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I had horrible eczema on my hands shortly after my son was born. It lasted a few years and bothered me tremendously. No prescription creams helped and the eczema pain and itching constantly drew my attention to my hands. My allergist had recommended eliminating all acid based foods from my diet - tomatoes, orange juice, catsup, anything with citric acid in the ingredient list, all soda. I didn’t want to do this extreme food elimination but it became so bad that I tried his recommendation. Within a week, the rash was gone and my hands were healing. I could bring the eczema back by drinking a glass of orange juice. I was convinced and for about 10years, kept this diet. Over time (it’s been 30years) I’ve been able to add back acidic foods but I’ll never forget this disease and the cure for me.
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@nanceedeefeperi ….If you ended up going to GI doctor,,,and he did a colonoscopy and took a biopsy....a workshop l attended last year given by a very savvy Dietician said to be sure any specimens taken from the colon/stomach are read by a Pathologist certified in reading GI specimens. She gave an example of a person told no they did not have celiac disease based on their biopsy read by a generic pathologist....but when she obtained the specimen and brought to the specialist Pathologist...she was told she had the worse case of celiac disease the specialized Pathologist had ever seen. tdrell
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Thank you for your feed back. I a going to an allergist tomorrow and have started a diet of no sugar, caffeine, and grains. I suspect a leaky gut and have consulted my GI Dr who is currently running test as well as my dermatologist who did two skin biopsies. It’s been a month from hell and am still not finding relief from the eczema spreading to my torso, arms and legs. The itch keeps me up at night and am afraid to even eat. Emergency room visit again yesterday being my arm was swollen and so very painful. The ER Dr took out the stitches and prescribed oral antibiotics. Hopefully the allergist may help cause I’m exhausted!