# porphyria

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249 "2003-03-22T01:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![distillerspunx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@distillerspunx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/distillerspunx)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249/1 "2003-03-22T01:12:42Z")

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you have a column about porphyria on this site and i just thought i would point out porphyria has 8 different types, not 7.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249/2 "2003-03-22T01:58:27Z")

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Welcome to the Boards, **distillerspunx**!

Can you elaboate? Tell us more. 🙂

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**Author:** ![distillerspunx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@distillerspunx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/distillerspunx)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249/3 "2003-03-23T05:30:55Z")

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The 8 types: ALAD-Defiency Porphyria, Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria, Hereditary Coproporphyria, Variegate Porphyria, and Erythropoietic Protoporphyria. For more information you can go to the site [www.porphyriafoundation.com/overview.html](http://www.porphyriafoundation.com/overview.html).

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249/4 "2003-03-23T12:06:31Z")

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Please don’t leave the Boards.

Well-informed posters are always welcome, & this topic comes up periodically.

You could wind-up our resident expert on this topic.

You could also run the serious risk of having lots of fun. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/163249/5 "2003-03-24T03:09:33Z")

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Fixed link. The period at the end messed it up.

[http://www.porphyriafoundation.com/overview.html](http://www.porphyriafoundation.com/overview.html)