Cyclic Citrullinated Quotes & Sayings

This is usually accomplished by taking X-rays of the affected joints and analyzing blood for an ANA and rheumatoid factor (RF). Unfortunately, Lyme disease can cause false positive ANAs and rheumatoid factors due to a patient's overstimulated immune system. This can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. This is why drawing a CCP (cyclic citrullinated peptide) is so important. It is a specific marker for rheumatoid arthritis and will help determine whether the patient has true rheumatoid arthritis or not. Patients with a positive ANA or RF often are prescribed immunosuppressive drugs, such as steroids or immunomodulatory drugs, like Enbrel or Arava. These treatments can have dire consequences for the Lyme disease patient who is co-infected, since they are already immune-suppressed, and steroids can cause their underlying infections and subsequent manifestations — Richard I. Horowitz

It is necessary to introduce light vibrations, represented by reds and yellows, and a sufficient amount of blues, to obtain an airy feeling. — Paul Cezanne

The earth was our home, she would have said, but no less was it home to the oxen that pulled our plows or the elephants that roamed in the forest and worked for us. They lived with us as partners whose well-being was inseparable from our own. — Eknath Easwaran

Desire for power is a kind of greed indulged by the unfulfilled — Michael Foley

We are all really alone. We're isolated in our own mind. — Wayne Coyne

There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play. — Laz Alonso

Shitty nappy whizzing through the air, you don't see that in the brochures. — Karl Pilkington

God doesn't call the equipped, son. God equips the called. And you have been called. — Rick Yancey

Many people see Eva Peron as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I definitely can identify with her. — Madonna Ciccone

If you throw stones on my way to stumble and I fall, you try to put extra care when passing my way, lest you stumble and fall. — Miguel El Portugues

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. — Frantz Fanon

To me the Bible is not God, but it is God's voice, and I do not hear it without awe — Charles Spurgeon

His hatred for the world was carved into his heart. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

White [...] "Indian wannabees" or as those who mine indiginous traditions the way multinationals mine their land. — Derrick Jensen

And the violence of the coupling itself, primitive and elemental, reminding us that we're all just dumb animals clinging to our spot on the food chain, eating, sleeping, and fucking as much as possible before something bigger comes along and devours us. — Jonathan Tropper