Battling Eczema

Respiratory, skin and gut health. I was told to mind these. How did she know? I don't remember telling her about my health problems. Hmn ...

I started to squirm in my seat. I was uncomfortable because she told me these stuff after doing some calculations on my birth date. Scary! I absolutely do not want to have anything to do with clairvoyance!

But then, I was also squirming because my skin was itching. As we sat talking, the skin around my tummy was inflamed and itchy. I'd scratched till it bled. In fact, I've suffered from eczema or dermatitis for months! 

My eczema started to appear a few years back ... it'll start with a patch and the skin turns red and I'll itch. After a while, it'll heal but the patch will spread else where, and the process repeats. The eczema has concentrated on my lower back, mostly.

Doc said there was no cure, only that I'd have to watch my diet. Eat more fruits and vegetables and cut down on meat.

The eczema will sometimes disappear, but after a while it will come back. This time around, the eczema developed at both sides of my abdomen and was spreading towards my tummy. Many a time, my skin got red and felt painful as it was inflamed. When I sweated, it got even more itchy!  It got quite chronic and I was already going to go see a skin specialist about it. 

I was also thinking hard about my food consumption - what have I eaten that may caused eczema? Peanuts? Hmn ...  I'm not known to have peanut allergies. Seafood? I ate considerably less seafood when Mom wasn't home, but the eczema persisted. Sigh ...

At the same time, I started reading online about the supplements which would help relieve my skin problems. Most sites mentioned Vitamins C, D, E, K, fish oil and Probiotics. Probiotics is said to improve gut health and improve skin conditions. So, I bought a bottle the other night at the pharmacy. 

I took 1 capsule yesterday morning and forgot all about it as I went about the day's activities. But funnily, my skin did not itch even once yesterday! Inflammation has reduced and the rashes are drying up. It's quite miraculous! Could it be that Probiotics is really curing my eczema? It's too soon to say ... But rest assured, I'm crying continuing this regimen just to find out ....