Pernicious Anaemia

[Viktoria]

My daughter , like me is a chronic indigestion surfferer.

 As they can destroy the intrinsic factor already mentioned , but only because of the intrinsic factor ,she was told that overuse of indigestion remedies can pre-dispose someone to P.A.


She and I have  another auto- immune disease Vitiligo. Our skin, especially in a hot summer and during pregnancy, especially on our faces is very varied in tone .Pale in some places but with a tanned appearance in others. This is nothing to do with sunbathing.                                                 All connected in some way I suppose.
  In the words of . Mrs. Mopp---- "It`s being so cheerful as keeps me going"


                                                         Viktoria.

  P.S.I also have an underactive thyroid.Another auto-immune disease.

[Billyblue]

  Such damage can occur as the result of an autoimmune disorder, where the body attacks itself. This tends to run in families and is more likely to occur if someone already has had other auto-immune diseases of the hormone glands such as thyroid disease or diabetes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/perniciousanaemia1.shtml

So I've got the lot!  Ain't life grand?!      

If you live long enough you can get it all - or nothing at all.
My Dad, who had pernicious anaemia, had never been in hospital until in his eighties, and lived to 101.  Sure wasn't the p.a. that killed him, either.

      
Dawn M

[Yasmina4]

  Such damage can occur as the result of an autoimmune disorder, where the body attacks itself. This tends to run in families and is more likely to occur if someone already has had other auto-immune diseases of the hormone glands such as thyroid disease or diabetes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/perniciousanaemia1.shtml

So I've got the lot!  Ain't life grand?!      

If you live long enough you can get it all - or nothing at all.
My Dad, who had pernicious anaemia, had never been in hospital until in his eighties, and lived to 101.  Sure wasn't the p.a. that killed him, either.

      

My grandmother died of pernicious anaemia and I remember she took Senna Tea every night...perhaps that stopped her absorbing viatemins?

Sandra

[Yasmina4]

Not sure if I posted this before.

I saw my grandma habitually take Senna Tea every night. Could that have prevented her absorbing B vitamins?  Sandra

[Libbyandgwen]

Hi, yes it was added onto the end of the last message, sorry to not have replied yet, but we've never heard of it. What is it taken for then?

[Yasmina4]

It was taken for constipation in her case and  I remember her eating charcoal biscuits too.  I was a horrified and mesmerised 7  year old during her strange visit. ::)I remember taking a sneaky taste of both.  Yuk.

Senna tea was made from Senna pods...if i remember correctly they looked a bit like Honesty.

She obviously had digestion problems.

I thonught perhaps she did not really need the tea and rapidly assisted movements preveted her absorbing vitamins etc from her food?

Sandra