Zaj dab neeg coj txawv txawv ntawm Blue People of Kentucky

Cov Neeg Xiav ntawm Kentucky - tsev neeg los ntawm keeb kwm ntawm Ketucky uas feem ntau tau yug los nrog qhov tsis xwm yeem thiab coj txawv txawv tsis xwm yeem uas ua rau lawv cov tawv nqaij tig xiav.

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Tsev Neeg Blue Skinned Fugate. Tus kws kos duab Walt Spitzmiller tau pleev xim daim duab no ntawm tsev neeg Fugate xyoo 1982.

Yuav luag ob xyoos dhau los, "cov neeg tawv tawv ntawm Fugate tsev neeg" nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm Teeb Meem Creek thiab Pob Creek nyob rau toj siab ntawm sab hnub tuaj Kentucky. Thaum kawg lawv tau hla lawv tus yam ntxwv tshwj xeeb los ntawm ib tiam dhau ib tiam, tseem tshuav ntau qhov nyob ib leeg ntawm lub ntiaj teb sab nrauv. Lawv tau paub zoo tias "Cov Neeg Xiav ntawm Kentucky."

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Cov neeg Blue ntawm Kentucky Troublesome Creek
Teeb meem Creek © Kentucky Digital Library

Muaj ob zaj dab neeg sib xws txog thawj tus txiv neej tawv tawv hauv tsev neeg Kentucky ntawd. Txawm li cas los xij, ob leeg thov tib lub npe, "Martin Fugate" los ua thawj tus neeg tawv tawv thiab nws yog tus txiv neej Fab Kis yug los uas tsis muaj me nyuam thiab tom qab ntawd nws tsev neeg nyob ze Hazard, Kentucky, hauv Tebchaws Meskas.

Hauv cov hnub ntawd, thaj av ntawm sab hnub tuaj Kentucky yog thaj chaw nyob deb nroog uas Martin tsev neeg thiab lwm tsev neeg nyob ze tau nyob. Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev, thiab txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau yuav tsis mus txog qhov ntawd ntawm lub xeev kom txog rau thaum xyoo 1910s. Yog li ntawd, kev sib yuav ntawm tsev neeg yog ib qho kev hloov pauv ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv uas yuav luag ib ncig ntawm Kentucky.

Ob zaj dab neeg tuaj nrog ntu sib xws tab sis qhov sib txawv tsuas yog peb pom yog hauv lawv lub sijhawm uas tau hais luv luv ntawm no hauv qab no:

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Fugates Tsev Neeg Tsob Ntoo -I.

Zaj dab neeg no qhia tias Martin Fugate nyob thaum lub xyoo pua puas xyoo uas tau sib yuav Elizabeth Smith, poj niam los ntawm ib pawg neeg nyob ze uas Fugates tau sib yuav. Nws tau hais tias yuav daj thiab dawb zoo li lub roob laurel uas tawg paj txhua lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav nyob ib puag ncig ntawm tus kwj hav thiab nws kuj yog tus nqa ntawm cov tawv nqaij tawv xiav no. Martin thiab Elizabeth teeb tsa kev tu vaj tu tsev nyob ntawm ntug dej Troublesome thiab pib lawv tsev neeg. Ntawm lawv xya tus menyuam, plaub tau tshaj tawm tias yog xiav.

Tom qab ntawd, Fugates sib yuav lwm Fugates. Qee zaum lawv tau sib yuav thawj tus kwv tij txheeb ze thiab cov neeg uas nyob ze lawv. Tsev neeg tau sib npaug. Raws li qhov tshwm sim, ntau tus xeeb ntxwv ntawm Fugates tau yug los nrog cov kab mob tawv nqaij xiav no thiab txuas ntxiv mus nyob hauv thaj tsam ib puag ncig teeb meem Creek thiab Pob Creek mus rau xyoo pua 20th.

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Whereas, lwm zaj dab neeg hais tias muaj peb tus neeg hu ua Martin Fugate hauv Fugates Tsev Neeg tsob ntoo. Tom qab ntawd lawv nyob nruab nrab ntawm 1700 thiab 1850, thiab thawj tus neeg tawv tawv yog tus thib ob uas nyob rau lub sijhawm xyoo pua kaum yim lossis xyoo 1750 tom qab ntawd. Nws tau sib yuav Mary Wells uas tseem yog tus coj tus kabmob no.

