This is some info regarding scleroderma that I have shared with my friend with scleroderma over the years. I suspect some relationship to Lupus. Maybe this can help someone.

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Take a look at this article on autoimmune diseases.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifeextension.com%2F...
It suggests vitamin D and Omega-3s:

_The daily supplemental dose was 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 and 1,000 mg of omega-3 fatty acids._

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.plos.org%2Fplos...
Here the core paper behind this article. They induced and cured an MS- like condition in animals by deactivating something called an 'aryl hydrocarbon receptor' in T cells. The receptor makes T cells overactive. This is what triggers sclerosis
Interestingly
- the receptor is sensitive to hydrocarbons (petrol, benzene, dry cleaning, cleaning chemicals)
- the receptor is sensitive to blue and UV light (getting a sunburn or tan)
So this should help:
- removing sources of volatile hydrocarbons
- avoiding blue/UV light and substituting with red light therapy (which energises mitochondria)

This paper seems promising.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fp...
I believe skin sclerosis occurs in scleroderma, correct? This paper basically says UV light that's normally used to treat skin sclerosis may be too damaging to certain tissue components. Instead, Red Light therapy is a promising treatment for skin sclerosis as it does not have these side effects. The paper recommends investigating its use in treatment.

*Excerpts:*
_Ultraviolet (UV) phototherapy is a non-invasive modality that has been used to treat several diseases associated with skin fibrosis including morphea, systemic sclerosis, chronic graft versus host disease, and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis [5–7]. However, UV phototherapy causes thymidine dimer DNA damage that is associated with an increased incidence of skin cancers and premature photoaging [8–10]. In addition to these safety concerns, UV phototherapy units are often prohibitively expensive for home use and require fluorescent or incandescent bulbs that limit portability. Therefore, UV phototherapy requires frequent office visits that patients often find burdensome [11, 12]. In contrast, light-emitting diode-generated red light (LED-RL) phototherapy is a safe, non-invasive, inexpensive, and portable treatment that may be combined with existing treatment modalities. Furthermore, the visible red light spectrum has superior depth of penetration, when compared to UV light, that allows it to penetrate the epidermis and reach the dermis to affect fibroblast function [13]. LED-RL is not known to cause thymidine dimer DNA damage or to be associated with an increased incidence of skin cancer [14]. However, the underlying biochemical mechanisms and clinical effects of visible light photobiomodulation of skin fibrosis are not well characterized._

*_Conclusions_*
_Visible light phototherapy is an emerging therapeutic modality for treatment of skin fibrosis. There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that visible red light is capable of modulating key cellular characteristic associated with skin fibrosis. We believe that further laboratory research may elucidate the underlying mechanisms and effects involved in visible light photobiomodulation. LED-based devices are the optimal devices for red visible light phototherapy. There is a current lack of clinical trials investigating the efficacy of LED-RL to treat skin fibrosis. Randomized clinical trials are needed to demonstrate visible red light’s clinical efficacy on different types of skin fibrosis._

"The technique, called transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS), which involves electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve through the skin on the outer ear and can be done at home, also resulted in lower levels of IL-6, an inflammatory molecule with a known role in SSc"
  https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsclerodermanews.com%2Fne...

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There is a Japanese supplement called serrapeptase. It dissolves unwanted protein and is used by silkworms to free themselves from their cocoon.
It is useful for scleroderma.

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This thing called natto, a Japanese fermented soy food, may be good for you. See this enzyme extracted from it is "fibrolytic" - dissolves clots and scars.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchatgpt.com%2Fshare%2F67a7...
can you have a read of the attached AI session and then ask your specialist about rhubarb extract containing rhein?

This is a very interesting supplement. small amounts reboot mitochondria, and increase energy
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FqdN3q8MFJIM%3Fs...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FMBXBpm1Y5J0%3Fs...
This seems useful: a video on diet in managing scleroderma. At 15:57 he makes a very interesting point that 50% of calories must come from Omega fats. He says carnivore diet helps by eliminating carbs that feed harmful gut bacteria. But he recommends the carnivore diet only during scleroderma flares. In the main, he recommends a customised 'phyto-diet' based on plant foods

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FvmBHj-5SUWY%3Fs...
This video lists different useful natural supplements for Sjogren's syndrome - a somewhat related autoimmune disorder that overlaps with scleroderma 20% of the time. The recommendations here each target specific different pathologies and root causes (the CMV and EBV viruses). I feel these will be useful for you. He talks about supplements including wormwood and cordyceps mushrooms

My friend has Scleroderma and his mother died of lupus.
Both are auto-immune conditions . From what I read online, both conditions are somewhat related: "around 20% of people with scleroderma also have lupus as a cross-over condition or 'overlap syndrome'".

I wonder if both my friend and his mother had the same virus trigger their conditions

of a slightly shittier country.

I have never heard of Vine, but it sounds like Tiktok in much much worse. And since it comes from Dorsey, it's safe to assume it's gonna be shit.

People want helpful AI that doesn't hallucinate, code crap code, tell you to eat glue or commit suicide.

We don't want to be associated with a fascist regime when the wind changes.

Yes, the problem with 'end-to-end encrypted traffic' is one end is the device, and the other end is the manufacturer. The supposed owner gets no look at the data 'his' device is sending

If (say) the bus services a naval base, very sensitive information may be transmitted (stop location, duration, schedule, internal fuel level...)

I trust Windows Server 2003 more than I trust Windows 11. It's less stable, but Microsoft isn't in control of your machine.

If only a strange hybrid of John Deere and Tesla built buses, those would not have this problem, right?

Right?

I don't know why large buyers, in particular, allow end-to-end encrypted traffic between the vendor and the products the buyer ostensibly owns.

At the very least, the traffic should be open to inspection by the buyer, who should be able to selectively turn off or disable aspects of it.

The day will come that an AI will learn something that we did not deliberately teach it. When an AI is able to improve its own code, it won't be bound by the limitations of its human creator. It's only a question of when.

LK

Experiments can be crafted in such a way as to exclude certain human beings from consciousness.

One day, it's extremely likely that a machine will say to us "I am alive. I am awake. I want..." and whether or not it's true is going to be increasingly hard to determine.

LK

Only if we define consciousness to be a state of awareness only attainable by human beings.

Can we?

It's only a matter of time until an AI can learn to do something it wasn't programmed by us to do.

Can a non-biological entity feel desire? Can it want to grow and become something more than what it is? I think that's a philosophical question and not a technological one.

LK

The man bought a vacuum cleaner that required an internet connection, and that didn't make him suspicious?

Not so clever I reckon...

The pigs using ubiquitous street camera surveillance to accuse the woman, or the woman using ubiquitous in-vehicle camera surveillance to prove her innocence.

No part of this story makes me warm or fuzzy.