Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Greetings. I started breaking out in psoriasis-type plaques all over my body for no apperant reason. [it could be emotional]. I have a body coverage of 95%. The only thing that was not coverered with plaques and/ or boils were my fingertips, the bridge of my nose and my toes. I kid you not. My skin bleeds if I scratch the plaques. If I rub my skin, scales fall off of me and onto the floor or chair that I am sitting on. I cannot sleep at night, as it hurts too much to lay down any sort of position. My bed stays full of dead skin scales all the time. When I take a bath, I can drown myself in baby oil and I will scale back over before I put my pajamas on. My hair has fallen out due to plaques on my scalp. I wear turtlenecks to hide the plaques crawling up my neck. The plaques that are on my ears, face, right down to my eyeslids I can NOT hide. I am cold 95% of the time. The only place I can get warm at is in the sauna at the YMCA [165 deg]. I can sleep in there. I feel like a MONSTER. The doctor has put me on steroids as well as other medications, which help SOME. I used to weigh 210. My weight has climbed from 210 to almost 300 lbs. People avoid me like a bad disease. People also laugh and poke fun at me due to my insane weight gain. I am sore ashamed and filled with guilt and my heart is sore from this. I want to rid myself of this psoriasis that crawls on me like a HUGE RINGWORM, or worse, as well as lose the weight, and get down to 130, which is where I should be for a height of 5'2". Please help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Erica, My heart goes out to you. I do not know about the psoriasis-type plaques...but my son has been on steroids which caused him to gain around 30 lbs. The weight came back off as soon as he went off the steroids. debbie herbal remedies [herbal remedies ]On Behalf Of EricaWednesday, June 21, 2006 10:57 PMherbal remedies Subject: Herbal Remedies - Weight Loss and Psoriasis Greetings. I started breaking out in psoriasis-type plaques all over my body for no apperant reason. [it could be emotional]. I have a body coverage of 95%. The only thing that was not coverered with plaques and/ or boils were my fingertips, the bridge of my nose and my toes. I kid you not. My skin bleeds if I scratch the plaques. If I rub my skin, scales fall off of me and onto the floor or chair that I am sitting on. I cannot sleep at night, as it hurts too much to lay down any sort of position. My bed stays full of dead skin scales all the time. When I take a bath, I can drown myself in baby oil and I will scale back over before I put my pajamas on. My hair has fallen out due to plaques on my scalp. I wear turtlenecks to hide the plaques crawling up my neck. The plaques that are on my ears, face, right down to my eyeslids I can NOT hide. I am cold 95% of the time. The only place I can get warm at is in the sauna at the YMCA [165 deg]. I can sleep in there. I feel like a MONSTER. The doctor has put me on steroids as well as other medications, which help SOME. I used to weigh 210. My weight has climbed from 210 to almost 300 lbs. People avoid me like a bad disease. People also laugh and poke fun at me due to my insane weight gain. I am sore ashamed and filled with guilt and my heart is sore from this. I want to rid myself of this psoriasis that crawls on me like a HUGE RINGWORM, or worse, as well as lose the weight, and get down to 130, which is where I should be for a height of 5'2". Please help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Hi Erica, The skin is the largest organ of elimination we have, and when the body is overloaded with toxins it tries to get rid of them as best it can, and in your case it seems to be through your skin. I would suggest you take a look at Doc's Total Body Cleanse, which is included here in the group's files. And getting off those steroids would be a great first step! Laurel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 Sorry to hear about your predicament. Do you drink a lot of alcohol? An acquaintance of mine is a very heavy drinker and finds his psoriasis improves when he cuts down. I have also helped him with high strength B vitamins and Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) from fish oils. The overweight is very much linked with the skin problem as psoriasis is often linked with poor bowel or liver function. You'll need to make some radical changes to your diet and seriously consider doing a bowel cleanse. - Erica herbal remedies Thursday, June 22, 2006 4:57 AM Herbal Remedies - Weight Loss and Psoriasis Greetings. I started breaking out in psoriasis-type plaques all over my body for no apperant reason. [it could be emotional]. I have a body coverage of 95%. The only thing that was not coverered with plaques and/ or boils were my fingertips, the bridge of my nose and my toes. I kid you not. My skin bleeds if I scratch the plaques. If I rub my skin, scales fall off of me and onto the floor or chair that I am sitting on. I cannot sleep at night, as it hurts too much to lay down any sort of position. My bed stays full of dead skin scales all the time. When I take a bath, I can drown myself in baby oil and I will scale back over before I put my pajamas on. My hair has fallen out due to plaques on my scalp. I wear turtlenecks to hide the plaques crawling up my neck. The plaques that are on my ears, face, right down to my eyeslids I can NOT hide. I am cold 95% of the time. The only place I can get warm at is in the sauna at the YMCA [165 deg]. I can sleep in there. I feel like a MONSTER. The doctor has put me on steroids as well as other medications, which help SOME. I used to weigh 210. My weight has climbed from 210 to almost 300 lbs. People avoid me like a bad disease. People also laugh and poke fun at me due to my insane weight gain. I am sore ashamed and filled with guilt and my heart is sore from this. I want to rid myself of this psoriasis that crawls on me like a HUGE RINGWORM, or worse, as well as lose the weight, and get down to 130, which is where I should be for a height of 5'2". Please help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 For Psoriasis, take fish oil and flax seed oil, avoid dairy products completely (butter is ok since there are no dairy proteins in butter). Also take some aloe vera and vitamin e along with zinc (for zinc, take 15 mg 3 times a day for a week and then cut down to once a day, also take a copper supplement (2mg) 2-3 times a week). You can stop the zinc and copper after 4-6 weeks). As for steroids, that is probably the cause of your weight gain and unfortunately, by getting off them, you will not drop the weight automatically, you will have to work at it. But I would recommend getting off them (you have to wean off them for a couple days, you cannot quit instantaneously). The steroids suppress your immune system and you merely appear to be better, but sometimes this causes the disease to mive internally. Since psoriasis is an immune reaction, you should also take ginegr root capsules 2 times a day. Alternative medicine works (unlike regular conventional medicine which merely treats symptoms), but it will take a while. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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