> > SETTING: Academic gynecology research unit in a university hospital.
> > PATIENT(S): Fifty patients undergoing laparoscopy. INTERVENTION(S):
> > Collection of peritoneal fluid samples (N =3D 50) from patients with
(n
> > =3D 27) and without (n =3D 23) endometriosis undergoing laparoscopy.
> > MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Quantification of peritoneal macrophage
> > ferritin by immunocytochemical staining and immunodensitometry and
> > measurement of peritoneal iron, transferrin, ferritin, and prohepcidin
> > concentrations.
> > RESULT(S): The optical density of peritoneal macrophage ferritin
> > staining was statistically significantly higher in endometriosis
> > patients than in controls. Higher iron concentrations, transferrin
> > saturations, and ferritin concentrations were also detected in case of
> > endometriosis. A statistically significant positive correlation was
> > found between the optical density of macrophage ferritin staining and
> > peritoneal iron concentrations in endometriosis and control patients.
> > CONCLUSION(S): Iron storage is statistically significantly increased
> > in peritoneal macrophages of patients with endometriosis and
> > correlates with iron overload in peritoneal fluid. The potential
> > implications of iron ac***ulation in peritoneal macrophages in case of
> > endometriosis are discussed.
>
> > Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril]
> >
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> > Immunotherapy Weekly
>
> > October 23, 2002
>
> > ENDOMETRIOSIS: Disorder associated with wide range of diseases
>
> > U.S. researchers re****t in the journal Human Reproduction that women
> > with
> > endometriosis are significantly more likely than other women to suffer
> > from
> > a number of additional distressing or disabling conditions.
>
> > These include a variety of autoimmune diseases, allergies, asthma,
> > hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
>
> > Their findings are from the first population-based study in the world
> > to
> > investigate whether a range of other disorders are more prevalent in
> > women
> > with endometriosis, which affects an estimated 8-10% of women of
> > reproductive age.
>
> > The results - which confirmed there was typically a 10-year delay
> > between
> > onset of symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis - have prompted
> > the
> > researchers to urge doctors, especially those taking care of
> > adolescents, to
> > consider a diagnosis of endometriosis in girls and women complaining
> > of
> > pelvic pain and to watch out for other potentially serious conditions
> > in
> > these patients. The research team from the National Institute of
> > Child
> > Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland, the School of
> > Public
> > Health and Health Services at George Wa****ngton University in
> > Wa****ngton,
> > DC, and the Endometriosis Association in Milwaukee, carried out and
> > analyzed
> > a survey of 3680 members of the Endometriosis Association, 90% of whom
> > were
> > of reproductive age. All the women had surgically diagnosed
> > endometriosis.
>
> > They found that among these women:
>
> > *20% had more than one other disease.
>
> > *Up to 31% of those with coexisting diseases had also been diagnosed
> > with
> > either fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome and some of these
> > additionally had other autoimmune or endocrine disease.
>
> > *Chronic fatigue syndrome was more than a hundred times more common
> > than in
> > the female U.S. population generally.
>
> > *Hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid gland) was seven times more
> > common.
>
> > *Fibromyalgia was twice as common.
>
> > *The autoimmune inflammatory diseases - systemic lupus erythematosus,
> > Sjogren syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, and also multiple
> > sclerosis,
> > occurred more frequently.
>
> > *Rates of allergic and atopic conditions such as asthma and eczema
> > were
> > higher - e.g., 61% of the endometriosis sufferers had allergies
> > compared
> > with 18% of the U.S. general population, and 12% had asthma compared
> > with
> > 5%. If a woman had endometriosis plus an endocrine disease the figure
> > rose
> > to 72% and it was 88% if she had endometriosis plus fibromyalgia or
> > chronic
> > fatigue syndrome.
>
> > *Two-thirds of the survey subjects re****ted that relatives also had
> > either
> > diagnosed or suspected endometriosis, confirming research that
> > suggested
> > there was a familial tendency.
>
> > "As well as finding an increased prevalence of this wide range of
> > diseases
> > and conditions among women with endometriosis, we found that they
> > re****ted
> > significant pain and disability and, very worryingly, that there was
> > typically a 10-year delay between the onset of pelvic pain and
> > diagnosis,"
> > said lead investigator Ninet Sinaii, from the National Institute of
> > Child
> > Health and Human Development.
>
> > Coinvestigator Dr. Pamela Stratton pointed out that, "Since women
> > appear to
> > develop symptoms shortly after the onset of their periods and are not
> > diagnosed for years, we don't know whether endometriosis actually
> > occurs at
> > menarche as others have re****ted or whether it develops over time.
> > It's also
> > unclear whether early treatment could prevent chronic pelvic pain
> > from
> > taking hold. It is vital, therefore, that attempts should be made to
> > diagnose and treat endometriosis in adolescents."
>
> > Sinaii said there were a number of limitations to the study, which
> > could
> > potentially introduce bias, including the relatively young age of the
> > respondents, the fact that they were predominantly white, well-
> > educated and
> > members of a sup****t group (therefore possibly atypical), problems
> > with
> > misinterpreting questions, recognizing disease names, and so on.
>
> > Therefore, the researchers carried out a sensitivity analysis. This
> > confirmed that even if the disease prevalence was underestimated in
> > the
> > general population and overestimated in the study sample, the rates
> > re****ted
> > in women with endometriosis were still significantly higher.
>
> > "These differences appear real," said Sinaii.
>
> > She said the study was the first to provide data on the
> > characteristics and
> > coexisting states of women with pain from endometriosis.
>
> > "Women with endometriosis frequently suffer from autoimmune
> > inflammatory
> > diseases, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome,
> > allergies
> > and asthma. It is evident that women with pelvic pain are not
> > diagnosed as
> > having endometriosis for many years, suggesting that physicians,
> > especially
> > those taking care of adolescents, should consider the diagnosis (High
> > rates
> > of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue
> > syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey
> > analysis. Hum Reprod, 2002;17(10):2715-2724).
>
> > "These findings also suggest a strong association between
> > endometriosis
>
> ...
>
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Michael,
Yer just too funny! Thank you for making me laugh today! Ok, for
this week, thus far! :-)
Sounds a little like moi, guess this is why things get done/or not
done, the way the do!
Pssst......did you know that this is the endmetriosis thread? Or is
it the AAADD acting up on ya?
Take care and be well out there! Debra
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