Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> it's seem most often in males in their mid-40s who are > under a lot of stress. uh-oh... - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 Home: (+39) 0536 63001 All outgoing email scanned by Norton AntiVirus (TM) 2003 Professional Edition. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: chronic illness (was: Re: [Leica] something something ...) > on 10/30/03 11:19 PM, Rob Appleby at rob@robertappleby.com wrote: > > > I don't know about blindness, but many of the chronic illnesses modern > > society is plagued by are the outcome of a lifestyle which is premised on > > the fact that almost anything can be correcte with the right treatments. The > > fact is that we live in a very irresponsible manner and most of our malaises > > are self-inflicted. > > Initially I thought I had nothing to add to this remarkably accurate > statement but this morning I realized that at least some eye diseases can be > lifestyle-induced. > > A few years ago I had an idiopathic central serous retinopathy (I hope I've > spelled that correctly) which is a blister of unknown cause under the > retina. Symptoms apparent to the patient include redness in the field of > vision and the appearance of black spots within the red field. My > opthamologist told me it's seem most often in males in their mid-40s who are > under a lot of stress. Stress reduction in various forms helped eliminate > the problem. Stress can be caused by many things, not only external > circumstances, including behavioral and dietary sources. The dietary > sources, no surprise, include simple sugars and trans-fatty acids. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html