This blog post is about a young girl called Emma. Emma from the age of 6 months has suffered from Psoriasis. Her type of Psoriasis was the red weeping kind which left her skin red raw from head to feet. As any caring parent would, they took her immediately to the Doctors and in turn received cream and pills to try.
None of the prescribed treatments worked, some even made the condition worse and the skin more flared. The doctors recommended taking her to a medical professional who pumped the young girls body full of powerful drugs including an immune suppressant and chemotherapy.
As you can guess, after a six month period of being exposed to such powerful drugs, she became infected with the life-threatening Staphylococcus which was triggered by the medication ( Enbrel ) the medical practitioners had placed her on. At no time did the Doctors or the medical professionals ever ask the question, about the diet Emma was on. What kind of food or drinks she was consuming. Could it be so easy as to ask that question?
Rather than asking the parents if Emma had ever had a reaction to any food, they carried on pumping her with powerful drugs in the hope one would work. Now I have to make it clear, that I have a big respect for the NHS and medical professionals, and would want to be taken straight to a hospital should the need arise.
Functional medicine asks many questions about diet so it can be ruled out or some times found to be the root cause. In Emma’s case this was the very thing that was missing. Once the questions had been asked, the picture was becoming clear. Emma had been on medication from a very young age and was taking regular antibiotics. This in itself caused Emma to have a delicate gut flora, the cause of inflammation. Inflammation such as microbes, allergens, toxins, poor diet and stress.
Supplements that make a difference
After removing Gluten from Emma’s diet and clearing out bad microbes (Yeast) from her gut from years of use from antibiotics and steroids, Emma’s skin began changing fast. Our team added a few supplements to help the process along like Pure Krill Oil, vitamin D3, zinc and a probiotic to help cure the gut flora. Within 3 weeks Emma’s skin was the best her parents had ever witnessed. The red raw skin was being replaced by normal looking pale white skin and those weeping open sores had dried up completely.
Some times the Doctors only know what they have been taught, and seem to poo poo the idea of anything else working other than pills and creams. The good news is that lot’s more people nowadays are asking the question is there another way to cure this illness or issue….
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