A blog detailing the health and life of a Wegener's Granulomatosis
(Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis) patient.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

From Kussmaul to Kawasaki Thumbnail sketches in the history of vasculitis

Vasculitis has plagued human beings for thousands of years. Writings from antiquity, including those of Hippocrates, describe patients with maladies that strongly resemble vasculitis. However, modern recognition of this group of diseases emerged less than 150 years ago. In this edition of the Newsletter, we begin a two-part series on the history of vasculitis.

From John Hopkins, link to this article is here.

What I have to say: This is a very good basic look at the history of Vasculitis.

Friday, March 23, 2012

The Health Benefits of Lemon Water

Lemon is an inexpensive, easily available citrus fruit, popular for its culinary and medicinal uses.

The rest of the article by Dr. Akilah El is here.

What I have to say: Just recently I heard that 70 percent of the immune system is in the gut. I have used lemon in my water for years now, but have never heard of the health benefits. I just knew that it made me feel better.

I will drink more water with more lemon now after reading this article.