Hauv zaj dab neeg thib ob no, Martin Fugate tau hais hauv thawj zaj dab neeg uas nyob rau thaum xyoo pua puas xyoo thiab tau sib yuav rau Elizabeth Smith tsis yog tus neeg tawv nqaij tawv. Txawm li cas los xij, Elizabeth tus yam ntxwv tseem zoo ib yam, vim nws yog tus coj tus kab mob no tau hais nyob hauv thawj zaj dab neeg, thiab lwm qhov ntawm zaj dab neeg thib ob yuav luag zoo ib yam li thawj zaj dab neeg.

Dab tsi tshwm sim tiag rau cov neeg tawv tawv ntawm Troublesome Creek?

Txhua tus Fugates tau ua neej nyob tsis txaus rau 85-90 xyoo yam tsis muaj kab mob lossis lwm yam teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv tshwj tsis yog cov tawv nqaij xiav-teeb meem uas cuam tshuam tsis zoo rau lawv txoj kev ua neej. Lawv tau txaj muag tiag tiag txog qhov xiav. Muaj ib txwm xav txog hauv qhov hollows txog dab tsi ua rau cov neeg xiav: kab mob hauv lub plawv, mob ntsws tsis zoo, muaj peev xwm xav tau los ntawm ib lub sijhawm qub uas "lawv cov ntshav tsuas yog ze rau lawv cov tawv nqaij." Tab sis tsis muaj leej twg paub tseeb, thiab cov kws kho mob tsis tshua tau mus ntsib cov chaw nyob deb ntawm qhov chaw uas feem ntau ntawm "Blue Fugates" nyob mus txog rau xyoo 1950.

Nws yog thaum ntawd ob Fugates tau mus txog Madison Cawein III, hluas kws kho mob haematologist ntawm University of Kentucky lub tsev kho mob lub sijhawm ntawd, txhawm rau nrhiav kev kho.

Siv kev tshawb fawb sau los ntawm nws cov kev tshawb fawb yav dhau los ntawm cais Alaskan Eskimo pejxeem, Cawein tuaj yeem txiav txim siab tias Fugates nqa cov ntshav tsis zoo uas tsis tsim nyog uas ua rau muaj qib methemoglobin ntau hauv lawv cov ntshav. Qhov mob no hu ua Methemoglobinemia.

Methemoglobin yog qhov tsis ua haujlwm ntawm cov xim liab uas muaj kev noj qab haus huv liab uas muaj cov pa oxygen. Hauv Caucasians feem ntau, cov ntshav liab liab hemoglobin hauv lawv lub cev qhia los ntawm lawv cov tawv nqaij muab nws cov xim liab.

Thaum nws tshawb fawb, methylene xiav ua rau Cawein lub siab ua qhov "pom tseeb meej" tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob. Qee tus neeg xiav xav tias tus kws kho mob tau ntxiv me ntsis rau qhov qhia tias cov xim xiav tuaj yeem ua rau lawv liab qab. Tab sis Cawein paub los ntawm kev tshawb fawb yav dhau los tias lub cev muaj lwm txoj hauv kev los hloov cov methemoglobin rov qab zoo li qub. Qhib nws yuav tsum tau ntxiv rau cov ntshav ib yam khoom uas ua raws li "tus pub khoom siv hluav taws xob." Ntau yam tshuaj ua qhov no, tab sis Cawein xaiv cov xim methylene xiav vim nws tau siv ua tiav thiab nyab xeeb hauv lwm qhov xwm txheej thiab vim nws ua haujlwm sai.

Cawein txhaj rau txhua tus neeg tawv nqaij nrog 100 milligrams ntawm methylene xiav, uas txo lawv cov tsos mob thiab txo cov xim xiav ntawm lawv cov tawv nqaij hauv ob peb feeb. Thawj thawj zaug hauv lawv lub neej, lawv tau liab dawb thiab zoo siab heev. Thiab Cawein tau muab rau txhua tsev neeg xiav muab cov tshuaj methylene xiav coj los ua tshuaj txhua hnub vim tias cov tshuaj cuam tshuam yog ib ntus, vim methylene xiav yog ib txwm tso tawm hauv cov zis. Cawein tom qab luam tawm nws cov kev tshawb fawb hauv Cov Ntawv Kho Mob Sab Hauv (Plaub Hlis 1964) xyoo 1964.

