Okay okay I know vampires aren't real but it can't hurt to dream,aye?Well technically the term vampire is actually a stereotypical belief formed long ago of a certain disease which is known as porphyria that still goes on to this day!
"Vampire disease" is another term of porphyria. This refers to a certain group of diseases known as porphyrias which affect either the skin or the nervous system or oftentimes both. Each type of porphyria is due to deficiency of enzymes needed to create heme. Heme is a component of hemoglobin in red blood cells and in myoglobin, a protein component of some muscles. Creating heme includes a variety of different enzymes.
Causes of Vampire Disease:
The process of making heme is referred to as heme biosynthetic pathway. Each step of it is controlled by one of the enzymes. If there is any deficiency in any one of the enzymes, the process of creating heme is disturbed hence resulting to the buildup of porphyrins in the body tissues, hence, the name porphyria. Most of the time this is an inherited disorder but there is one kind of porphyria that is acquired. This is caused by certain factors besides the abnormality of the genes. The triggers of porphyria are:
• Exposure to the sun.
• Menstrual hormones.
• Physical and emotional stress.
• Too much iron in the body.
• Infections.
• Too much alcohol within the body; Heavy drinking.
• Smoking.
• Fasting.
• Chemicals.
• Drugs like tranquilizers, barbiturates, sedatives and birth control pills.
Vampire Diseases Symptoms:
The vampire disease is often manifested by skin sensitivity to light which results to rashes, blisters and scarring, also known as photodermatitis. Abdominal cramps and pain are seen in some forms of the disorder only. Others with porphyria also suffer mental disturbances, seizures and other problems related to the muscles and the nervous system.
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