Comments on: Porphyria – a disease of vampires http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/ different approach to reality! Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: are vampires real http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 are vampires real Tue, 04 May 2010 13:12:29 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-1507 Just wanted to say a thanks for taking your own time to post this article. It was not what I were originally searching for but it helped kill some time on a boring work shift. Just wanted to say a thanks for taking your own time to post this article. It was not what I were originally searching for but it helped kill some time on a boring work shift.

]]> By: i have porphyria http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 i have porphyria Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:25:49 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-1487 cute. but i gotta tell ya, if i bit my brother, he wouldn't be any more likely to have the same mutant DNA i have, porphyrics cant transmit to anyone, doesn't matter if they're related. likewise, drinking blood doesn't work, because that delivers blood to the stomach which breaks it down. to use blood to moderate the disease it has to be delivered in the veins, not digestive track. and it isn't always garlic, i happen to love garlic and eat it regularly, but i cant eat onions without throwing up or getting sick in some way. most porphyrics have some type of super restrictive diet. but most of them never know, and just suffer abdominal pain whose source they never know, or have acute mental shifts occasionally, halucinate, drop in and out of trance states, and never realize that sun exposure has anything to do with it. nah, porphyria is something older and weirder than vampirism. cute. but i gotta tell ya, if i bit my brother, he wouldn’t be any more likely to have the same mutant DNA i have, porphyrics cant transmit to anyone, doesn’t matter if they’re related. likewise, drinking blood doesn’t work, because that delivers blood to the stomach which breaks it down. to use blood to moderate the disease it has to be delivered in the veins, not digestive track. and it isn’t always garlic, i happen to love garlic and eat it regularly, but i cant eat onions without throwing up or getting sick in some way. most porphyrics have some type of super restrictive diet.

but most of them never know, and just suffer abdominal pain whose source they never know, or have acute mental shifts occasionally, halucinate, drop in and out of trance states, and never realize that sun exposure has anything to do with it.

nah, porphyria is something older and weirder than vampirism.

]]> By: Raven http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 Raven Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:48:57 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-1484 Actually, illyria, the point of the post is that 'Vampires' do not exist. However, porphyria may explain where the idea of vampires came from. It is possible that Bram Stoker based his idea for 'Dracula' on people exhibiting symptoms of Porphyria. This is not to say that vampires (who turn into bats and have no reflection and can hypnotize their victims) exist, but that people with porphyria could be the root of the vampire myth. Stories of fact are often exaggerated and distorted (explaining the origin of the supernatural aspect of these semi-fictional beings). Also, porphyria can actually cause people to seem as though they are decaying and can cause paleness. In the 1800's doctors were the only people who had any sort of medical know-how (not like today, thanks to the internet) so to a regular person back then, a person with these symptoms could look like the walking dead (or 'undead'). And for the last time, no one is saying that vampires are real. Actually, illyria, the point of the post is that ‘Vampires’ do not exist. However, porphyria may explain where the idea of vampires came from. It is possible that Bram Stoker based his idea for ‘Dracula’ on people exhibiting symptoms of Porphyria. This is not to say that vampires (who turn into bats and have no reflection and can hypnotize their victims) exist, but that people with porphyria could be the root of the vampire myth. Stories of fact are often exaggerated and distorted (explaining the origin of the supernatural aspect of these semi-fictional beings). Also, porphyria can actually cause people to seem as though they are decaying and can cause paleness. In the 1800’s doctors were the only people who had any sort of medical know-how (not like today, thanks to the internet) so to a regular person back then, a person with these symptoms could look like the walking dead (or ‘undead’). And for the last time, no one is saying that vampires are real.

]]> By: Lisa http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 Lisa Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-1444 I enjoyed the information in this article but there are many grammar issues. Please consider revising. I enjoyed the information in this article but there are many grammar issues. Please consider revising.

]]> By: JaneRadriges http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-456 JaneRadriges Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:37:38 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-456 The article is ver good. Write please more The article is ver good. Write please more

]]> By: illyria http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-356 illyria Sun, 03 May 2009 04:33:17 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-356 there are no such thing as vampires, no matter how much people want there to be. sorry there are no such thing as vampires, no matter how much people want there to be.
sorry

]]> By: Fox http://thenark.com/bizarre/porphyria-a-disease-of-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Fox Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:00:08 +0000 http://thenark.com/?p=89#comment-19 That makes a lot more sense the the other explanations for vampires out there. That makes a lot more sense the the other explanations for vampires out there.

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