Re: 's Disease

[Guest guest]

A man I work with was off on sick leave/disability last year. He had

been diagnosed with 's (I voiced to a couple of people that his early

symptoms were a lot like Ned's) but about 4 or 5 month's down the road, he

found he had been totally misdiagnosed. There was something with his thyroid

and something else causing confusing symptoms. After a " correct diagnosis "

his condition turned around and he is now back to work.

I'll try to see Bill (coworker) on Monday and see if he will share any info.

I know when he first returned to work he did not want to talk about it, but

that may have changed now (plus I don't know him too well as I had only

worked at that company for a few weeks before he went off on leave). I'll

let you know if I hear anything. Good luck. Judy & Ned B.

[Guest guest]

when I first had symptoms of parkinsonism, I was checked out for

's disease.

I have low caeruloplasmin, which is a protein containing copper. . .

Anyway, it was not ruled out until I had the liver biopsy.

I was actually hoping it was 's because it is treatable with

zinc supplements.

It can be very dangerous, sometimes presenting with liver failure

from the accumulation of copper.

Or, it presents with neurological problems from the accumulation of

copper in the brain, usually presenting at the age of 20-30 years

old, but, forty and fifty year-olds happen.

's occurs 1:30,000 so, it is rare. It is genetic, and the

gene has been localized, and defined.

I think the rate of occurrence of the heterozygote is 1:90. I saw

a paper that speculated

that some forms of parkinsonism were associated with being a

's heterozygote.

I still wonder about that. . . and the only way to tell would be an

individual genetic analysis.

I am now being checked out for MSA.

I hope of things work out for your dad.

Ray

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--------on the edge of the prairie abyss---------

Ray Strand

50/dx PD 47/40? onset/

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn Rose, I'm having a dumb moment here - which part of my eye is the

cornea?

I have a grey ring around the iris of my eye - my eyes always used to be all

brown, but now are green and brown with this grey ring. Could that be what

you are talking about at all??? I'm looking at some of the symptoms and of

course a few of them fit. Or as my husband likes to say, stop being a

hypochondriac Pam...

At anyrate, I found this great list of foods that contain copper:

http://www.wilsonsdisease.org/copper.html

Jody, this isn't the same s syndrome thing you were looking at awhile

ago, is it???

Pam B.