Over the past 3 1/2 months of marriage my husband has been battling some of the most severe eczema he can remember. As we went through our summer internship, we believed this to be due to high allergy counts. After we returned to law school a couple weeks ago, we expected the symptoms to ease. They did. For two days, then returned with a vengeance.
Now I am spending hours researching and experimenting with how we can actually cure him of this uncomfortable disease, not just manage the symptoms. From what I have seen, eczema becomes more inflamed when the kidneys and liver are overwhelmed with toxins and the skin is the next avenue from which they can escape. Our goal is now to find ways to cleanse the liver from toxins for the long haul.
We have found one woman's story to be insightful, it can be found here: http://eczema-natural-healing.com/eczema-and-diet.html. While we do not have the money to invest in all the supplements as she did, we will be trying to eat less meat, dairy, and yeast products. We will also be adding freshly juiced leafy greens and other veggies. Fish oil, Vit D, and Probiotics are now a staple in our everyday diet, and some weird pill called Blue Green Algae.
I'll probably track a lot of what we are doing and our reactions here. The Probiotics were added a little over a week ago and I have to wonder if they are one of the big reasons that his skin has gotten so much worse. All I read says it will get worse before it gets better, but it isn't easy to mentally prepare for that reality. We'll keep being diligent, though, to give this enough of a try to be worth it. And with prayer and hard work, we look forward to the day when hubster's brain can think fully on other things, such as work, and give little thought to his skin.
