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Vampires Among Us
Reality in Fiction
By: Blaque Smith
• Porphyria Then
• Porphyria Now
Main Topics
Porphyria Then…What where their symptoms?
• Sensitivities and other physical ailments.
• Flesh is eaten away.
• Aggression/Mental.
Sensitivities and Other Physical Ailments
• Sensitivities to sun light
• Garlic
• Chest and abdominal pains
Flesh is eaten away
• Flesh eating toxins
• Nose and ears
• Lips begin to recede
Aggression/Mental
• Violence
• Confusion
• Anxiety
• Irritability • Insomnia
What Happened to Those Infected?
• Medical attention
• Religion and its leaders
• Living their lives
How Their Lives Became Lore
• Disfigurement • Light sensitivities
• Garlic
• Blood remedies
• Religious relics
Porphyria Now…Today, scientists have discovered different strains of the
virus.
• Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)
• Congenital Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (CEP)
What is Porphyria?
• Porpheryins cause changes in heme.
• Heme is turned into a toxic substance
• Heme carries oxygen and removed carbon dioxide.
Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)
• When do symptoms appear?
• What are the symptoms?
• What are the treatments?
Symptoms
• Abdominal pain and cramping• Nausea and vomiting
• Heart arrhythmia• Seizures• Hallucinations• Depression
When do symptoms occur?
• Symptoms generally occur after puberty.
• Attacks can last days, even weeks.
Treatments• Heme intravenously.
• Hematin• Heme albumin• Heme arginate
• Glucose intravenously• Drugs to control symptoms
• Pain• Nausea• Anxiety• Insomnia
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)
• When do symptoms appear?
• What are the symptoms?
• What are the treatments?
-Most common form-
Symptoms
• Blisters• Skin thickens
• Sun sensitivity
• Skin heals slowly
• Skin can become fragile
• Skin is susceptible to infection
When do symptoms occur?
• Not inherited, but acquired
Treatments
• Blood removal• Low doses of antimalarial drugs
• Chloroquine• Hydroxychloroquine
• Radiology imaging
Congenital Erythropoietic
Protoporphyria (CEP)
• When do symptoms appear?• What are the symptoms?
• What are the treatments?
-Extremely rare-
Symptoms
• Sun sensitivity • Reddish urine
• Excess hair growth• Reddish-brown teeth• Hemolytic anemia
• Skin becomes fragile• Blisters
When do symptoms occur?
• Early infancy• Sun sensitivity• Reddish urine
• Acquired later in life
Treatments
• Oral beta-carotene• Oral charcoal
• Aids porphyrin excretion from stool
• Blood transfusions• Splenectomy-removal of splene• Bone marrow transplants
Conclusion
• Through a historical disease folk lore was created.
• Fear gripped those who didn’t understand.
• Better understanding of the disease today.
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