Guest guest Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Arthritis: Environmental Exposure to Hairspray, Lipstick, Pollution, Can Trigger Autoimmune Diseases ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2010) — The links between autoimmune diseases, infections, genetics and the environment are complex and mysterious. Why are people who live near airports more susceptible to autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus? How do hormones in meat trigger the onset of a disease? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125123231.htm Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 In a message dated 1/29/2010 1:46:44 P.M. Central Standard Time, Rheumatoid.Arthritis.Support@... writes: The only environmental exposure linked to RA which has a lot of convincing data to support the association is smoking, Sue. I've never used hairsray, but, like your Enbrel, my lipstick would have to be pried from my cold, dead hands. I quit smoking for the 2nd time in 1984. I don't use hairspray or lipstick and yet I have RA. DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Somehow, I'm not convinced about the hairspray and lipstick link, Sue. Where's that guy's data? Not an MD On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, marysue <marysue@...> wrote: > Arthritis: Environmental Exposure to Hairspray, Lipstick, Pollution, > Can Trigger Autoimmune Diseases > ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2010) — The links between autoimmune diseases, > infections, genetics and the environment are complex and mysterious. > Why are people who live near airports more susceptible to autoimmune > diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus? How do hormones in meat > trigger the onset of a disease? > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125123231.htm > > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hairspray I could somewhat see, but lipstick? But as far as the role of environment in activating autoimmune disease, one guess seems to be as good as another. Sue On Jan 29, 2010, at 2:17 PM, wrote: > Somehow, I'm not convinced about the hairspray and lipstick link, Sue. > Where's that guy's data? > > > > Not an MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 The only environmental exposure linked to RA which has a lot of convincing data to support the association is smoking, Sue. I've never used hairsray, but, like your Enbrel, my lipstick would have to be pried from my cold, dead hands. Not an MD On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:41 PM, marysue <marysue@...> wrote: > Hairspray I could somewhat see, but lipstick? > > But as far as the role of environment in activating autoimmune > disease, one guess seems to be as good as another. > > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I'm proof of the smoking link, . I feel the same way as you do about my lipstick. And my hairspray, too, since I have very fine, thin hair. Sue On Jan 29, 2010, at 2:46 PM, wrote: > The only environmental exposure linked to RA which has a lot of > convincing data to support the association is smoking, Sue. > > I've never used hairsray, but, like your Enbrel, my lipstick would > have to be pried from my cold, dead hands. > > > Not an MD > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:41 PM, marysue <marysue@...> wrote: >> Hairspray I could somewhat see, but lipstick? >> >> But as far as the role of environment in activating autoimmune >> disease, one guess seems to be as good as another. >> >> Sue > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hi, DD. It's complicated. Most researchers would say that first you need to have an unfortunate combination of genes and then have exposure to a number of environmental triggers - several genes plus several environmental factors - before developing RA. Ex-smokers are at a higher risk of developing RA than never-smokers. Current smokers are at the highest risk. Not an MD On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:31 PM, <dgd301@...> wrote: > > > I quit smoking for the 2nd time in 1984. I don't use hairspray or lipstick > and yet I have RA. > > DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 My mother's sister, who had RA, was also a smoker. She had quit a few years before getting RA. She finally died of lung cancer that had spread to her brain. She had been quit 17 years. I've been quit for 16 years, come March 6. I still worry about lung cancer. My first cousin, who has RA plus an assortment of other autoimmune diseases, was never a smoker. Sue On Jan 29, 2010, at 4:59 PM, wrote: > Hi, DD. > > It's complicated. Most researchers would say that first you need to > have an unfortunate combination of genes and then have exposure to a > number of environmental triggers - several genes plus several > environmental factors - before developing RA. > > Ex-smokers are at a higher risk of developing RA than never-smokers. > Current smokers are at the highest risk. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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