Liver pills turn black man white

[Fluff]

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_365484.html

[ZokesPro]

Damn!

[GT98]

wow Michael Jackson could have saved alot of money if he took liver pills

[High_Jumbllama]

HFS!

[Dr Mordrid]

Some of an amino acid called tyrosine is converted by the body into the pigment melanin. The concentration of melain in the skin is largely what determines skin color.

Generalized loss of pigmentation is called hypopigmentation. This can, and often does, result from the liver's inability to metabolize tyrosine into melanin.

As such his loss of pigmentation could easily be due to the liver disease and not his meds. Even if it were his meds would he rather be black and dead? Sheesh....

One more reason why so many countries need tort reform

Dr. Mordrid

[James_D]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
Some of an amino acid called tyrosine is converted by the body into the pigment melanin. The concentration of melain in the skin is largely what determines skin color.

Generalized loss of pigmentation is called hypopigmentation. This can, and often does, result from the liver's inability to metabolize tyrosine into melanin.

As such his loss of pigmentation could easily be due to the liver disease and not his meds. Even if it were his meds would he rather be black and dead? Sheesh....
Dr. Mordrid

Hmmm..... Well now then.. I don't agree with your assumption there...

First of all if it is so, then it's called Ito's hypomelanosis, this is due to that it's the Ito cells that convert the tyrsosin.
This will look like a marble cake patten. With parallel lines of different color intensity.

And he doesn't have any signs of jaundice (hepatocytic liver failure) or vit A deficency that would be apperent if the ITO Cells would suddenly be lacking. Check his eyes.

So this is probably not related to the liver disease. What it could be is either that the medication act as a tyrosin antagonist on the tyrosin converting enzyme.
Or it modifies tyrosin, so the enzymes can't get to tyrosin, (highly unlikely since the rest of the endocrine system is working relativly normally)
Or it modifies melanin... which is much more likely, it can either make it antigenic, so there is an immune reaction against melanin, and melaoncytes.. much like vitiligo(which is an localized disease).
Or it binds to the melanin, making the melanocytes unable to take it up.

James.

[The PIT]

Should be sued for racism. Not liking a white honkeys body is disgraceful.


Got an Asian at work who's got lots of white areas all over him and they seem to be getting bigger.

[Paddy]

vitiligo anyone? Not seen it like that though....

[The PIT]

Them racist doctors tryin to make a white man. I won't have it man.

[James_D]

More probably the pharmaceutical companies.. they would like to increase the sunblock sales.

[Dr Mordrid]

NO matter the mechanism. IMO the guy's a jerk for complaining that the stuff that kept him sucking air had a side effect that's not functional, save for being more susceptable to sunburns. Those who taunt him are even bigger jerks.

He should try being someone who has **real** Swede in him and burns under a damned fluorescent lamp

Dr. Mordrid

[James_D]

Yup.. I totally agree...

[Ribbit]

I agree with Mordrid - I also find his comments about "being a black man trapped in a white man's body" to be some mix of ignorant, bigoted, and offensive.