# porphyria

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/97802>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2002, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/97802 "2002-03-12T07:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/97802/1 "2002-03-12T07:41:45Z")

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What exactly is Porphyria? Is a person who has it always dilusional or are they sometimes lucid? Is it fatal? Does it lead to other diseases?

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porphyria/97802/2 "2002-03-12T08:19:16Z")

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Google is your buddy…

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