jenna asked:


I found out a friend of mine has been diagnosed w/ acute renal failure, he gets dialysis 3x/week. He is 25 and in good health. Any advice/life expieriences you could share? Is there a good chance this can be “cured” (and not become End Stage Renal Failure)?
he gets dialysis 3 times a week, he has had 12 dialysis treatments so far. although doctors can not find the reason for it, he believes it was because of medications he was given in the military.he has no other illnesses.
i want to thank everyone that has given their answers/perspectives. i really do appreciate it. ; )

squeaker asked:


Acute flaccid paralysis, fatal seizures, pancreatitis, bowel infarction, acute liver failure, psychosis, catatonia, depression, mania, suicide, photosensitivity, blistering skin lesions, early onset renal failure, pericarditis/myocarditis, sudden cardiac arrest with autonomic arrhythmia, rhabdomyolysis (muscle condition associated with statin drugs), lactic acidosis, eosinophilic fasciitis (another drug or chemical induced reaction) are all presentations of porphyrias. These are complex inherited metabolic disorders that are aggravated by drugs, chemicals, hormones, heavy metals, nutrition, infections and stress, but also modified by the inheritance of other genes including the inheritance of two porphyrias known as dual porphyrias. They are not easy to diagnose with present limited technology and there are multiple DNA subvariants. They are especially difficult to diagnose before puberty and in autopsies. The information is out there in libraries and on Pubmed.