everyone look at your hands!

[petemurphy]

i was diagnosed with "broad beta disease" today - ultra high cholesteral thinghy due to inability to process sugar.

amazing thing was after many years and doctors all this doc did was look at my palms and see that the creases were thick and golden and diagnosed me!

was v impressive!

[ShadownINja]

petemurphy said:

all this doc did was look at my palms and see that the creases were thick and golden and diagnosed me!

Your hands were covered in butter. End of.

Seriously, though, is it curable? Are you always tired (thinking from sugar -> energy thing)?

[petemurphy]

ShadownINja said:

petemurphy said:

all this doc did was look at my palms and see that the creases were thick and golden and diagnosed me!

Your hands were covered in butter. End of.

Seriously, though, is it curable? Are you always tired (thinking from sugar -> energy thing)?

yep always thought i had diabetes though i had been tested and do not. low carbs and sugar is first step and then drugs if that doesnt work - hoping it will make a world of difference.

annoyingly though it means no beer

[shouldbworking]

My uncle was diagnosed with a acromegaly by his hands - he went to his GP for unrelated reasons and they looked and remarked upon his hands being very large, did some tests couple of weeks later he was having surgery to cut away at his pituitary gland! all well now though.

[OllieWinchester]

My dad says when he meets Doctors they are always able to tell he has high cholesterol or something by his eyes.

Bizarre.

[motco]

Like this?

[ShadownINja]

Weird. Never seen that before! Surprised you didn't go to the doc's to see about dodgy hands...

[petemurphy]

nothing as bad as that!

[Silver993tt]

OllieWinchester said:

My dad says when he meets Doctors they are always able to tell he has high cholesterol or something by his eyes.

Bizarre.

Yes, pale/whiteish small pimples on the lower eyelids.

[The_Doc]

Silver993tt said:

OllieWinchester said:

My dad says when he meets Doctors they are always able to tell he has high cholesterol or something by his eyes.

Bizarre.

Yes, pale/whiteish small pimples on the lower eyelids.

nope.

Corneal Arcus

wiki and PICCY

[petemurphy]

so by cutting out sugar:

cholesteral down from 11.7 to 4.4

triclyciridesthinghies down from 7.1 to 1.1

all from my hands!

!!!!!

[KrazyIvan]

I cant see the lines on mine

[Silver993tt]

The_Doc said:

Silver993tt said:

OllieWinchester said:

My dad says when he meets Doctors they are always able to tell he has high cholesterol or something by his eyes.

Bizarre.

Yes, pale/whiteish small pimples on the lower eyelids.

nope.

Corneal Arcus

wiki and PICCY

Yep they can:

"Where there is no family history of xanthelasmata, they usually indicate high cholesterol and may correlate with a risk of atheromatous disease."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthelasma

[welsh blackbird]

KrazyIvan said:

I cant see the lines on mine

Isn't that the second sign of madness?