#esophagitis

Uninhibited Eating

Eating a delicious meal is one of life’s great joys, but for some each mouthful is a struggle and a risk. Eosinophilic oesophagitis is a chronic food allergy in which immune cells called eosinophils amass in the oesophagus (the tube between mouth and stomach) and spark an allergic reaction. Research has shown that patients lack SPINK7, a protein that inhibits the premature breakdown of food material that might damage the oesophagus lining. Without this, the unprotected lining becomes degraded and eosinophils swarm to the site, causing inflammation. A new study has shown that treating mice with a replacement inhibitor (cells bound by the inhibitor in green in the mouse oesophagus pictured) reduced symptoms. The study confirms the mechanism behind the disease, which has only recently been recognised and disproportionately affects children, and points the way for future treatments.

Written by Anthony Lewis

Image from work bty Nurit P. Azouz and colleagues, published on the cover of Science Translational Medicine, 27 May 2020

Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Image copyright held by the original authors

Published in Science Translational Medicine, May 2020

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Naver Endnote: Since coronavirus is on the rage, I hope you take care of yourself and stay healthy every week. See you next week! 

Hello, this is SIU. Today is March 1st, so RaKhunBaam gets to draw the Korean National Flag [TN: Context]. Surprisingly, each one of them has their colors in the flag. It's a coincidence, and I'm in shook.... well not quite, but it does remind me of those who protected our nation, especially when our nation is going through hard times. Patriotism is not something that is easy to display in times of crisis. I think it's because of those who did manage the herculean feat that our nation is where it is today.

​This chapter will be summarized briefly. Bam arrives at the battlefield, and we see a familiar face. Mr. Charlie, not sure if you know him (...) Back at the Last Station, people kept calling him by his job title, so people may not remember his name (Well, there weren't exactly any flags set for his return). This guy is actually a quite elite Ranker compared to the Test Ranker. He's like a guy that passes the Civil Service exam in his 20's. It's hard for me to say because I don't know too much about how the Civil Service Exam works and the Tower is much larger than Korea, so a 1 to 1 comparison is not really feasible. There are so many rankers across multiple fields, there's a lot of gaps in the myriad of skills between them.

Anyway, Elite Ranker Charlie vs Bam. Despite being against a Ranker, he fends Charlie off expertly, which surprises the military. It's like seeing a kid genius from a TV show. It's scary to see such unbelievable talent. Hwaryun's great at making Bam's image in that regard.

And while their attention is turned to Bam, Evankhell and Karaka launch a surprise assault on Zahard's Army, with the Cage following them. 

Yama declares the battle started at the battlefield before the chapter ends. 

The ship was renovated a bit, and you'll see why later. These days, since we have a lot of ships, so we're doing a lot of 3D work, and I must thank my 3D designer and helpers who do their best to reflect the initial design. They fill in a lot of my gaps I have and lets me continue the webtoon. Anyway, This battle will make many suffer, in and out of canon haha. Due to the topic, the scale has grown bigger, but the story itself I'll try to keep simple. I think we will mostly keep looking at battles of important characters and the backgrounds.

Each wall will have a different type of battle, but it seems that in the initial phase, we'll have a war of attrition, haha.

​And as for the disease of today... It seems that my illness that wasn't going away, despite the Pharyngitis medication is finally getting more effective, after taking some meds for esophagitis. Not by much, but at least there's a reaction, so there's hope qq. I'm trying my best to not cough too much and taking care of it.

The physical book release proceeds came in last month, so I donated 1 million Korean wons [TN: <10k USD] to the people of Daegu, who are suffering from COV19. Additional funds were donated to other regions as well. Thanks to all of you who bought the books I was able to do something meaningful like this. I bow in thanks _ _ (I'm working on and off on the next book, sorry to keep you all waiting for so long)

Although the times are tough these days, I hope all of you have a happy and healthy week, Stay clean, please keep your masks on. 

I will be back next week with Bam and the dogs of war. Stay healthy and happy. Thank you, see you next week! _ ^ ^

I have acute chronic gastritis and esophagitis it really is a growing pain. I don't get as much rest as I should since I wait out my digestion. It's turned into body aches, I've checked it out and it's not any bone disease from my blood tests. I'm assuming it's long term sleep deprivation or not properly sleeping on my wedge pillow. I have been taking vitamin D pills to help being low on it.

In terms of diet a banana is always a lifesaver when I get heartburn. Fish filet cooked in water with vegetables is also nice. Don't be afraid to try stuff little by little. I know I was reluctant to try stuff out of my diet. Fearing food is not the way to go, since they can work into giving some relief.

It really is a struggle and reading about everyone wanting to cry late at night or needing comfort is a shared experience. It can be scary having to deal with the symptoms late at night, or others attempting to undermine your pain.

Funnily enough, the only time I've had someone be empathetic was when I went for my upper endoscopy one of the assistants was, "Oh, I'm so sorry!" When told about what I'm getting diagnosed for.