Boner's Orange Hue---could it be due to Alcoholism?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

I'm just wondering. That yellowish skin tone is a well-known sign of liver disease. 'Course, liver diseases like cirrhosis aren't ALWAYS a result of alcohol, but I think it's the most common cause.

Thoughts?

[Earth_First]

1. It's 'tan in a can'

No doubt about it.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. they look different?

Haha. ...tan in a can gives me a mental image of a can of paint. Heeeeeee.


(Hi from Rochester! )

[LeftInTX]

3. Sorry, I don't think it's tan in a can

I use the stuff myself.
I don't see the "lines", "white around the eyes" etc.

Now this is tan in a can:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!

Ugh, don't DO that to people!!!!! Yecch!

[brewens]

4. I believe that it's more of a yellow from jaundice in the final stages of drinking

yourself to death. Boehner has maintained That peculiar hue for far too long. He might be somewhat of a drunk but he's not in the league of the real hard core alcoholics that die from it by his age.

[MelungeonWoman]

5. He's a melungeon.

My daughter is as orange as he is.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. what's a melungeon?

?

[MelungeonWoman]

20. It's a tri-racial isolate.

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We're white, black and native, but we go as white, when we can.

She is a beautiful young lady no matter what color she is.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. her skin tone looks lovely to me...not yellow.

But if Boner IS melungeon, it's interesting that he is so dedicated to the racist teabaggy party.

[MelungeonWoman]

33. It's really sad...

But I am continuously amazed by the amount of people who live in grinding poverty and yet still, time after time vote against their own best interest. Better internet service and more information in general would serve all Appalachians in the long run.

As for Boehner, it looks like a case of "I've got mine, screw you."

[undergroundpanther]

32. Hey nother melungeon here!

I came out a little whiter looking.

[MelungeonWoman]

35. Hi there!

I'm also pale skinned, along with all of my siblings except for my RED HEADED brother, lol!

[LeftInTX]

21. Mixed ethnicity, often found in the Appalacians

[LeftInTX]

18. Could be

I went to high school in Wisconsin and there was always dark skinned kids who looked tan 24/7. This was b-4 the age of tan in a can.

When I asked them their nationality, it was always German.

I myself am Middle Eastern and was a pale face compared to them.
I was consumed with sun tan envy.

Finally, I just had to "deal with it"

[yewberry]

6. Nah. I had Hepatitis-- jaundice is really yellow, not orange.

I got Hep A when my brother adopted a wonderful boy from Ethiopia. Not something I recommend: jaundice, weakness, diarrhea, and hounding by health officials.

My eyes and skin were noticeably yellow.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. oh dear...sorry to hear that

Are you ok now, I hope? And how about your brother?

[yewberry]

34. Oh, gosh, thanks, I'm fine.

Hepatitis A is the one people get over. And my brother is fine... the whole side of the family got Hep A vaccines, knowing that children often carry Hep A without symptoms and that the disease is not uncommon among kids from Africa.

I didn't get the word on the vaccine because I live 3000 miles away from my family, and was visiting when I caught it. My brother's mother-in-law doesn't put much stock in vaccines, so she didn't get the shot-- she and I were the only two in the family to develop Hep A.

And my nephew is 7 now, and doing great.

[SummerSnow]

7. This Oompa Loompa bias has to stop.

ROFLMAO

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. *chuckle* *snort*

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. If he had jaundice his eyes would be yellow.

But they're red.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. good point

Forgot about that.

[Aristus]

15. Yeah, it's called 'icterus', and it looks like this:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. oh....

My.

:/

[NYC_SKP]

11. I love you, BlancheSplanchnik...

You called it, darlin'!

So now, how do we help this man with his addiction?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. im the last person to ask!

I've fallen in love with far too many of them (repetition compulsion is a wonderful thing. If by "wonderful", you mean "the crappiest gift-that-keeps-on-giving ever&quot , including my most recent ex, who someone said was looking a little yellow last he saw him.

You'd think I'd know by now that I can't change them.

[loyalsister]

14. Why is it inevitable

that politicians people don't like are accused of mental illness or substance abuse? According to a RWer I once talked to, Obama is a coke addict.
Jaundice from liver disease is yellow. Bad pictures are not evidence.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. I was asking an open ended question.

You can see I'm looking at plausible explanations, not making a proclamation.

[loyalsister]

36. I didn't mean it to come off as an attack

It just seems like a general pattern.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

17. I once turned sorta orange...

because I was juicing carrots and drinking them too often!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

23. oh geeee...there was a girl in college who was a carrot nut...

And she was orange! Everyone kidded about it and she kindof wore it as a badge of pride.)

[bluestate10]

19. His wife has the same skin color. My guess is that her and Boner are tanning freaks

that spend time on tanning beds. They may have a tanning bed in their home.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. ohh...I've never seen a pic of her.

Well that's pretty persuasive.

[Cleita]

27. The skin tone is artificial but I believe it's to cover up his alcoholism.

His broken veins and red blotches that erupt from excessive alcohol use can be covered up with tans or make-up. Liver disease often shows up in the whites of the eyes as a yellowish cast. I don't notice that on him yet.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

28. he definitely has that weathered look

Deeeeep creases and all...heavy smoker/drinker look.-----or excessive tanning.

Wonder if he has "The Smell"

[Cleita]

38. Ugh, only his aides and wife probably know. n/t

[Mrs. Overall]

29. Boehner's worst fear:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. ......

[phleshdef]

37. Younger photos show the same skin tone.

[sylvi]

39. Anyone that orange from jaundice

Anyone that orange from jaundice secondary to liver failure probably wouldn't be well enough physically to tolerate the activities of a congress critter. More likely it's a bad fake tan job.