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Keep your inflammation down as well, that is going to be far more of an issue than your BMI. With regard to organ donors, the meth problem is causing all sorts
by 49para 7y ago
Keep your inflammation down as well, that is going to be far more of an issue than your BMI.
With regard to organ donors, the meth problem is causing all sorts of heart valve infections due to users injecting impure substances into their veins.
This, of course, is no issue for people in non-socialized medicine countries, but in places like Canada it puts a further strain on available hearts as the meth users end up being another drain on Cardiac resources.
- throwaway5752 7y agoHigh BMI causes chronic low level inflammation through many pathways.
- 49para 7y agoBMI is only accurate at a population level. C-reactive protein is an easy blood test to monitor.
- rscho 7y agoTo my knowledge, CRP has not been reliably identified as a marker for long-term inflammatory state monitoring without a clearly identified diagnosis such as connective tissue diseases. BTW, how does one "keep one's inflammation down"?