91 Today
Actually it was last Monday November 6th,but my
internet connection which has been super reliable for years went down. I was
like a bear with a sore backside without it.Lost.Bored.Irritable.
There was life before the internet but it’s hard to remember
how we filled our days.
1926 was an eventful year as you can see below –
Sorry I couldn’t help doing a name drop. It reminds me of
the nonentity who said “Nelson’s dead, Shakespeare’s dead, and I don’t feel too
good myself”
Battling a horrible skin rash and blisters disease added to
my woes. I couldn’t sleep because of the itching.Is there anything more
tormenting than an itch that you can’t reach? And at my age and stiffness there
are more and more places becoming out of scratching bounds
Getting under control now with antibiotics and steroid
cream.I reluctantly turned to strong chemical medication because I don’t think
my natural approach of Apple Cider Vinegar,vitamin D3,B6 and Turmeric was going
to heal it.
I’ve always felt that there is a place for both orthodox
medicines and the alternative natural approach, which should be the first
resort.
Our health services are swamped and at breaking point
because too many don’t do enough to look after their health in the first place,
and then swamp the surgeries for the simplest complaint.
Some friends knowing my love of a joke said the rash was
Fowl Pest.
But the doctors diagnosed it as -
Bullous
pemphigoid
Symptoms
copied below from the NHS website
Bullous
pemphigoid is a blistering skin disease that tends to affect the elderly.
It's
caused by a problem with the immune system, but usually goes away on its own
within a few years. In the meantime, blisters can be controlled with
medication.
About
1 in 10,000 people are affected by the condition in the UK each year.
What
are the symptoms?
Bullous
pemphigoid typically starts with a red, itchy rash that looks a bit like
dermatitis (a type of eczema) or hives. This tends to last several weeks or
months.
Groups
of large, itchy blisters usually then appear on the red patches, just beneath
the surface of the skin. They can be up to 5cm in diameter and full of fluid,
with the thick skin of the blisters stretched tightly.
Blisters
last a few days before healing without leaving a scar, but a cycle develops
where more form.
The
rash and blisters are usually seen on the upper arms and thighs, sometimes
spreading to body folds and the tummy. In severe cases, the blisters may cover
most of the skin, including the inside of the mouth.
What
is the cause?
Bullous
pemphigoid is an autoimmune condition, which means the immune system attacks
the body's own tissues and organs.
The
person's immune system produces antibodies against the skin. These antibodies
attack the basement membrane, which lies between the skin's top layer
(epidermis) and the next layer (dermis), and holds the skin together. The skin
layers start to separate and fluid builds up in between.
It's
not understood why autoimmune diseases like bullous pemphigoid happen, but it's
thought something triggers the immune system to attack the body's own tissues.
Certain medicines and sunburn have been known to act as a trigger.
Symptoms
usually come on unexpectedly.
Bullous
pemphigoid isn't:
infectious
caused
by an allergy
affected
by diet or lifestyle
P.S.How is this for ironies (1) After years of reliability my internet goes down on my birthday.(2) I posted the Bullous phenphigoid - 1 in 10,000 article on Steemit and got flagged for Duplicate Content. What are the odds on that ?
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