systemic sclerosis (diffuse cutaneous type)

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Dear Kumar,

 

Namaste.

 

Thank you for your email.

 

Medical Background:

 

" The term `scleroderma' comes from the Greek words for `hard skin'.

Its most obvious manifestation is thickening and hardening of the

skin, and that's how we usually make the diagnosis. " Although it's

the most obvious sign of scleroderma, skin hardening is by no means

the most dangerous symptom of this baffling disease.

 

" Patients who have this thickened, hard skin experience decreases in

physical functioning and limits in the activities of daily living.

But for the most part this skin problem is not what causes them their

most serious morbidity and mortality " . In fact the disease can run

much deeper and cause life-threatening problems in the lungs, heart,

esophagus, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys.

 

According to the Scleroderma Foundation, an estimated 300,000 people

in the United States have the disease. Women are about four times

more likely than men to develop scleroderma, which is considered both

a rheumatic disease and a connective tissue disease. Rheumatic

diseases are characterized by inflammation and pain in the muscles,

joints or fibrous tissue. A connective tissue disease affects the

major substances in the skin, tendons and bones.

 

Scleroderma is also classified as an autoimmune disease, meaning that

it causes the body's immune system to attack its own tissues. While

little is known about the causes of scleroderma, it is known that it

targets connective tissue with an overproduction of the fiber-like

protein collagen.

 

A Highly Individualized Condition

" It's a very interesting condition in that, unlike rheumatoid

arthritis and lupus (other autoimmune rheumatic diseases),

scleroderma can have such a broad spectrum of symptoms.When patients

come in with rheumatoid arthritis, we can give them a much better

idea as to what's going to happen. For patients with scleroderma,

each one is their own case study. "

 

People with scleroderma might experience a few or many of its

potential symptoms, including:

 

thickening of the skin

swelling of the hands and feet

stiffness and pain of the joints

gastrointestinal tract and digestive system problems

impairment of lung, heart and kidney function

facial, dental and oral problems

non-specific symptoms such as generalized weakness, aches, fatigue

and weight loss

Because scleroderma is so individualized and can affect patients in

so many different ways, it is extremely difficult to diagnose early

and with accuracy. " One of the problems is that, when patients go to

web sites for information, there are so many different manifestations

of scleroderma that they can sometimes get lost in the shuffle

worrying about things that have nothing to do with them " .

 

" If a person is unlucky enough to have the pulmonary disease, then we

can talk about that condition. But when somebody first sits in my

clinic and has only had the disease for a year, we don't really have

a good indicator yet to predict which path they're going to take. "

 

Categories and Types

Scleroderma can fall into one of two categories – localized or

systemic. Localized types of scleroderma are limited to the skin and

related tissues and, in some cases, the muscle below. Internal organs

are not affected, and localized scleroderma rarely, if ever,

progresses to the systemic form of the disease. Localized conditions

might improve or go away on their own over time, but the skin changes

and damage that occur when the disease is active can be permanent.

 

Systemic scleroderma is the term for the disease that not only

includes the skin, but also involves the tissues beneath to the blood

vessels and major organs. There are two main types of systemic

scleroderma, the " limited cutaneous " type and the " diffuse cutaneous "

type. " That's the way physicians who evaluate and study scleroderma

like to divide patients when they first see them. The `limited' types

are people who have skin thickening below their elbows and below

their knees and maybe just on their face. The people we classify as

having the diffuse type have involvement above the elbow or on the

chest or abdomen.

 

" The important difference for a physician in separating those two

types is that patients who have diffuse skin disease, by and large,

are the ones that are more susceptible to serious internal organ

involvement such as the lung disease or the kidneys shutting down. "

 

Exact causes of scleroderma have not been pinpointed, although

certain genetic factors and exposure to some chemicals have been

identified as possible factors in developing the disease. Several new

and existing drugs are now being tested for safety and effectiveness

in treating scleroderma.

 

June, 2003 is National Scleroderma Awareness Month

 

Source: Dr. M. E. Csuka, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the

Medical College of Wisconsin, written by Dan Ullrich

This article includes information from the National Institute of

Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Scleroderma

Foundation .

 

 

Pranic Healing:

Source - Advanced Pranic Healing by Master Choa Kok Sui.

 

1. Invoke and scan before, during and after treatment.

 

2. General sweeping several times.

 

3. Localized thorough sweeping on the front, sides and back of the

lungs. Energize directly through the back of the lungs with LWG, LWO

and LWR. When energizing with orange prana, point your fingers away

from the patient's head.

 

4. Localized thorough sweeping on the basic chakra alternately with

LWG and LWO. Energize with LWR.

