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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Melanie Had a Blessing


LHT and Bishop Harmon did give Melanie a blessing.

It seems strange to me that anyone who had ITP and had lost their spleen as a result could get another autoimmune disease such as MS. Dr. Tatton said  that, usually, if MS did not show up on an MRI, then it was not MS. Of course, it did not. However, the final test is a spinal tap. I think,  perhaps, Melanie is right in suspecting that a vertabrae might be the cause of her problems.

The thing that is most concerning is the double vision problem. If you see two totally separate images, it means that your two eyes are not pointed at the same target. Melanie does see two distinct images. This misalignment can be from an abnormality in the muscles or nerves that control the eyes' movement. Thyroid conditions and stroke may affect the nerves that control eye alignment. You may also begin to suddenly see double if you receive a blow to the head. Double vision (diplopia) may be an early symptom of MS.

Double vision occurs when the nerve pathways that control eye movements are
damaged. The vision from each eye is usually normal but the individual experiences double vision, often in one particular direction of gaze.

ITP, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, also known as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, is classified as an autoimmune disease. In an autoimmune disease the body mounts an attack toward one or more otherwise normal organ systems. In ITP, platelets are the target. They are marked as foreign by the immune system and eliminated in the spleen, or sometimes the liver.


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