Hidradenitis Suppurativa Support Group
Hidradenitis suppurativa (hi-drad-uh-NIE-tis sup-yoo-ruh-TIE-vuh) is rare, long-term skin condition that features small, painful lumps under the skin. The disease manifests as clusters of chronic abscesses or boils, sometimes as large as baseballs, that are extremely painful to the touch and may persist for years with occasional to frequent periods of inflammation,...
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My brother and I both suffer with HS. Where mine are in most areas where they can be hidden with clothes, my brother was not so lucky. At his job he meets lots of people and a few months back someone recognized what he was going through. The gentlemen must have been in his forties. We are in our mid twenties. The man told my brother that around our age he also suffered with HS, and although they might not have known what it was back then, a doctor told him once, "eat a box of raisins everyday and it will clear them up". He did it. And after 20 years he still eats at least 3-4 boxes of raisins a week and has never had another one. Well, I decided to try it. I've tried everything else, how can raisins of all things hurt. I was slow to start at first, not a big raisin fan. I started with eating raisin bran in the mornings. I started to notice a change. I didn't realize it at first until one morning I woke up and they weren't as bad. I couldn't believe it. Raisins? Really? So for about 2 weeks now I eat a box of raisins every day. All of the bumps on my lower stomach have cleared up. Nothing under my breasts. Nothing under my arms. I have 2 right now, one that will not heal that has been on my lower buttocks/upper thigh for months and the other on my upper right thigh/groin area that seems to be slowly healing. My grandmother used to tell me all the time it was in my blood and that I needed to clean my blood. I had tried everything under the sun when it comes to vitamins and herbs and prescriptions and salves and bath salts and you name it, I tried it. Nothing worked. Now it has only been a few weeks, but I am going to keep eating the raisins. We will see if it will have long term effects. I will keep everyone up to date if you like. Email me if you have any questions. I love to share my story. Here is a link I found on the benefits of raisins. It talks about acidosis and the skin problems it can cause and how raisins help.
Im curious to know if their is any truth to this?
Anyone eat a lot of raisons?
My brother and I both suffer with HS. Where mine are in most areas where they can be hidden with clothes, my brother was not so lucky. At his job he meets lots of people and a few months back someone recognized what he was going through. The gentlemen must have been in his forties. We are in our mid twenties. The man told my brother that around our age he also suffered with HS, and although they might not have known what it was back then, a doctor told him once, "eat a box of raisins everyday and it will clear them up". He did it. And after 20 years he still eats at least 3-4 boxes of raisins a week and has never had another one. Well, I decided to try it. I've tried everything else, how can raisins of all things hurt. I was slow to start at first, not a big raisin fan. I started with eating raisin bran in the mornings. I started to notice a change. I didn't realize it at first until one morning I woke up and they weren't as bad. I couldn't believe it. Raisins? Really? So for about 2 weeks now I eat a box of raisins every day. All of the bumps on my lower stomach have cleared up. Nothing under my breasts. Nothing under my arms. I have 2 right now, one that will not heal that has been on my lower buttocks/upper thigh for months and the other on my upper right thigh/groin area that seems to be slowly healing. My grandmother used to tell me all the time it was in my blood and that I needed to clean my blood. I had tried everything under the sun when it comes to vitamins and herbs and prescriptions and salves and bath salts and you name it, I tried it. Nothing worked. Now it has only been a few weeks, but I am going to keep eating the raisins. We will see if it will have long term effects. I will keep everyone up to date if you like. Email me if you have any questions. I love to share my story. Here is a link I found on the benefits of raisins. It talks about acidosis and the skin problems it can cause and how raisins help.
Im curious to know if their is any truth to this?
Anyone eat a lot of raisons?
I was eating a lot of raisins and nut mixture after I quit smoking 3 years ago. I was also eating Frosted Shreaded wheat. During that time I was having the worst flares ever.
It was only when I went gluten free that I got relief from the flares. I did not resume my raisin eating because of the sugar level in raisins and I had to work on that as well.
Just my observations and experience - but raisins are really good for you!
I have nothing to loose....need to get some different gluten free things anyway.
Also will be looking into the acidosis issue and educating myself about raisins in the meantime.
Thanks!
As you may have researched the body's immune system is weakened when our body is to acidic. Since we have an auto immune desease it makes sense to do everything we can to strengthen ours as much as we can..
I found a list of alkalizer foods that will help alot with balancing our ph and bring us out of acidic state. I don't think the list has any gluten foods but of course just stay away from those. I will update my post on PH with the list that I carry for shopping and the link to the web site I got it from.