 

NOTE: " thorough sweeping " refers to the divide the chakra into

6-parts cleansing technique given in the Pranic Crystal Healing book

by Master Choa Kok Sui

 

5. Localized sweeping on the affected skin areas alternately with

LWG and ordinary LWV. Visualize the energy penetrating deep in to

all the layers of the skin nd blood vessels. Energize with LWG, LWB

and ordinary LWV.

 

5. Localized thorough sweeping on the arms and legs with emphasis on

their minor chakras alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize the minor

chakras of the arms and legs with LWR.

 

6. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back heart chakra.

Energize through the back heart with LWG, then with more of ordinary

LWV.

 

7. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back solar plexus

chakra. Energize it with LWG and then with more of ordinary LWV.

 

8. For experienced advance pranic healers: Localized thorough

sweeping on the front and back solar plexus chakra and on the liver

alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize the solar plexus chakra with

LWB, LWG and LWO.

 

9. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back spleen chakra

with LWG. Energize the spleen chakra with LWG then witth ordinary

LWV. This is to be done with caution.

 

10. Localized thorough sweeping on the kidneys alternately with LWG

and LWO. Energize them with LWR.

 

11. Localized sweeping on the meng mein chakra.

 

12. Localized thorough sweeping on the navel chakra and abdominal

area. Energize the navel chakra with LWR.

 

13. Localized thorough sweeping on the throat, sides of the throat,

the throat chakra, throat minor chakra and ajna chakra. Energize the

the chakras with a little of LWG and then with more of ordinary LWV.

 

14. Stabilize and release projected pranic energy.

 

15. Repeat treatment for as long as necessary.

 

Recommend for patient:

 

1. Daily proper practice of the Meditation on Twin Hearts.

 

2. Pranic abdominal breathing (6-3-6-3) 12 cycles sevral times each

day to help relieve stress.

 

2. Regular physical exercise for 30 to 60 minutes per day.

 

3. Localized sweeping on the front and back solar plexus, ajna and

basic chakra before bedtime: 100 sweeps per chakra, using a salt

water disposal unit.

 

4. Engage in an enjoyable productive hobby.

 

5. Balanced nutritious diet with proper amounts of fresh water.

 

Love,

 

Marilette

[Guest guest]

Dear Marilette,

 

Thanks you very much for the enlightenment on scleroderma, you have made

such a complicated ailment so simple to understand.

 

L & L Kumar.

 

 

 

 

 

At 03:34 PM 11/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Dear Kumar,

>

>Namaste.

>

>Thank you for your email.

>

>Medical Background:

>

> " The term `scleroderma' comes from the Greek words for `hard skin'.

>Its most obvious manifestation is thickening and hardening of the

>skin, and that's how we usually make the diagnosis. " Although it's

>the most obvious sign of scleroderma, skin hardening is by no means

>the most dangerous symptom of this baffling disease.

>

> " Patients who have this thickened, hard skin experience decreases in

>physical functioning and limits in the activities of daily living.

>But for the most part this skin problem is not what causes them their

>most serious morbidity and mortality " . In fact the disease can run

>much deeper and cause life-threatening problems in the lungs, heart,

>esophagus, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys.

>

>According to the Scleroderma Foundation, an estimated 300,000 people

>in the United States have the disease. Women are about four times

>more likely than men to develop scleroderma, which is considered both

>a rheumatic disease and a connective tissue disease. Rheumatic

>diseases are characterized by inflammation and pain in the muscles,

>joints or fibrous tissue. A connective tissue disease affects the

>major substances in the skin, tendons and bones.

>

>Scleroderma is also classified as an autoimmune disease, meaning that

>it causes the body's immune system to attack its own tissues. While

>little is known about the causes of scleroderma, it is known that it

>targets connective tissue with an overproduction of the fiber-like

>protein collagen.

>

>A Highly Individualized Condition

> " It's a very interesting condition in that, unlike rheumatoid

>arthritis and lupus (other autoimmune rheumatic diseases),

>scleroderma can have such a broad spectrum of symptoms.When patients

>come in with rheumatoid arthritis, we can give them a much better

>idea as to what's going to happen. For patients with scleroderma,

>each one is their own case study. "

>

>People with scleroderma might experience a few or many of its

>potential symptoms, including:

>

>thickening of the skin

>swelling of the hands and feet

>stiffness and pain of the joints

>gastrointestinal tract and digestive system problems

>impairment of lung, heart and kidney function

>facial, dental and oral problems

>non-specific symptoms such as generalized weakness, aches, fatigue

>and weight loss

>Because scleroderma is so individualized and can affect patients in

>so many different ways, it is extremely difficult to diagnose early

>and with accuracy. " One of the problems is that, when patients go to

>web sites for information, there are so many different manifestations

>of scleroderma that they can sometimes get lost in the shuffle

>worrying about things that have nothing to do with them " .

