Re: [CTRL] Leprosy Considered Health Hazard In USA Also
-Caveat Lector- On Wed, 30 May 2001, Aleisha Saba wrote: >Obviously, June you are as illiterate as your plaguiaized writing - WHAT have I ever 'plaguiaized'? I dare you to produce anything I've written that I've stolen from anyone else... >Leprosy is on the rise world wide.. Perhaps. But that is because most of the areas where it is endemic (there's that word again...did you look up its meaning?) do not have modern health facilities to treat its victims when they first exhibit symptoms. >It is on the rise in California, but then I do not have to live in >California. Only because immigrants from areas where Hansen's Disease is endemic are coming into California...Hansen's Disease is not endemic to California. And it doesn't change the fact that: 1) Hansen's Disease is not easily caught, and 2) once infected, a victim can be easily treated at the very onset of infection and not only not manifest any of the 'traditional' symptoms, but not be infectious, either. >So June your parents took great delight in their jobs as dog catchers - >protecting the public were they, and disposiong of dogs who were no >doubt all mutts, for one does not destroy the pedigrees do they? There is no way to tell if a stray is 'pedigreed' or not, as most do not carry their AKC papers on themselves... But it is easy to determine if a stray is a mixed breed or purebred...and if a purebred was not adopted in the time alotted by law, the purebred would be put to sleep. BTW, neither parent took 'great delight' in their respective jobs, but they DID take great pride in doing it well and in doing it humanely. You seem fixated on trying to present my parents as people to be ashamed of, but you're wasting your energy... June Check out Alternative Kite radio: http://www.live365.com/stations/242153 http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Leprosy Considered Health Hazard In USA Also
-Caveat Lector- Obviously, June you are as illiterate as your plaguiaized writing - Leprosy is on the rise world wide.. It is on the rise in California, but then I do not have to live in California. It is coming to Texas from Mexico and from Mexico to California no doubt through illegal emmigration, So June your parents took great delight in their jobs as dog catchers - protecting the public were they, and disposiong of dogs who were no doubt all mutts, for one does not destroy the pedigrees do they? I charge this is symbolic of humanity . the need to destroy over populated areas and one nice way to so do, well dogs are "put to sleep" and cremated or dumped in city dump, and WWII took care of excess population previously - what was it 55 million dead in one war here? Tell me June why is AIDS on the rise and why is Leprosy and TB on the rise? Seems to be though birds of feather flock together and you have the right to associate with whom you please but I reserve the right to protect my children and grandson from people like you who wave the Gay Pride Flag - I will continue to wave the Bonnie Blue. Sab http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Leprosy Considered Health Hazard In USA Also
-Caveat Lector- On Tue, 29 May 2001, Aleisha Saba wrote: >So from where does this Leprosy originate? Asia, Africa and Japan >today wants to remove the "stigma" of being a Leper? If you weren't such an idiot, you'd get a reliable medical reference and find out. You'd perhaps find that it is indigenous to ALL areas, including the U.S. And that it's found in the soil. >Soon will we be told to embrace a Leper as we would a homosexual or >lesbian and welcome them into our boy scouts, and Churches and swimming >pools? Keep on posting, Saba, and keep proving what an ignoramus you are. >Now maybe I seem heartless in this matter, No more so than you've amply demonstrated in other matters...that yes, you are indeed heartless, selfish, uncaring and stupid... >but it is just that I >consider a homosexual and a leper more dangerous than a loaded gun. Only because you're stupid, especially regarding how one contracts leprosy... If you want to equate catching leprosy to a firearm, then its danger would be equivalent to taking a bullet between your thumb and forefinger and continually banging it against your skull. Leprosy is NOT easily contracted, and takes prolonged contact with the pathogen... >Now the bible has certain rules for lepers too; It also has certain rules for menstruating women, and for men who have had nocturnal emissions of semen...but you don't see such 'rules' enforced as public policy. >But the trend is to take stigma away from Leprosy..are they kidding? No. Why SHOULD their be a stigma to it? >Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is endemic to Texas, Louisiana >and Hawaii Do you even KNOW what 'endemic' means, Saba? >"Even today, there's not a lot known about leprosy. We know it's caused >by a bacterium, but the organisms have never been cultured. BACTERIA, Saba...not a virus. Do you have even a CLUE as to what that means, vis-a-vis transmission/contraction? >They grow only in intact animals," Rea says. "It's also impossible to >prove what the mode of transmission or what level of exposure is >required to transmit it." Actually most studies have shown that one needs fairly prolonged contact to contract it, and even then some people will never get it...which is why all those missionaries could work at leper colonies and never contract the disease themselves. It's also why some people -- especially certain families -- seem more susceptible in places where leprosy is endemic; some people are just more immune to the bacteria than others. >The disease typically strikes people in their 30s living in areas where >leprosy is endemic. There's that word again, Saba'endemic'...look it up. >Some people are naturally resistant to the illness and their bodies can >destroy the infection without medical assistance. Just as I mentioned previously... >For those