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An interesting question would be do Japanese and Chinese people have NF.

Both these nations have low sugar consumption

Also Japan is big on seafood which has many good points also.

Marcus whos brain hurts when he has to think. hehe

[Guest guest]

I have seen articles in Pubmed and Medline that are from Japan regarding NF.

So, they have NF there too.

My brain hurts, too. I think I need to get a medical degree to understand

all of this.

Re: Not gender or race specific...sorry Carla, hit the

wrong button and sent it to wrong address!

> An interesting question would be do Japanese and Chinese people have NF.

> Both these nations have low sugar consumption

> Also Japan is big on seafood which has many good points also.

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> Marcus whos brain hurts when he has to think. hehe

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[Guest guest]

I have seen articles in Pubmed and Medline that are from Japan regarding NF.

So, they have NF there too.

My brain hurts, too. I think I need to get a medical degree to understand

all of this.

Re: Not gender or race specific...sorry Carla, hit the

wrong button and sent it to wrong address!

> An interesting question would be do Japanese and Chinese people have NF.

> Both these nations have low sugar consumption

> Also Japan is big on seafood which has many good points also.

>

> Marcus whos brain hurts when he has to think. hehe

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[Guest guest]

this is not about nf2,but I thought I'd share.I once heard on the news that

Aids came from Africa " originated when man came into contact with a infected

monkey. " Well,I was stunned to hear that.I nearly fainted,then they said " the

monkey was the mans FOOD " Oh silly me,you don't want to know what I was

thinking.

Jimmy

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[Guest guest]

this is not about nf2,but I thought I'd share.I once heard on the news that

Aids came from Africa " originated when man came into contact with a infected

monkey. " Well,I was stunned to hear that.I nearly fainted,then they said " the

monkey was the mans FOOD " Oh silly me,you don't want to know what I was

thinking.

Jimmy

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[Guest guest]

Oh Jimmy, your naughty.

Re: Not gender or race specific...sorry Carla, hit the

wrong button and sent it to wrong address!

> this is not about nf2,but I thought I'd share.I once heard on the news

that

> Aids came from Africa " originated when man came into contact with a

infected

> monkey. " Well,I was stunned to hear that.I nearly fainted,then they said

" the

> monkey was the mans FOOD " Oh silly me,you don't want to know what I was

> thinking.

> Jimmy

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[Guest guest]

Hi Marcus

Yes, Japanese and Chinese people have NF. In fact, the doctor who has

probably seen more cases of Nf1 than anyone else is in Japan. Lisch

nodules, which are one of the defining features of Nf1 and are life cafe au

lait marks in the Iris of the eye (usually unseen except with a slit lamp)

were first identified by a Japanese doctor rather than a German one (Lisch)

but not published in time. Actually, it would be one way to find out

whether a person has both Nf1 and Nf2 - no Lisch nodules, almost certainly

no Nf1. Doctors do get confused because some people with Nf2 have a cafe au

lait mark or two (my daughter did) and get lumps and bumps on the surface of

the skin (my daughter did) but analysed, these are different to Nf1 lumps.

Another sign of Nf1 is freckling in unusual places such as under the arms or

round the neck - without these, a person probably doesn't have Nf1 either.

There was once talk of the NNFF doing a population study on a town in China

of about 500,000 people to try to get some idea of the incidence of Nf but I

think it all became too difficult to organise. Both types of NF affect all

races and in the same proportion.

Hope this helps.

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An interesting question would be do Japanese and Chinese people have NF.

Both these nations have low sugar consumption

Also Japan is big on seafood which has many good points also.

Marcus whos brain hurts when he has to think. hehe