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What worked for me!

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ej07155
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I realise that there can be many different causes but having suffered for over THIRTY years I thought I would share what has worked for me for the last 6 months in case it can help anyone else out there......

I suffer a bit from piles so I had assumed that the itching was due to this so I just put up with it. However it has got worse over the last few years, PARTICULARLY IN THE WINTER. I figured this might be because I wore tighter fitting or more clothes in the winter?

I also noticed that the itching was to one side of my anus and was associated with a dry patch of skin which was red and inflamed. After some reading of web sites and chat rooms, I self diagnosed this as a form of psoriasis, which can also be associated with low vitamin 'D' (the sunshine vitamin!)

Anyway, to cut to the chase, I now take vitamin D orally and have had NO SYMPTOMS for over six months. (I have read that oral vitamin D is unproven for psoriasis- I don't care as it is working for me!)

I hope this suggestion helps at least one other sufferer as I know what a pain in the ass this condition can be! ( 😃

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