Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 167

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 167 Question 1 What is Asturian leprosy? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet358938163'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink358938163')) Pellagra or vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency as a result of a corn based diet (Noted in the Asturias community in Spain). In 1915, back when such practices were legal and under the Surgeon General’s sanction in the USA, Dr. Goldberger offered prisoners of a southern prison freedom in return for cooperation in his experiment. Eleven healthy men volunteered, and were put on an all-corn diet. Goldberger kept the patients’ housing meticulously clean and regulated, from changing the sheets and clothing everyday to screening in the doors and windows. Three weeks into the diet, seven of the eleven men developed pellagra. The men actually begged to be put back in prison. Dr. Goldberger then supplemented their diets with other vegetables and fruit and the disease cleared up. [Reference] Pellagra typically causes the 3 “D’s” – Diarrhoea, dementia and dermatitis. Question 2 What condition did Andre The Giant have? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1117863645'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1117863645')) Acromegaly There is a book ca...
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