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According to Dr [[Paul Cheney]], around 40% of [[ME/CFS]] patients have fingerprint changes that may show as faded prints and/or lines across the fingerprints, horizontal and vertical.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tldp.com/issue/157-8/157pub.htm|title=Chronic Fatigue, Mycotoxins, Abnormal Clotting and Other Notes|website=www.tldp.com|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> Ten percent of [[ME/CFS]] patients cannot be fingerprinted whatsoever.<ref name=":0" /> This may also happen with other diseases, such as [[Raynaud's syndrome|Raynaud’s syndrome]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Drahansky|first=Martin|last2=Dolezel|first2=Michal|last3=Urbanek|first3=Jaroslav|last4=Brezinova|first4=Eva|last5=Kim|first5=Tai-hoon|date=2012|title=Influence of Skin Diseases on Fingerprint Recognition|url=http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2012/626148/|journal=Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology|language=en|volume=2012|pages=1–14|doi=10.1155/2012/626148|issn=1110-7243|pmc=PMC3359776|pmid=22654483}}</ref> [[celiac disease]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=David|first=T. J.|last2=Ajdukiewicz|first2=A. B.|last3=Read|first3=A. E.|date=1970-12-05|title=Fingerprint Changes in Coeliac Disease|url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.4.5735.594|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=4|issue=5735|pages=594–596|doi=10.1136/bmj.4.5735.594|issn=0959-8138|pmc=PMC1820184|pmid=5488703}}</ref> some [[Autoimmune disease|autoimmune conditions]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author-link2=|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=May 2015|title=Vanishing pigment and fingerprints: An autoimmune connection?|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0190962215001310|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology|language=en|volume=72|issue=5|pages=AB1|doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.012|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> and some skin diseases,<ref name=":1" /> but it's extremely rare in the general population.<ref name=":0" /> | According to Dr [[Paul Cheney]], around 40% of [[ME/CFS]] patients have fingerprint changes that may show as faded prints and/or lines across the fingerprints, horizontal and vertical.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tldp.com/issue/157-8/157pub.htm|title=Chronic Fatigue, Mycotoxins, Abnormal Clotting and Other Notes|website=www.tldp.com|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> Ten percent of [[ME/CFS]] patients cannot be fingerprinted whatsoever.<ref name=":0" /> This may also happen with other diseases, such as [[Raynaud's syndrome|Raynaud’s syndrome]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Drahansky|first=Martin|last2=Dolezel|first2=Michal|last3=Urbanek|first3=Jaroslav|last4=Brezinova|first4=Eva|last5=Kim|first5=Tai-hoon|date=2012|title=Influence of Skin Diseases on Fingerprint Recognition|url=http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2012/626148/|journal=Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology|language=en|volume=2012|pages=1–14|doi=10.1155/2012/626148|issn=1110-7243|pmc=PMC3359776|pmid=22654483}}</ref> [[celiac disease]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=David|first=T. J.|last2=Ajdukiewicz|first2=A. B.|last3=Read|first3=A. E.|date=1970-12-05|title=Fingerprint Changes in Coeliac Disease|url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.4.5735.594|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=4|issue=5735|pages=594–596|doi=10.1136/bmj.4.5735.594|issn=0959-8138|pmc=PMC1820184|pmid=5488703}}</ref> some [[Autoimmune disease|autoimmune conditions]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author-link2=|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=May 2015|title=Vanishing pigment and fingerprints: An autoimmune connection?|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0190962215001310|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology|language=en|volume=72|issue=5|pages=AB1|doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.012|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> and some skin diseases,<ref name=":1" /> but it's extremely rare in the general population.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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According to Dr Paul Cheney, around 40% of ME/CFS patients have fingerprint changes that may show as faded prints and/or lines across the fingerprints, horizontal and vertical.[1] Ten percent of ME/CFS patients cannot be fingerprinted whatsoever.[1] This may also happen with other diseases, such as Raynaud’s syndrome,[2] celiac disease,[3] some autoimmune conditions,[4] and some skin diseases,[2] but it's extremely rare in the general population.[1]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
Has a helpful slide from Dr. Cheney showing difference in appearance
Townsend letter
- Stricken - Voices From the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Peggy Munson
- chapter 14 The Paradox of Lost Fingerprints: Metaphor and the Shaming of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
See also[edit | edit source]
- Osler's Web by Hillary Johnson, page 142
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chronic Fatigue, Mycotoxins, Abnormal Clotting and Other Notes". www.tldp.com. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Drahansky, Martin; Dolezel, Michal; Urbanek, Jaroslav; Brezinova, Eva; Kim, Tai-hoon (2012). "Influence of Skin Diseases on Fingerprint Recognition". Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. 2012: 1–14. doi:10.1155/2012/626148. ISSN 1110-7243. PMC 3359776. PMID 22654483.
- ↑ David, T. J.; Ajdukiewicz, A. B.; Read, A. E. (December 5, 1970). "Fingerprint Changes in Coeliac Disease". BMJ. 4 (5735): 594–596. doi:10.1136/bmj.4.5735.594. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1820184. PMID 5488703.
- ↑ "Vanishing pigment and fingerprints: An autoimmune connection?". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 72 (5): AB1. May 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.012.
