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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IamDavid 03/04/2011

Check out this very educational video. I used to think that corn flour was safe. Know I know why although my HS had gotten a great deal better I was still getting flare ups from time to time. According to this video any grain (flours made from seeds) have gluten.
http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/video-tutorial/gluten-sensitivity-what-is-it/

deleted_user 03/04/2011

Thanks david this is very informative. Watched about 15 minutes of it.....lack the patience to get it all but will come back later lol

deleted_user 03/04/2011

Thanks David! I am only wheat-gf, but this may anwer some of those ?'s I have when I have a flare and don't know why!

Thanks!!

IamDavid 03/04/2011

Yeah Scottish,
I also had to give up dairy and nuts. Cheese to me is about as bad as gluten. I start flaring up within ours of eating cheese. So you may want to experiment dairy fasting if your not already dairy free. I'm curious about the cheese thing. Is it because dairy cow's are fed grains and all grains have gluten? I dunno have not researched that yet. Does anyone know what dairy cows are fed? Does milk contain the same type's of protien found in gluten because of that? We'll for now all I know is that cheese makes me flare up too. I'm a big cheese lover too but it's just not worth 3 to 14 days of burning searing pain to have that slice of pizza or cheese omelette. Special thanks to Gfpaperdoll for convincing me to try giving up dairy when I hit a wall with my gf diet. Not to mention how much she shared with me about gluten free living. I feel like im in a third phase now shifting over to paleo diet.

respectful 03/05/2011

That's very interesting...And all these years I've been eating corn flour (Because wheat flour swells up my throat) It's amazing the gluten in corn does not. You just never know what you are eating I guess.

deleted_user 03/05/2011

I have researched the "cow eating grains" and passing them on to you thing....

Cows are able to digest the protein in grains and break them down into amio acids, therefore you are not getting the gluten protein from cows; either meat or dairy;.

This is my non-professional understanding......The autoimmune inflammatory response it due to the proteins that our bodies cannot tollerate. Since dairy has a lot of the larger proteins like the protein found in wheat, it is most likely your response to the proteins in dairy AND wheat.

IamDavid 03/05/2011

Thanks scottish fot that research info. That makes scense. Must be why I react to nut protiens too. I too see no reaction with corn. If I do im not feeling it within hours like I do with gluten and dairy. I once read somewhere that if our digestive system cant process certain things it may end up expelling it out our skin. Think of the acne and greasy, oily food connection. Is gluten doing that to us? Just one of those unanswered questions I have.

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