with no >resistance, the illness ravages the skin and nerves and can cause >crippling lesions and deformities. Most people, however, fall in the >middle of the spectrum, where treatment with antibiotics not only can >arrest the disease, but may cure it. And it's a very slow progressing disease, so most people who are diagnosed with it at it's inception can be treated and cured with little or no signs that they ever had the disease...definitely before it progresses to the stage of nerve damage or permanent scars... >Rea says that even though the disease is treatable, the stigma attached >to it remains. As Saba's ignorant posts attest to... >Levan emphasized that the disease is difficult to transmit and that >patients need not avoid contact with others. Obviously Saba missed this paragraph June Check out Alternative Kite radio: http://www.live365.com/stations/242153 http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTEC
[CTRL] Leprosy Considered Health Hazard In USA Also
So from where does this Leprosy originate? Asia, Africa and Japan today wants to remove the "stigma" of being a Leper? Soon will we be told to embrace a Leper as we would a homosexual or lesbian and welcome them into our boy scouts, and Churches and swimming pools? Now maybe I seem heartless in this matter, but it is just that I consider a homosexual and a leper more dangerous than a loaded gun. A loaded gun you can lock up in a closet or safe - but today the UN and Japan in particular wants to loose the lepers upon the community. Now the bible has certain rules for lepers too; and believe me, leprosy and TB are both on the rise - in American suddenly TB is back.\ Americans worked long and hard to build a country which was to be safe, our shores were to be defended against the enemy - so it would seem the UN and Castro got their way at their secret meeting? Since this below article was written, Leprosy is said to be on the rise world wide and some of the cases reported in California, were Mexican in origin... But the trend is to take stigma away from Leprosy..are they kidding? Saba Leprosy looms as a public health threat, but LAC+USC clinic fights back by Jon Nalick Most people consider leprosy a scourge of Biblical times that only exists today, if anywhere, in third world countries with little access to modern medicines. But according to Thomas Rea, USC clinical professor of medicine, the disease remains a serious threat to public health worldwide, infecting more than half a million people each year, many of them in the United States. Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is endemic to Texas, Louisiana and Hawaii as well as Mexico, the Caribbean, almost all of South America, Southern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, and most of the islands in the Pacific, he says. India, Indonesia and Myanmar account for 70 percent of all the cases in the world. Rea, who directs the Hansen's Disease Clinic at LAC+USC Medical Center, says the clinic currently tracks more than 500 cases of leprosy, with about 30 new case registrations each year in Los Angeles. Norman Levan, a former chief of dermatology and a USC professor emeritus, started the clinic in 1962 at the request of state and federal health officials who noted that the new cases were coming in from Mexico and that the closest treatment clinic was in San Francisco. The USC clinic remains one of only three in California; the other two are located in San Diego and Contra Costra counties. "Even today, there's not a lot known about leprosy. We know it's caused by a bacterium, but the organisms have never been cultured. They grow only in intact animals," Rea says. "It's also impossible to prove what the mode of transmission or what level of exposure is required to transmit it." Mycobacterium leprae, which causes the disease, is the only bacterium known to attack the peripheral nerves. The symptoms of the illness include: spots on the skin which can range from a few tiny blotches to hundreds of bumps, pain, tingling, loss of feeling, inflammation, weakness, and a loss of muscle control. "If left untreated, the disease's progression can be quite serious. It's a common cause of blindness and outside the U.S. it's the leading cause of losing the use of your hands," he says. Within the U.S., arthritis is currently the most common cause of hand function loss. The disease typically strikes people in their 30s living in areas where leprosy is endemic. Men are twice as likely as women to contract the disease, but race is not a factor in susceptibility, Rea says. Generally, physicians throughout Southern California have a good awareness of the illness and are quick to recognize it. Still, because the disease is relatively rare here, there are times when patients go for as many as two years before receiving the correct diagnosis and beginning treatment at the clinic. Some people are naturally resistant to the illness and their bodies can destroy the infection without medical assistance. For those with no resistance, the illness ravages the skin and nerves and can cause crippling lesions and deformities. Most people, however, fall in the middle of the spectrum, where treatment with antibiotics not only can arrest the disease, but may cure it. Armauer G. Hansen discovered the bacterium that causes leprosy in 1873, and it was the first bacterium to be identified as causing disease in man. However, treatment for leprosy only appeared in the late 1940s with the introduction of the antibacterial drug dapsone, and its derivatives. Today, an effective multi-drug treatment includes dapsone, rifampin and clofazimine. Patients become unable to transmit the disease after taking only a few doses of medication so there is no need to quarantine them. Further, they can generally continue their normal work and other activities uninterrupted during treatment that may last several years. "You treat the illness with multiple [antibiotic] drugs along the lines