>

> " If a person is unlucky enough to have the pulmonary disease, then we

>can talk about that condition. But when somebody first sits in my

>clinic and has only had the disease for a year, we don't really have

>a good indicator yet to predict which path they're going to take. "

>

>Categories and Types

>Scleroderma can fall into one of two categories ­ localized or

>systemic. Localized types of scleroderma are limited to the skin and

>related tissues and, in some cases, the muscle below. Internal organs

>are not affected, and localized scleroderma rarely, if ever,

>progresses to the systemic form of the disease. Localized conditions

>might improve or go away on their own over time, but the skin changes

>and damage that occur when the disease is active can be permanent.

>

>Systemic scleroderma is the term for the disease that not only

>includes the skin, but also involves the tissues beneath to the blood

>vessels and major organs. There are two main types of systemic

>scleroderma, the " limited cutaneous " type and the " diffuse cutaneous "

>type. " That's the way physicians who evaluate and study scleroderma

>like to divide patients when they first see them. The `limited' types

>are people who have skin thickening below their elbows and below

>their knees and maybe just on their face. The people we classify as

>having the diffuse type have involvement above the elbow or on the

>chest or abdomen.

>

> " The important difference for a physician in separating those two

>types is that patients who have diffuse skin disease, by and large,

>are the ones that are more susceptible to serious internal organ

>involvement such as the lung disease or the kidneys shutting down. "

>

>Exact causes of scleroderma have not been pinpointed, although

>certain genetic factors and exposure to some chemicals have been

>identified as possible factors in developing the disease. Several new

>and existing drugs are now being tested for safety and effectiveness

>in treating scleroderma.

>

>June, 2003 is National Scleroderma Awareness Month

>

>Source: Dr. M. E. Csuka, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the

>Medical College of Wisconsin, written by Dan Ullrich

>This article includes information from the National Institute of

>Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Scleroderma

>Foundation .

>

>

>Pranic Healing:

>Source - Advanced Pranic Healing by Master Choa Kok Sui.

>

>1. Invoke and scan before, during and after treatment.

>

>2. General sweeping several times.

>

>3. Localized thorough sweeping on the front, sides and back of the

>lungs. Energize directly through the back of the lungs with LWG, LWO

>and LWR. When energizing with orange prana, point your fingers away

>from the patient's head.

>

>4. Localized thorough sweeping on the basic chakra alternately with

>LWG and LWO. Energize with LWR.

>

>NOTE: " thorough sweeping " refers to the divide the chakra into

>6-parts cleansing technique given in the Pranic Crystal Healing book

>by Master Choa Kok Sui

>

>5. Localized sweeping on the affected skin areas alternately with

>LWG and ordinary LWV. Visualize the energy penetrating deep in to

>all the layers of the skin nd blood vessels. Energize with LWG, LWB

>and ordinary LWV.

>

>5. Localized thorough sweeping on the arms and legs with emphasis on

>their minor chakras alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize the minor

>chakras of the arms and legs with LWR.

>

>6. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back heart chakra.

>Energize through the back heart with LWG, then with more of ordinary

>LWV.

>

>7. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back solar plexus

>chakra. Energize it with LWG and then with more of ordinary LWV.

>

>8. For experienced advance pranic healers: Localized thorough

>sweeping on the front and back solar plexus chakra and on the liver

>alternately with LWG and LWO. Energize the solar plexus chakra with

>LWB, LWG and LWO.

>

>9. Localized thorough sweeping on the front and back spleen chakra

>with LWG. Energize the spleen chakra with LWG then witth ordinary

>LWV. This is to be done with caution.

>

>10. Localized thorough sweeping on the kidneys alternately with LWG

>and LWO. Energize them with LWR.

>

>11. Localized sweeping on the meng mein chakra.

>

>12. Localized thorough sweeping on the navel chakra and abdominal

>area. Energize the navel chakra with LWR.

>

>13. Localized thorough sweeping on the throat, sides of the throat,

>the throat chakra, throat minor chakra and ajna chakra. Energize the

>the chakras with a little of LWG and then with more of ordinary LWV.

>

>14. Stabilize and release projected pranic energy.

>

>15. Repeat treatment for as long as necessary.

>

>Recommend for patient:

>

>1. Daily proper practice of the Meditation on Twin Hearts.

>

>2. Pranic abdominal breathing (6-3-6-3) 12 cycles sevral times each

>day to help relieve stress.

>

>2. Regular physical exercise for 30 to 60 minutes per day.

>

>3. Localized sweeping on the front and back solar plexus, ajna and

>basic chakra before bedtime: 100 sweeps per chakra, using a salt

>water disposal unit.

>

>4. Engage in an enjoyable productive hobby.

>

>5. Balanced nutritious diet with proper amounts of fresh water.

>

>Love,

>

>Marilette

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