Health Boards
Fri-15-09-2023, 16:04 PM
Posted a long intro for backstory on my psoriasis.
Saw a dermatologist this week, actually was a good visit despite her solution for me to start methotrexate and the biologics. However I am far from ready for drugs, still hoping to find improvements and ideally remission naturally.
Been off my diet for a while now and off the diet for me is just eating chocolate and regular oats pretty often (baking cookies or banana bread, no refined sugar though), and the odd cheat meal from a restaurant, few pizzas, servings of french fries, dessert here n there otherwise my normal is gluten free, sugar free, processed food free, whole food diet. Lots of protein, healthy fat sources, carbs are brown rice, sweet potatoes, veggies, fruit. Been planning to get back to being very strict but been slacking.
Anyways, derm was talking about the connection between strep and psoriasis. Wanted to test me for group a (throat) and group b (intestinal/colon) strep. She said if group a is present, then the plan is remove tonsils, if group b is present, go on penicillin (antibiotics). Well no group a for me but tested positive for group b.
I am kind of glad knowing there is possibly something that is a problem that can be targeted and corrected, but nervous to start on antibiotics. I definitely want to kill off the strep in my intestines. You see alot about psoriasis being related to the gut and fix the gut and yada yada which sounds good but what does fix the gut mean. Its kind of like the boogeyman, you don't know what is actually the problem and best solution. Is it the candida diet, is it a whole food diet, is it come sort of short term cleanse? Do you do it for 3 months, 6? What do you take, what do you eat, what DONT you eat. Theres alot of conflicting information available.
I had done strict diet for 5 months, including probiotics and even leaky gut supplements not long ago but didn't find any improvement at all and eventually started being less and less strict to where I am now. I would still say my diet is excellent but I feel like I could be better and more disciplined and focused.
So now I know I have to deal with this strep bacteria. Antibiotics are the easiest answer but I am just a bit concerned. Ive done antibiotics in the past and believe they played a big part and messing up my gut flora in the first place. Maybe I can do it right this time tho. I am looking for any feedback with anyone having similar experience.
Thinking I do the penicillin for 2 weeks, but also take a probiotic and eat completely clean (been wanting to commit to a diet again for 6 months, this is already 90% my diet but making it 100%). No chocolate, nothing like honey, just beef, chicken, quality fish, eggs, presoaked and drained brown rice, sweet potatoes, rutabagas, carrots, beets, presoaked and drained and fermented gluten free organic oats, fruits, homemade coconut milk yogurt, sauerkraut, nuts like cashews, walnuts, almonds, basically the candida diet in regards to spices and foods, little modified for myself. Reason I soak the rice and oats it to remove any possible pesticides or toxins and starch from the rice, i donno if anyone else does this. For the oats i've been wanting to start fermenting them using a probiotic powder (from a pill). Ive been thinking I should cut out coffee, just test it out, tho i love coffee.
So im probably gonna start this immediately, would be nice to hear from anyone with experience regarding antibiotics. Think it will make my psoriasis worse immediately? The idea is that this will start me on a complete reset to correct and fix my gut flora. As long as I prepare myself with an appropriate diet and supplement probiotic pills and foods and that doing so will allow my body to start healing more.
Planning to use the Renew Life brand 50 billion probiotic. Ill take as directed as well as use it to make fermented oat and coconut milk yogurt.
Thoughts?
Saw a dermatologist this week, actually was a good visit despite her solution for me to start methotrexate and the biologics. However I am far from ready for drugs, still hoping to find improvements and ideally remission naturally.
Been off my diet for a while now and off the diet for me is just eating chocolate and regular oats pretty often (baking cookies or banana bread, no refined sugar though), and the odd cheat meal from a restaurant, few pizzas, servings of french fries, dessert here n there otherwise my normal is gluten free, sugar free, processed food free, whole food diet. Lots of protein, healthy fat sources, carbs are brown rice, sweet potatoes, veggies, fruit. Been planning to get back to being very strict but been slacking.
Anyways, derm was talking about the connection between strep and psoriasis. Wanted to test me for group a (throat) and group b (intestinal/colon) strep. She said if group a is present, then the plan is remove tonsils, if group b is present, go on penicillin (antibiotics). Well no group a for me but tested positive for group b.
I am kind of glad knowing there is possibly something that is a problem that can be targeted and corrected, but nervous to start on antibiotics. I definitely want to kill off the strep in my intestines. You see alot about psoriasis being related to the gut and fix the gut and yada yada which sounds good but what does fix the gut mean. Its kind of like the boogeyman, you don't know what is actually the problem and best solution. Is it the candida diet, is it a whole food diet, is it come sort of short term cleanse? Do you do it for 3 months, 6? What do you take, what do you eat, what DONT you eat. Theres alot of conflicting information available.
I had done strict diet for 5 months, including probiotics and even leaky gut supplements not long ago but didn't find any improvement at all and eventually started being less and less strict to where I am now. I would still say my diet is excellent but I feel like I could be better and more disciplined and focused.
So now I know I have to deal with this strep bacteria. Antibiotics are the easiest answer but I am just a bit concerned. Ive done antibiotics in the past and believe they played a big part and messing up my gut flora in the first place. Maybe I can do it right this time tho. I am looking for any feedback with anyone having similar experience.
Thinking I do the penicillin for 2 weeks, but also take a probiotic and eat completely clean (been wanting to commit to a diet again for 6 months, this is already 90% my diet but making it 100%). No chocolate, nothing like honey, just beef, chicken, quality fish, eggs, presoaked and drained brown rice, sweet potatoes, rutabagas, carrots, beets, presoaked and drained and fermented gluten free organic oats, fruits, homemade coconut milk yogurt, sauerkraut, nuts like cashews, walnuts, almonds, basically the candida diet in regards to spices and foods, little modified for myself. Reason I soak the rice and oats it to remove any possible pesticides or toxins and starch from the rice, i donno if anyone else does this. For the oats i've been wanting to start fermenting them using a probiotic powder (from a pill). Ive been thinking I should cut out coffee, just test it out, tho i love coffee.
So im probably gonna start this immediately, would be nice to hear from anyone with experience regarding antibiotics. Think it will make my psoriasis worse immediately? The idea is that this will start me on a complete reset to correct and fix my gut flora. As long as I prepare myself with an appropriate diet and supplement probiotic pills and foods and that doing so will allow my body to start healing more.
Planning to use the Renew Life brand 50 billion probiotic. Ill take as directed as well as use it to make fermented oat and coconut milk yogurt.
Thoughts?