Guest guest Posted September 1, 2000 Report Share Posted September 1, 2000 Very Interesting history lesson. I am glad to know this info. Marilyn in TN ---------- > >To: shydrageregroups >Subject: Doctors & MSA >Date: Fri, Sep 1, 2000, 7:26 PM > >Kerri, > >While you may just have had the good fortune to meet up with a doctor who >understood MSA, there may have been another reason or reasons. Japan has an >area where there is a Lytico Bodig " hotspot " . You may remember that one of >the articles that Pam makes available is on " Parkinson's Plus. " In the >article there is a discussion of the Parkinson's Plus diseases including >PSP, the MSA group, and finally another disease that is rarely found in the >US called Lytico Bodig. LB has some similarities to all these diseases but >if possible is perhaps worse. LB was first found on Guam and is a very >interesting disease from a genetic and a demographic point of view. My >first secretary when I came to Guam was a woman who had four brothers who >had LB. LB was first found on Guam and at one time people thought that by >doing demographic and family studies they would find the key that would >unlock the mysteries behind Parkinsonianism. Because of the pocket of LB in >Japan a number of excellent Japanese researchers have come to Guam to carry >out research to see what links there may be between the Japanese disease and >the disease on Guam. You can find some of them identified in the >bibliography of that article. > >At any rate, depending on where your doctor studied or where some of her >instructors studied, there could be cultural reasons for her to have learned >about MSA. > >By the way, there is also a pocket of LB somewhere in South American or the >Caribbean. > >Jim and Peg from Guam > > >____________________________________ >>Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 07:02:52 -0000 > >>Subject: Doctors & MSA > >>Hi to everyone > >>I had to go to a doctor concerning a very bad cold and a sore ear. >This new doctor I saw either Chinese or Japanese went through my file >first up and asked what I have been diagnosed with. I said Multiple >System Atrohpy. This doctor would have to be one of the first >doctor's that knew about the disease. But sadly she will not be >staying in Horsham for long. She was filling in because of a doctor >shortage. I thought I may have a doctor who understood MSA. > >I thought I would share that with everyone. > > > >Regards & HUGS Kerri >______________________________________ > > >******************************** >*** Peg & Jim >*** # 29 Cruz Heights >*** Ipan-Talofofo, Guam 96930 >*** USA >*** >*** Note: Guam is 15 hours ahead of >*** Eastern Standard Time (EST). >*** 14 ahead of EDT. >******************************** > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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