Hidradenitis (HS) and zinc
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I just wanted to post and let anyone know that over the counter Zinc gluconate could possibly cure you. I waited a full year before posting this. I had my husband randomly switch my zinc for something else twice in a mock “blind” trial because I was so so worried it was probably just placebo effect. I slipped out of remission when the zinc was removed so I’m convinced. I first stumbled across it in an NIH study and I’ve posted the link.
I’ve done multiple topical and oral biotics. I’ve had drained abscesses, surgery, biopsies and biopsy. Turns out I’m alleric to nightshade (found out through a blog post) and could be cured by high doses of zinc (through an Internet article). I feel so let down after 7 years of medical treatment and I was still in severe pain with constant flairs that cost me so much, I hope someone else can be helped from this. I’m completely symptom free unless I accidentally have nightshade (paprika is in virtually all packaged food) but even then I might have a small painless lump not a full blown boil or open sore that debilitates me
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17460404/
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harry75476 marisa99476
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This is great of course if this works for you too. I finally went to Cleveland Clinic, main campus in Ohio and had Co2 Laser surgery. There are few institutions that use this for HS but that is slowly changing. I had had 2 other standard knife surgeries that were failures. With Co2 laser surgery there is little blood with this procedure so the surgeon can literally see/follow the tracts and eliminate them. That's the big problem with standard knife surgery. They literally can't see what they are doing!! Healing was a little rough, took about 6 weeks but I'd do it again in a heartbeat to get rid of the scourge this disease is on body and mind. It has been almost 2 years and no recurrence.
kenneth60981 harry75476
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Dr. Hazan performed 3 of those laser surgeries on me in his office in Westlake, OH. Had I known about zinc, I would never have had to go through that and I wouldn't be out $7K, the cost of the three procedures.
Good luck with your HS!
420 marisa99476
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Hi, I gotta say I'm impressed by this zinc treatment, but isn't 400 mg a day a lot? I tried this yesterday but I got sick. Is someone also sick from zinc?
christophe34866 420
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I'm doing 400 a day now. If i take to much at once it upsets my stomach. But i'm going to break it down and do 100-150 3 times a day
Vivi3nne marisa99476
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Suffered with Hs for 40 years, gradually getting worse from an occasional boil to a constant never ending covering, after reading this i went straight out an bought a tub of 50mg zinc, within two days there was improvement, after a week my hs had completely healed. i cant believe it, so much so i am just hopind and praying it doesnt come back but i have not been free of it like this for years. thank you from the bottom of my heart.