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Posted by dullchime (Member # 6024) on :

Once again I am throwing out an inquiry about Lyme and psoriasis. I had horrible flakes coming from my go-tee. I shaved it off and had horrible red bloches that took about a week to disappear. Now i have only a little scruff and tiny flakes appearing AGAIN!! Has anyone put up with this and erraticated it with just abx? Is there another course of action through vitamins or a over the counter treatment?? I've been on Doxy for 6 months and I havent seen any change in the flake dept. Otherwise I feel perfectly normal again. Thanks for all your help in advance.

chime

Posted by Boogyman (Member # 6744) on :

been having the same problem What is it????

Posted by Recipegirl05 (Member # 6729) on :

(Same old RECIPEGIRL here)

Hi Chime,

Have you tried Loma Lux Psoriasis? It's available over the counter now-----didn't even realize that until I went to his website.

If you want a prescription:

Rx Psorizide Ultra

Rx Psorizide Forte

These Rx items must be new. Because all his stuff was OTC.

Here's the site:
http://www.lomalux.com/Psoriasis.html

http://www.lomalux.com/Index.html

I've also read that detoxifying the liver is also the key. But Dr. Smith does list some kind of diet on the website, too.

I heard about this long before the internet & so this site is relatively new to me, too.

This was developed by a dermatologist in Oklahoma for his patients. It took him a long time to discover Bromide was one of the missing ingredients. Interesting story of how he formulated it & all.

I've never tried it, but have learned about a lot of things trying to find out what was wrong with me pre-lyme diagnosis.

Very glad to hear you're doing great!

Hope this helps,
Jan

[This message has been edited by Recipegirl05 (edited 07 January 2005).]

Posted by mountainmoma (Member # 6503) on :

I have been going thru somthing like this for quite a long time, but on my scalp. This type of thing is very hard to figure out, you probably should see a dermatologist, if you havent already, at least for the most probable diagnosis, then you can research natural remidies for it. Ive been so busy being sick, Ive never got to a dermatologist myself, so Im not one to talk. It is hard to tell you exactly which herbal over the counter things would help because it depends so much on what is causing it. If you cant definitevly know the cause, pick the most likely cause and see if its remedy works. Antibiotics will not help your skin condition unless it was caused by a bacteria, and may be part of the probem.

A few Possible things that I thought of for my own condition that can cause this:
- Fungal. Ive generally believed this is my problem, I used to think, some kind of external fungus like athletes foot? and I tried external antifungals (tea tree oil) with limited sucess. I am accidently seeing improvement since I am now aggressivly changing diet and taking supplements to kill candida, an internal fungus. Very hard to control fungus when on antibiotics.
- Excema. Dont know much about this, but people I know with medical diagnosis of it seem cured by dietary changes, and getting rid of external irritants, in one case complete avoidance of soap of any kind, she can just handle washing with warm water. wether this may also relate to allergies or fungal, I dont know
- external irritants, ie. shaving, types of body products ( soap, shampoo etc. used), water ( chlorine ? very hard ? etc...) In my house I was using a very natural soap based shampoo with very hard well water, which can leave a residue, so I changed shampoos as a first thing to try
- When did this start ? After antibiotics? other symptoms you might have ? give it lots of thought to help narrow it down

I was starting to see dry skin spreading past hair line to very sides of my face, so I am very glad to see improvement, and I hope it continues, and that you can get relief also

Good luck

Posted by mikken (Member # 2276) on :

My first thought is YEAST.

Up your probiotics and see if it makes a difference. Or change brands, maybe. Something.

Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :

Recipegirl,

thank you - this is great information. I have sent it to everyone that might be interested.

Take care.

Posted by Recipegirl05 (Member # 6729) on :

GiGi------

So glad you liked it. I hope you got to read the background story of how he developed it. It's on one of the links if you do a search; not even sure if it's on the link I cited.

I posted this a while ago, but never heard back if it worked for them. That person was on the anti-cancer drug, methotrexate, for psoriasis!

Take Care,
Jan

Posted by Health (Member # 6034) on :

Yeast.

I never had flaky skin until I started antibiotics... after 6 months on them it started.

It is gone now... I dealt with the candida.
My skin would bleed on my neck from the flaky skin.

Probiotics are sometimes not enough.

Nystatin is very effective for me. It is cheap as well. I use the tablets.

Trish

Posted by Stick (Member # 5814) on :

I had the same problem. Believe it or not, I found out that apple cider vinegar helps. I just put some on the affected area at night for a few days in a row and it pretty much goes away. Good Luck.

Bill

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