Bright's Disease

[Ruth Wilson]

(seeing as the group seems to be rousing again)

Bright's Disease. I have found a husband and wife who both died of
Bright's disease, late C19, within a year or so of one another. Is this
just a coincidence, or does it point to some lifestyle that could have
brought it about?

Thanks

Ruth

[Evertjan.]

Post by Ruth Wilson
Bright's Disease. I have found a husband and wife who both died of
Bright's disease, late C19, within a year or so of one another. Is this
just a coincidence, or does it point to some lifestyle that could have
brought it about?

1 No, you have not, perhaps you have found them being diagnosed so,
but that does not mean it was true in the sense that it was the same
desease, as:

2 It is not a disease in the modern sense,
but a syndrome, a collection of symptoms,
which lead to the conclusion that it was a[ny form of] nefritis.

read "characterized" in:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%27s_disease>

3 IF there was a common cause,
which is less likely for a syndrome than a disease,
as a syndrome could have a multitude of causes,
it could have been infectious, hereditary, poisoning, malnutrition, etc.

So,why would you suppose lifestyle was the logical alternative to
coincidence?

[Ruth Wilson]

Post by Evertjan.

Post by Ruth Wilson
Bright's Disease. I have found a husband and wife who both died of
Bright's disease, late C19, within a year or so of one another. Is this
just a coincidence, or does it point to some lifestyle that could have
brought it about?

1 No, you have not, perhaps you have found them being diagnosed so,
but that does not mean it was true in the sense that it was the same
2 It is not a disease in the modern sense,
but a syndrome, a collection of symptoms,
which lead to the conclusion that it was a[ny form of] nefritis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%27s_disease>
3 IF there was a common cause,
which is less likely for a syndrome than a disease,
as a syndrome could have a multitude of causes,
it could have been infectious, hereditary, poisoning, malnutrition, etc.
So,why would you suppose lifestyle was the logical alternative to
coincidence?

Thank-you. I found the medical details I had looked up a bit deep for
me! I don't think I had 'supposed' anything, but I did wonder if say,
alcohol, was a factor. I take your point that they were 'diagnosed'
rather than that being the actual case too. A good point to remember.

John - sleeping? Maybe not, but certainly not as lively and wide awake
as it once was. Or are we just hunkered down avoiding the spam?

Ruth

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Post by Ruth Wilson
(seeing as the group seems to be rousing again)
Bright's Disease. I have found a husband and wife who both died of
Bright's disease, late C19, within a year or so of one another. Is this
just a coincidence, or does it point to some lifestyle that could have
brought it about?
Thanks
Ruth

See Evertjan's response for the medical details; I'm responding to your
comment on the group: I wasn't aware of the 'group "sleeping". It seems
to me to be soldiering on, steadily.

John G.
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