Posted on 08/07/2023 9:45:07 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
The thymus gland—which produces immune T cells before birth and during childhood— is often regarded as nonfunctional in adults, and it's sometimes removed during cardiac surgery for easier access to the heart and major blood vessels.
New research has uncovered evidence that the thymus is in fact critical for adult health generally and for preventing cancer and perhaps autoimmune disease.
Five years after surgery, 8.1% of patients who had a thymectomy died compared with 2.8% of those who did not have their thymus removed, equating to a 2.9-times higher risk of death. Also during that time, 7.4% of patients in the thymectomy group developed cancer compared with 3.7% of patients in the control group, for a 2.0-times higher risk.
In an additional analysis involving all patients in the thymectomy group with more than five years of follow-up, the overall mortality rate was higher in the thymectomy group than in the general U.S. population (9.0% vs. 5.2%), as was mortality due to cancer (2.3% vs. 1.5%).
Although Scadden and his colleagues found that the risk of autoimmune disease did not differ substantially between the thymectomy and control groups as a whole in their study, they observed a difference when patients who had infection, cancer, or autoimmune disease before surgery were excluded from the analysis.
After excluding these individuals, 12.3% of patients in the thymectomy group developed autoimmune disease compared with 7.9% in the control group, for a 1.5-times higher risk.
In the subgroup of patients in whom T cell production and immune-related molecules were measured (22 in the thymectomy group and 19 in the control group, with an average follow-up of 14.2 postoperative years), those who had undergone thymectomy had consistently lower production of new T cells than controls and higher levels of pro-inflammatory molecules in the blood.
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The organs are there for a reason. This includes women getting hysterectomies simply due to having uterine fibroids. There are ways to reduce or remove those fibroids.
Tonsils and other organs fit this, too. Try to heal the organs, whenever possible. Even gall stones can typically be broken up with ox bile components.
The “quick and dirty” options are still “dirty.”
But the science was settled!
There was consensus!......................
Particularly the twig and berries.
To a hammer every problem is a nail.
To a surgeon....
I also suspect that "junk DNA" is not unimportant.
Amazes me the “experts” know for a fact we evolved from the primordial goo, know we originated from the sun exploding, and yet we still have no clue on all the reasons how our bodies are “fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Psalm 139:4
Chesterton’s fence refers to the principle that before making changes or taking down something, one should first understand the reason or purpose behind it. Just like stumbling upon a fence in the middle of nowhere may seem pointless, it is important to consider that the fence may have a purpose such as marking a property boundary or protecting against danger. This principle encourages us to be cautious and avoid making hasty decisions without first understanding the logic or value behind existing structures or systems. By doing so, we can avoid unintended consequences and make more informed choices.
Same region as the addadictomy.
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