Tom qab ib nrab xyoo pua 20th, raws li kev mus ncig tau yooj yim dua thiab cov tsev neeg tau nthuav tawm thoob plaws thaj tsam dav dua, qhov muaj ntau dua ntawm cov noob qoob noob qoob loo hauv cov pejxeem hauv nroog tau txo qis, thiab nrog nws qhov yuav tshwm sim ntawm kev kis tus kabmob.

Benjamin Stacy yog tus paub dhau los ntawm Fugates uas tau yug los xyoo 1975 nrog tus yam ntxwv xiav no ntawm Tsev Neeg Xiav ntawm Kentucky thiab poob nws cov tawv nqaij tawv xiav thaum nws loj tuaj. Txawm hais tias hnub no Benjamin thiab feem ntau ntawm Fugate tsev neeg cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv tau poob lawv cov xim xiav, cov tint tseem tawm hauv lawv cov tawv nqaij thaum lawv txias lossis yaug nrog npau taws.

Dr. Madison Cawein tau yees duab txog zaj dab neeg ua tiav ntawm qhov Fugates tau txais lub cev nqaij daim tawv xiav, nqa cov methemoglobinemia (met-H) los ntawm ib tiam dhau ib tiam, thiab nws tau tshawb fawb li cas hauv Kentucky. Koj tuaj yeem kawm paub ntau ntxiv txog zaj dab neeg no no.

Qee qhov xwm txheej zoo sib xws

Muaj ob qhov xwm txheej ntawm tus txiv neej tawv nqaij tawv vim yog methaemoglobinaemia, hu ua "txiv neej xiav ntawm Lurgan". Lawv yog khub Lurgan txiv neej raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qhov tau piav qhia tias "tsev neeg idiopathic methaemoglobinaemia", thiab tau kho los ntawm Dr. James Deeny nyob rau xyoo 1942. Deeny tau hais qhia txog ascorbic acid thiab sodium bicarbonate. Hauv thawj kis, los ntawm yim hnub ntawm kev kho mob muaj qhov hloov pauv hauv qhov tsos, thiab los ntawm kaum ob hnub ntawm kev kho mob, tus neeg mob lub ntsej muag zoo li qub. Hauv qhov xwm txheej thib ob, tus neeg mob lub cev mus txog qhov qub nyob rau ib hlis ntev ntawm kev kho.

Koj puas paub tias kev hla nyiaj tuaj yeem ua rau peb cov tawv nqaij tig xim av lossis xiav thiab nws muaj tshuaj lom rau tib neeg?

Muaj qhov xwm txheej hu ua Argyria lossis argyrosis, tseem hu ua "Blue Man Syndrome," uas yog tshwm sim los ntawm kev raug ntau dhau ntawm cov tshuaj lom neeg ntawm cov xim nyiaj lossis hmoov av. Cov tsos mob tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm Argyria yog tias daim tawv nqaij hloov xim daj-ntshav lossis ntshav-grey.

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Hauv tsiaj thiab tib neeg, noj lossis nqus cov nyiaj ntau ntau nyob rau lub sijhawm ntev feem ntau ua rau cov nyiaj sib xyaw maj mam sib xyaw hauv ntau qhov chaw ntawm lub cev uas tuaj yeem ua rau qee thaj chaw ntawm daim tawv nqaij thiab lwm lub cev nqaij daim tawv dhau los ua xim daj lossis xiav-grey.

Cov neeg uas ua haujlwm hauv cov chaw tsim khoom uas tsim cov khoom lag luam tuaj yeem ua pa hauv cov nyiaj lossis nws cov khoom sib xyaw, thiab cov nyiaj tau siv hauv qee yam khoom siv kho mob vim tias nws muaj kev tiv thaiv kab mob. Txawm li cas los xij, Argyria tsis yog kev mob kev phom sij rau lub neej thiab tuaj yeem kho tau los ntawm kev siv tshuaj. Tab sis kev noj ntau dhau ntawm txhua yam ntawm cov tshuaj sib xyaw tuaj yeem ua rau tuag lossis tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo rau kev noj qab haus huv yog li peb yuav tsum tau ceev faj ua txhua yam zoo li no.

Tom qab nyeem txog "Blue of Kentucky," nyeem txog "Tus Bionic UK Tus Ntxhais Olivia Farnsworth Leej Twg Tsis Hnov Mob lossis Mob!"

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