How I Cured My Psoriasis By Diet

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It's very interesting how you've done, great news. Can I ask, given that you feel psoriasis is a gut problem, whether you have any issues with your gut? I would think it would follow that all psoriasis suffers have gut issues.. Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick?

Hi Turnedlight. Thank you. I have had irritable bowel symptoms for a long time, but on and off, however, in the last couple of years more so. It has improved massively this last few months and all that I get now is occasional bloating but nothing much to speak of. I imagine this will abate more in the coming months.

I'd always assumed that this was just the way I was and it was nothing unusual, but now I realise that my guts were not 'right'. Whether it is common in psoriasis sufferers... maybe. Maybe not. One persons normal is another's abnormal. I hate to be so vague, but I don't feel that I can say 'Yes, all psoriasis sufferers have bowel problems.' I simply don't know if that is true or not. My suspicion is that, yes, probably sufferers have an increased tendency to some sort of inflammatory bowel problem. I have read several papers linking psoriasis and coeliac disease. To quote one :

"Studies have indicated an association between psoriasis and coeliac disease (CD), an immune-mediated gluten-dependent enteropathy; however, the precise relationship between psoriasis and CD remains controversial. We aimed to assess the prevalence of the CD-associated IgA antibodies antigliadin antibody (AGA), tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and antiendomysium antibody (EMA) in patients with psoriasis. In total, 41 patients with psoriasis and 41 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Blood samples were taken from all participants, and screened for AGA, tTG and EMA. We found a significantly higher level of AGA in patients with psoriasis than in controls, but levels of tTG and EMA were not significant. There was also a significantly higher prevalence of AGA, tTG and EMA in the patient group (34.1%, 34.1% and 14.6%, respectively) than in the control group (2.4%, 22% and 4.9%, respectively). We conclude that the significantly high prevalence of AGA antibodies in patients with psoriasis supports the possibility of a link between psoriasis and gluten-sensitive enteropathies, especially CD."

This is just one example of several in the same vein that I've come across in my reading. In my case certain foods trigger it so I'm convinced that it's a bowel problem. It would be nice to find a large study with similar findings. So in summary, I suspect it to be the case but wouldn't say for certain all psoriasis has this cause.