DEFINITIONS October 21st assignment

DEFINITIONS

Vampires and their traits and the difference between:
1. Vampire and
2. Vampire-trait.

VAMPIRE: a human with a chronic and severe blood condition either through hereditary or a transfer of blood. (which could lead to some bad jokes about why Jehovah Witnesses cannot be vampires... vamps... or vampy. )

1. hereditary is important because an incomplete dominance of the vampire-gene or vampire-disease could lead to vampire trait.
2. full-fledged vampires either cannot reproduce or reproduce in small numbers or simply do not survive childhood.
3. vampire-trait individuals however do survive in sufficient numbers to pass on the trait ... which being recessive or un-dominant can 'hide'.

Humans with VAMPIRE TRAIT:

João and his great grandmother both have the trait. This manifests itself as: anemic, low-energy, night-owl, sun-sensitive, allergies to "silver" and garlic, heightened sense of smell, long lived, prefer the cold. Not all traits will be apparent in all individuals.

ANEMIA: low iron, low energy. A craving for orange juice (interesting since oranges are a staple of Portugal)?
SUNLIGHT: skin burns easily, (has own source of vitamin D?); therefore, prefers the night, has good night-sight.
SILVER: since silver is apparently non-allergenic the allergy would most likely be nickel.
GARLIC: allergy to allicin? As a blood-thinner... vamps may need but an overdose will bleed... and vamps don't have excess blood.
WISDOM: "if it doesn't cure you it might kill you" based on herbalogy. Relevant here would be purified garlic extract and pure colloidal silver.
SMELL: the ability to distinguish certain blood-related-smells. Helps in identifying others who are full-blood or have the trait. Or... maybe even those who are of a proper blood type to become vamps?
LONG-LIVED: have a different metabolism, react differently to cold (no prob) and heat (a problem). Length-of-life creates psychological issues.

FEAR: an issue. People fear the vamps because they are different. Vamps are protective because they are feared.

RESEARCH:

VAMPIRE:

Porphyria

In 1985 biochemist David Dolphin proposed a link between the rare blood disorder porphyria and vampire folklore. Noting that the condition is treated by intravenous haem, he suggested that the consumption of large amounts of blood may result in haem being transported somehow across the stomach wall and into the bloodstream. Thus vampires were merely sufferers of porphyria seeking to replace haem and alleviate their symptoms.[118] The theory has been rebuffed medically as suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave the haem in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a misunderstanding of the disease. Furthermore, Dolphin was noted to have confused fictional (bloodsucking) vampires with those of folklore, many of whom were not noted to drink blood.[119] Similarly, a parallel is made between sensitivity to sunlight by sufferers, yet this was associated with fictional and not folkloric vampires. In any case, Dolphin did not go on to publish his work more widely.[120] Despite being dismissed by experts, the link gained media attention[121] and entered popular modern folklore.[122]
The vampire is now a fixture in popular fiction. Such fiction began with 18th-century poetry and continued with 19th-century short stories, the first and most influential of which was John Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), featuring the vampire Lord Ruthven. Lord Ruthven's exploits were further explored in a series of vampire plays in which he was the anti-hero. The vampire theme continued in penny dreadful serial publications such as Varney the Vampire (1847) and culminated in the pre-eminent vampire novel of all time: Dracula by Bram Stoker, published in 1897.[142] Over time, some attributes now regarded as integral became incorporated into the vampire's profile: fangs and vulnerability to sunlight appeared over the course of the 19th century, with Varney the Vampire and Count Dracula both bearing protruding teeth,[143] and Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) fearing daylight.[144] The cloak appeared in stage productions of the 1920s, with a high collar introduced by playwright Hamilton Deane to help Dracula 'vanish' on stage.[145] Lord Ruthven and Varney were able to be healed by moonlight, although no account of this is known in traditional folklore.[146] Implied though not often explicitly documented in folklore, immortality is one attribute which features heavily in vampire film and literature. Much is made of the price of eternal life, namely the incessant need for blood of former equals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire

Anemia: mal-processing of iron; need for iron (orange juice helps) thalassemia?

Silver: nickel but silver?

Prolonged contact or too much of colloidal silver can result in argyria, which produces a "gray to gray-black staining of skin and mucous membranes produced by silver deposition" (3). The normal human body contains about 1 milligram of silver, and the smallest amount of silver ingested reported to cause argyria ranges from 4-5 grams to 20-40 grams. The silver is deposited on the face and diffused all over the skin, and as the individual is under the sun the silver darkens as a result of being oxidized by strong sunlight, thus producing the silver/blue/gray complexion (4). There are a few physical signs that suggest the onset of this condition: the first is a gray-brown staining of the gums, later progressing to involve the skin. The color is usually slate-gray, slightly metallic, or blue-gray and may appear after a few months of silver treatments. The second sign is that the hyperpigmentation is most apparent in the sun, with the exposed areas of skin, especially the face and hands. There are different theories to explain the blue-gray pigmentation to sun-exposed sites, but there are no definite explanations. The third sign is the hyperpigmenatation of the nail beds. The fourth sign is a blue discoloration of the viscera, which is apparent during abdominal surgery (3). While the majority of the individuals using colloidal silver will never developing argryia, some individuals are at a higher risk than others. The Environmental Protection Agency suggests that people with low vitamin E and selenium levels are more susceptible to argyria, as well as individuals with slower metabolisms. People with slower metabolisms have the rest of their natural eliminative systems working more slowly and can be more easily overwhelmed (4). Cases of argyria were most prevalent when silver medications were commonly used, the 1930s and 1940s, and have since become a rare occurrence. The famous "Blue Man," who was exploited in the Barnum and Bailey Circus sideshow, had a classic case of argyria. The most recent case of argyria is Stan Jones, Montana's Libertarian candidate for Senate. He started taking colloidal silver in 1999 for fear that there would be shortage of antibiotics due to Y2K disruptions. People ask him two questions: if his blue-gray skin is permanent and if is he dead. His usual response is that he is practicing for Halloween (6).
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1820

Heightened sense of Smell: of blood

Sun Sickness: more than sun burn

Symptoms of sun poisoning also tend to include nausea, fever, headache, and dizziness and may also be accompanied by fluid loss and electrolyte imbalance. - See more at: http://www.healthcentral.com/skin-care/c/38641/26970/sun-poisoning/#sthash.Otb5u...

garlic sensitivity: allicin. Allergy/intolerance (also onion and ginger)

FEAR: https://www.yahoo.com/health/why-am-i-such-a-1281707711971382.html

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