Nita Busby, BA, MS, CRPW, CJCT, CTC

Do you or a loved one experience any of the following symptoms that do not respond to standard treatments? Blistered skin. Severe gastrointestinal/liver/kidney/uterine pain. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Numbness and/or tingling. High blood pressure. Depression and personality changes. Seizures and paralysis.

The article link below is a must read if you have any of these symptoms. You may need to be aware of a rare, hard-to-diagnose condition called porphyria.

Treatment options can be a combination of avoiding triggers, removing porphyrins, and/or adding missing enzymes. The most common treatments are intravenous dextrose (to remove the excessive porphyrins) and intravenous hematin (to add a blood product that contains the missing enzymes). Careful diet choices can also be very helpful. High carbohydrate and vegetarian diets work well for many. When eating meat, poultry, or fish, consider what they were fed. Most farm-raised animals have corn in the feeding program, and that corn can trigger porphyria in persons sensitive to sulfites.

Article Link: Porphyria: The Elusive Diagnosis by Nita Busby, BA, MS, CPRW, CJCT, CTC

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