Autoimmune Roots

Author: Psoriatica

  • Psoriatic Arthritis Diet

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    History of my Psoriatic Arthritis Diet Science will soon provide us with a prescriptive Psoriatic Arthritis Diet. I have experimented with Paleo diets, Autoimmune diets, a Gut Health Protocol and I am now settling into my own version of a Psoriatic Arthritis Diet that I will continue to tweak as I learn. I keep a…

  • The Keystone Approach

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    The Keystone Approach Healing Arthritis and Psoriasis by restoring the Microbiome By Rebecca Fett If you are considering going on The Whole 30 Diet, the Autoimmune Paleo Diet or any other diet meant to address the microbiome or an autoimmune disease, you should read this book. The Keystone Approach is slightly different. This book will…

  • RNA research on T cells and lymphoma

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    Pain and itching are also symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis This research is complex for the layperson, but I’m saving it here for future reference because it overlaps my disease in that it addresses T cells and lymphoma. I have an aunt with Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Cancer that I can’t yet find a way to connect to…

  • Plastics and inflammation

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    Plastics and Autoimmune Disease I have wanted to look for research that connected plastics to inflammation because the use of plastics and epidemic of inflammatory diseases coincide. It could be coincidence, but I suspect there are some connections that have not yet been made and when they do get made it will be disruptive to…

  • My Family History of Autoimmune Disease

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    My Family History of Autoimmune Disease My awareness of my family history of autoimmune disease is a recent development. I grew up in a small town very close to my grandparents, actively involved in their day to day lives, and very aware of their gradual health decline. I see so many symptoms that developed over their…

  • What everyone wrote off as MENOPAUSE was PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

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    From Injury to Psoriatic Arthritis This is part 4 of the narrative of my disease development from childhood, young adult and middle age. A list of my symptoms over that time frame and where I fit in the multigenerational family history of this disease. The Injury I was never a runner. It made my feet…

  • What I thought was NORMAL was PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

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    Middle Age This is part 3 of the narrative around my disease development. Links to my childhood, young adult, and disease development during menopause as well as a bullet list of the disease progression and where I fall in the generational family history of this disease. Psoriasis It wasn’t until I saw a new dermatologist in 2011…

  • The Story around my early Disease

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    The Story around the origins of my Psoriatic Arthritis This is part 2 of the narrative of my disease development from childhood, through motherhood, middle age, and menopause. I’ve created a bulleted a list of the disease progression and a family tree of the generations of disease in my family. Motherhood & Faith My twins were…

  • Which gut microbe could be the problem?

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    I just stumbled across a study that identified the gut microbe Enterococcus Gallinarium as a possible trigger to autoimmune disease. In their study, they found evidence that it crossed the gut barrier & was found in other organs. They successfully used antibiotics and a vaccine to lessen symptoms. The bigger questions for me after reading…

  • My Childhood

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    This is part 1 of the narrative of my disease development through young adulthood, middle age, and menopause.  I’ve also developed a bulleted list of the disease progression over time and a family tree of the generations of this disease in my family. Childhood My childhood was ideal by many measures. I grew up on…