Albinoism In Humans

In people it is called Albanism. If you are interested in learning more, you could try the NOAH website (National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation) http://www.albinism.org/

If you are interested in seeing people from all walks of life/race with albinism, you can try: http://www.positiveexposure.org

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Originally Posted by casperca

I have a large patch of skin on my back that lacks pigment... What do you suppose that means?

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There are several causes for patches of skin to lose or gain extra pigment. Some of the simplest causes have to do with an inbalance of melatonin. However, it is also possible that you may have a mild case of vitiligo. Only a doctor could diagnose you for sure. Either way, I'm afraid that under the law you are required to carry a bell and ring it while yelling "unclean, unclean" while shuffling from darkened doorway to doorway in a full-body cloak. Sux for you. :(

Te-he. *ducks!*

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Originally Posted by casperca

I have a large patch of skin on my back that lacks pigment... What do you suppose that means?

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nonono hes a pie bald lol! =]

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Originally Posted by Thor26

nonono hes a pie bald lol! =]

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:wuv: I'm a girl silly!


*Ding Ding* *Shuffle shuffle..*

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Negative, went to the ER again yesterday. I took 5 of the Hyrdo's that they gave me and I still was almost passing out from the pain. Im not trying to be a weeny here, it freakin hurt. They gave me a shot of Dilauded, and I was A-OK for the rest of the night.

The script for the Percocet should help the pain more than the Vic's, but we will see. They said its close to coming out, thats why I had the pain yesterday for 10 hours.

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Jeez, Dilauded is some serious joojoo...makes morphine feel like Kool-Aid...

When Rick had surgery last year, nothing was cutting the pain afterwards while in the hospital except D. But be careful; he did kinda freak out one day while on it and burst into tears for no reason, which really upset him. Poor thing!

A woman named Denise (ShadowSpider) here at BP.net has Albinism. I remember her posting in a thread about Henna. She said it was a lot of fun coloring her hair--the lack of pigment gave her awesome results! I'm not sure if she's active around here anymore, but if she is, I'm sure she'll drop by this thread!

I dont know- I went to school with a kid that was indian, form India, and he had all white hair, black eyes, and pinkish reddish skin- but his parents and entire family looked like normal indians. Not a single person (that they could trace anyway) was albino, but he was. He was a cool kid, but had some problems with his eyes focusing.

yeah, i went to school with a girl who was albino, her sister was also albino... =]

het albino... thats funny...

i have also met twin african amerian boys, one was albino, the other wasnt... it was real interetsing

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

I also wonder how dwarves' genetics work, since two dwarves can produce 'normal' offspring. Is it simply a dominant trait?

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It's a dominant trait that is homozygous lethal. They can be born to 'normal' parents who donate a mutated copy of the gene, which explains why normal parents can have a dwarfed child.

you can compare dwarves or LPs to spider BPs, the the homozygous is basically a baby that wont live, there is a 50% chance that the baby will be a LP and a 25% chance the baby will be a normal sized person....
then the 25% chance of a non survival baby... =]

oops my bad lol