Re: Am I truly from another planet?

On Oct 27, 10:21 pm, Alice Faber <afa...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> An
appetizer of lightly (*very* lightly) breaded oysters over an arugula
salad <<

Wooo .. living life dangerously .. SEPTICAEMIA ..

"High case fatality rate especially in patients with iron overload"
"Elevated iron stores may ultimately result in diabetes."
"Consuming oysters increases the risk of fatal heart disease in
diabetics"

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OYSTERS, IRON OVERLOAD AND VIBRIO VULNIFICUS SEPTICAEMIA
ABSTRACT

A case of Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia complicated by cutaneous leg
ulceration is described. A 74 year old man with haemochromatosis and
sideroblastic anaemia developed an acute febrile illness with
cutaneous manifestations 24 hours after ingesting raw oysters. The
presence of blistering should be considered an important clue to the
diagnosis of Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia, and this can facilitate
prompt effective antimicrobial therapy. Clinicians should be aware of
this infection because of its high case fatality rate, especially in
patients with iron overload states.
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Diabetics, watch out for that iron
Indian Express via NewsEdge Corporation :.
If you are a diabetic then intake of iron-rich food may invite heart
problems for you.
In its latest issue, leading medical journal Diabetes Care has
reported that consuming red meat and other foods high in "heme" iron
-
like chicken liver, clams and oysters -increases the risk of fatal
heart disease in diabetics.
The researchers from Harvard School of Public Health in the US advise
that "patients with Type 2 diabetes should limit consumption of heme
iron and red meat".
For experts here, the study has come as an eye opener.
"It is usually seen that diabetics have a marked tendency towards
heart diseases.
Diabetics have more endothelium dysfunction, the platelet dysfunction
is more, the deposition of cholesterol is more and if a diabetic is
taking supplement iron capsules, the iron gets deposited in the
muscle
of the heart, making it more vulnerable," says Dr Rakesh Yadav,
associate professor, cardiology, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS).
Though a direct co-relation is still to be proven in India, he
suggests that diabetics should avoid overdose of iron and supplement
iron capsules.
Dr Anoop Misra, Director and Head of Department of Diabetes and
Metabolic Diseases, Fortis Hospitals, too, advises caution.
"This is the first time such a thing has come forward.
Vegetarian food including vegetables like spinach which has high iron
content should henceforth be avoided by diabetics."
The study, in fact, found women more susceptible to heart disease.
Those with the highest intake of heme iron had a 50 per cent higher
risk of total Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) compared to those with
lowest intake.
This poses a particular problem for India.
Most Indian women are anemic, which is why they are advised to take
iron rich food.
"Women," Misra points out, "will be at the receiving end, since they
often need and take more iron supplements than men."
Curiously enough, the study noted that pre-menopausal women may be at
a lesser risk, since they lose a significant amount of iron during
menstruation.
"The positive association between heme iron and red meat intakes and
CHD was more evident among postmenopausal women compared with
premenopausal women," it said.
Doctors feel that there is a need for separate study to be undertaken
for Indians.
"The food taken by women here and abroad is very different, so we
need
to have a separate study to check the consequences in Indian
context,"
said a senior cardiologist in Bara Hindu Rao Hospital.
But till then, what is the option?
Gynaecologists advise that the only foolproof way is to get a
haemoglobin check for diabetic women before more iron consumption is
prescribed?
"In India, women do need iron, but we have to make sure there is no
overdose," says Dr Asha Sharma, Head of Dept, Gynaecology, Rockland
Hospital.
In fact, "before prescribing iron supplements we always get a
haemoglobin count done.
In case of diabetics, it is prescribed only if the haemoglobin count
is very low."
How iron affects the heart
An excess of iron in the body leads to a condition call
hemosiderosis.
In this, the iron gets stored in the body and some of it gets
deposited in the heart muscles, causing a disfunction and may even
lead to heart failure.
The condition is called cardiomyopathy.
So, more intake of iron can indeed lead to heart problems, says Dr
JPS
Sawhney, co-chairman department of cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram
hospital.

Source: The Indian Express Online Media Ltd.. Source: Financial Times
Information Limited. Indexing Date: 29/01/2007
Harvested Date: Jan 26 2007 10:15AM

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"Elevated iron stores may ultimately result in diabetes."

A prospective study of plasma ferritin level and incident diabetes:
the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
Jehn ML, Guallar E, Clark JM, Couper D, Duncan BB, Ballantyne CM,
Hoogeveen RC, Harris ZL, Pankow JS.
Department of Epidemiology, Welch Center for Prevention,
Epidemiology,
and Clinical Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Am J Epidemiol. 2007 May 1;165(9):1047-54. Epub 2007 Feb 6.

The authors performed a case-cohort study nested within the
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study to determine the
association between plasma ferritin level and risk of type 2 diabetes
mellitus. Persons with incident cases of type 2 diabetes diagnosed
over an average follow-up period of 7.9 years (n = 599) were compared
with a random sample of the cohort (n = 690). After adjustment for
age, gender, menopausal status, ethnicity, center, smoking, and
alcohol intake, the hazard ratio for diabetes, comparing the fifth
quintile of ferritin with the first quintile, was 1.74 (95%
confidence
interval: 1.14, 2.65; p-trend < 0.001). After further adjustment for
body mass index and components of the metabolic syndrome, the hazard
ratio was 0.81 (95% confidence interval: 0.49, 1.34; p-trend = 0.87).
From a causal perspective, there are two alternative interpretations
of these findings. Elevated iron stores, reflected in elevated plasma
ferritin levels, may induce baseline metabolic abnormalities that
ultimately result in diabetes. Alternatively, elevated ferritin may
be
just one of several metabolic abnormalities related to the underlying
process that ultimately results in diabetes, rather than a causal
factor for diabetes. Longitudinal studies with repeated measurements
of glucose and iron metabolism parameters are needed to establish the
role of iron stores and plasma ferritin in diabetes development.

PMID: 17284722

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A bowl of house-made cream of mushroom soup

Chicken satay, with salad

An open-faced prime rib sandwich (well, there might have been bread
there, but by the time it came round to me for tasting, there was just
roast beef and cheese), with little potato pancakes

Hoisin glazed tuna over an arugula salad with citrus vinaigrette

Scampi over sauteed spinach

An angus burger, generously sized, with little potato pancakes

A bowl of chocolate ice cream

I didn't taste all of it (no potato pancakes for me, and no ice cream),
but everything was wonderfully prepared and seasoned

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