Talk:Bahima disease

Uhm... what?

How can it be a birth defect if it arises in infants that are fed on cow's milk? 64.211.50.218 (talk) 19:00, 9 July 2009 (UTC)Tiktok

Please remove the word "Hamitic". This is an outdated classification. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.148.122.100 (talk) 02:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

This page is a slur, whoever put cannot be a doctor. Some one should find out who put it up, for possible prosecution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.190.203.150 (talk) 11:17, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I worked as a pediatrician in Uganda for over 3 years, and Bahima Disease is NOT a birth defect as asked by the reader, but rather a severe disease found among well behaved children of the Bahima group. The customary diet among the Bahimas milk or yoghurt, but if a young child misbehaves he or she is punished by being forced to eat regular food (other than milk). Thus, the well behaved children consume a diet primarily of milk and milk products, AND they DEVELOP a severe iron deficiency anemia. This severe anemia is accompanied by skull changes, in an effort to produce more red blood cells (deficient in iron), the area between the outer and inner skull bones expands and causes large sized heads with bulges etc. In fact, any severe anemia, ie. sickle cell or thalesemia anemia or an exclusive milk-diet will, if severe, result in similar changes in the size and shape of the skull as an accommodation to the severe anemia. The affected Bahima child could be spotted walking down the street because of the size and shape of his skull. Roy E. Brown, M.D., M.P.H., D.T.M.&H. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.42.39 (talk) 21:08, 23 September 2011 (UTC)