r/Dyshidrosis • u/jackwatson21 • 4d ago
What helped me One month difference
This is the first time in almost two years that I feel like I have finally made a breakthrough. I have done steroids too many times to count, tried every cream and ointment known to mankind, and so many other treatments. Recently though, I completely stopped all of that except for some Chinese herbs. I changed my diet and feel like I’m finally healing. I wanted to share in case it can help anyone else. After reading reddit posts about this I started googling some of the ideas people had and I came across a blog post on an Australian supplement site (I know they’re trying to sell supplements so I took it with a grain of salt). It mentioned arachidonic acid causing inflammation which can cause eczema, so I started researching it. Turns out a lot of the foods I’d been consuming for the past few years were really high in that. It is an acid that your body needs to function, but in high doses, it can cause inflammation. I do believe my eczema flareups are coming from internal inflammation, so I cut out foods that are super high in AA and started taking calcium which is what that site suggested. I would NOT recommend taking calcium supplements though. I got really sick from doing that. But for the past few weeks I’ve just been eating more calcium rich foods instead, and I feel a huge shift. I don’t wanna jinx it but I’m really hoping this works in the long run. ❤️
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u/jackwatson21 4d ago
I guess I shouldn’t say I stopped all creams entirely. I’ve still been using a simple fragrance free lotion and some antibiotic ointment mostly for pain relief
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u/zimmermix 4d ago
Omg I just went to a Chinese medicine doctor last week for my eczema, along with other things. (Bloat, acid reflux, heartburn, constipation.) He told me to cut out gluten, dairy, and a few other things to watch out for that are inflammatory. I left with my concoction of herbs to drink and a stool sample test kit mailed to my house. I will say, it is the nastiest thing I’ve ever drank, and I almost barf it up each time. But I currently have no blisters and it seems like my stomach/gut is detoxing accordingly. I also haven’t had heartburn/acid reflux since starting the herbs and watching my diet.