wonga77 wrote: » Ive been sick enough with the flu the last week or so and my p has got so thick and sore. I can manage with the stuff on my knees and elbows ets but its the scalp that really gets to me. Is there any way to get dovonex/dovobet without prescription or is that the only way?
rubadub wrote: » I actually made my own light fitting and just bought the philips bulb separately. I got the bulb for around €50 from the UK. I posted before about buying the bulb and putting it in a suitable office lamp, which could be got in viking or similar ones in other places. You just need to have the same fitting and adequate power supply to the lamp. I have seen them selling on the likes of adverts before. Proper ones sold as psoriasis treatment lights. There are numerous brands but all the small ones will use the exact same philips 9W narrowband UVB bulb. Some cost stupid money just since they put a "medical" tag on it. If I was not making it I would have got a dermalight 80 or this dermfix 1000mxhttp://www.androv-medical.com/product/27/dermfix-1000mx-uv-b-lamp-for-psoriasis--vitiligo-or-eczema There are now alternative bulbs available but I would stick with the philips, I saw a report saying they were better and I would rather stick with them, there is little in the difference.
z0oT wrote: » I actually have a mild dosage of it at the back of my tongue, which apparently points to a problem with my large intestine. And sure enough, my bowel movements have been off for a very long time now.
Gael23 wrote: » I don't ever remember ever having thrush but have had bowel issues fir about 2 years now, which boiled up to the impaction which I got a year ago. Ever since things have been very variable in that respect, one week I'm perfectly normal and the next week on laxatives again.
z0oT wrote: » .(Disgusting Part) What's more, I've been noticing mucus in my stools lately, it's like my body is trying to rid itself of something. This morning, I noticed what looked like worms in the stool. Maybe threadworms or something, little stringy things about an inch or so long and several of them. This isn't the 1st time I've seen them either since I started with my current diet. I've an emena kit ordered, so I plan on trying those out. I'll try it with plain water first before I get more adventurous. Parasites have often been linked to auto-immune diseases before, so I guess there's hope for me yet.
Gael23 wrote: » You can get tablets without prescription for that. Take one now then take another a week later.
Mountainsandh wrote: » Yeah, it would probably be worth your while trying the tablets. Or raw cloves of garlic if your diet allows. Careful with that though, I took garlic like that once for a few days, and I did get thrush after ! It kills everything I guess. I wonder does your diet encourage such type of infection, like the fermented food ?
z0oT wrote: » It's probably worth my trying out an over the counter worm dose. I guess I'm a little wary of modern medicine to be truthful, the last thing I want is antiboitics. I do actually try and eat a few cloves of raw Garlic per day, the main antifungal foods I consume are, Raw Garlic, Coconut Oil, Tumeric, Ginger, and Raw Onions. I only started to notice the occasional lot of mucus among other things coming out when I started on the antifungals. And regarding the fermented foods, I actually didn't notice an improvement in symptoms since I started consuming lots of them, which is kind of telling me to consume even more of them. My favorites are my own homemade Sauerkraut, and Fermented Cauliflower usually.
z0oT wrote: » Here's a question: Does anyone here with P have any form of oral thrush, be it at the front, middle, back or sides of the tongue?
Call Me Jimmy wrote: » It's such bull**** though isnt it, can my body not just do its job and ****ing not attack itself on the part of my body that most has to interface with other human beings, unless it has a plan im unaware it's a load of ****
ibarelycare wrote: » I'm prone to thrush oral thrush, and also can get it on the corners of my mouth. I've had it about 3 times so far this year. I phoned my consultant this morning and requested that my methotrexate dosage be increased again. It was decreased in December and it's since then that I've had the worst P that I've ever had. I'm hoping that moving back up to 20mg/week will help. Getting desperate now, especially coming into summer when I won't want to keep my forearms covered the whole time.
z0oT wrote: » Where do you have it on your tongue? Is it the tip, middle, back or sides of the tongue or is it all over? It is said that your tongue tells you a lot about your digestive system. If you've thrush on the tip of your tongue, there's an issue with your stomach, if it's on the middle of your tongue there's something amiss with your small intestine. Finally if it's on the back, then it's your large intestine. The sides of it apparently indicate a problem with your liver.
ibarelycare wrote: » I've had it on the sides and on the top/front.
akaalias wrote: » I've gone back to using Dovonex on my scalp for now. I'll be getting Dovobet but am really loathe to use it. My one glimmer of hope is that nearly 5 years ago, October 2010, I treated the front of my scalp with Dovonex solution (now discontinued) and regular moisturiser and it cleared it up, not just temporarily but to this day it's clear. I need to moisturise it every day or else it gets dry but the skin is clear. I've been treating the rest of my scalp for the past week with Dovonex ointment. The skin is smooth but really red and inflamed. I don't know if this is a sign to back off or that it's working.
Irishchick wrote: » Does anyone here have psoratic arthritis? My gp thinks I may have it but rheumatologist is still undecided. I dont have psoriasis ( had one or 2 patches when I was younger) but my mother and brother have it
