Thyroid Cancer

[Guest guest]

Everyone,

I have just got a request for information on thyroid cancer

in migrant and seasonal farmworkers. I have done some

research and haven't been able to find much. Hopefully

someone knows of a study or report done on this subject. I

am hoping to find some data that will let me compare the

rate of thyroid cancer in migrants to the rate of thyroid

cancer the the general population. Thanks

Josh Shepherd

Library and Information Specialist

National Center for Farmworker Health

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[Guest guest]

At 06:37 PM 3/20/2006 -0500, wrote:

>Harold, are you on any antibiotic since the discontinuation of

>Minocin?

,

I am not on any antibiotics at this time for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR),

a form of arthritis associated with muscle pain. That disease is often

associated with temporal arteritis, also called giant cell arteritis (which

I do not have). My initial search did not find any web pages associating

with PMR, but tonight I found two relevant pages (but only two such pages)

by entering +polymyalgia +antibiotics as the Google search term.

http://www.drmirkin.com/morehealth/G154.htm

" Recent research shows that polymyalgia rheumatica may be caused by

infection with parainfluenza virus (1). There is no research on this, but

treatment then could be immune gamma globulin injections. Some doctors

treat polymyalgia with long-term antibiotics, such as doxycycline, in

addition to the prednisone. "

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14193

" Researchers in Germany recently [2000] discovered evidence of the presence

of a bacterium, called Chlamydia pneumonia, in the arteries of patients

with giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica... The researchers

discovered signs of Chlamydia pneumonia bacterium in the temporal arteries

of 8 of 9 giant cell arteritis patients and one of 4 polymyalgia rheumatica

patients. None of the 9 temporal arteries of patients without these

diseases had signs of the bacterium... While the exact role of the

bacterium Chlamydia pneumonia in patients with giant cell arteritis and

polymyalgia rheumatica is not clear, this is very exciting medical news.

Currently, the treatment of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

typically involves cortisone-related drugs, which can have serious side

effects. The results of this study could lead to new treatments, including

antibiotics! "

Sincerely, Harald