crazy forehead breakout

Gas, upset stomach, skin breakouts. Have you look into your digestive health. Seems like a level of candida occuring.

I don't break out like crazy, but definitely more than I should at my age. Matter of fact I didn't break out much in high school. Pimples now happen more frequently.

All lyme and co related, but more specifically the combo of gas, upset stomach and pimples is leaning more towards candida.

OK thank you! I will increase my probiotics and start taking Nystatin. Is that enough if I have candida?

Hi Pirouette! Thank you so much for reaching out and reminding me.
i have had these bumps for most of the last year - AND been tested negative for candida and very low mold.
But the bumps just got worse and I have stomach pain and a lot of gas as of the last few weeks. I tried the Nystatin pills and they didnt do much if anything. I will try to get the pure powder - unless you think i should get Diflucan?

I just got mold tested: Ochratoxin 9.05 and Trichothecene 0.41 - are these levels anything to be concerned with? Nobody in my family seems to have any mold issues. Would these levels affect me or are they so low it shouldnt matter? The ochratoxin was only 3.71 when i was tested a year ago.

Also no sugar to not feed y/f overgrowth

Thank you so much Pirouette. I really appreciate your help. I will add active charcoal. The bumps don't itch.

Is the skin on your forehead really really oily with the bumps? I only ask because I get small pimple bumps on the sides of my nose and VERY OILY when my body is super over-loaded from toxins/die-off from herxing. Its like its where my skin trys to let the toxins 'come-out' the most or something.
Weird, I know.
...but just wanted to throw it out there as a possibility if you might have the oily-ness accompanying. Its really good your adding the activated charcoal...that stuff is awesome for toxins!

-Courtney

EDIT: Im editing this to say nevermind because I just re-read and saw that you said your bumps are in fact itchy. The ones I get do NOT itch so its prob not related. Whatever it is, I hope you find some relief soon Charlotte :)

Post Edited (orchid_rain) : 5/28/2016 12:32:02 AM (GMT-6)

thanks Courtney! I am not sure if they itch. They never itched before, but last night they were so burning it almost felt like an itch. I put tea tree oil on them. And I am going to start Diflucan. It bubbles in my stomach a lot. A get a lot of gas, especially in the mornings.
Ugh... Have a great weekend!

Hi Charlotte -
The Diflucan "bubbles" because it is killing yeast/fungus and the die off of it produces gas (and other mycotoxins like ethanol and acetaldehyde so increasing detoxing while you're on antifungals might be beneficial). Since they are not itchy and more burning, I think your bumps are yeast/fungus-related. Tea tree oil kills the demodex on contact so if you had huge relief from that - it's demodex. Tea tree oil is also a nice antimicrobial and can also be soothing but probably won't eliminate the yeast/fungus--you need something addressing the root overgrowth in the gut.

Hope that's helpful.

Traveler--
If her pumps were itchy at night... it would be more likely that they were actually a demodex (skin mites) problem--they are most active at night, which causes the itching (I will spare you the details unless you really want to know). We all have them but for people whose immune systems are struggling they can either grow in population because your body isn't taking care of them like it should or you can just be extra sensitive to their presence.

-p

dacarte3 -

Good for you - the coconut oil likely reduced the demodex population significantly while also healing the skin and controlling yeast/fungus that the demodex also created. You might also think about adding tea tree oil to the coconut oil - more on tea tree oil below.

So - here's the reason for the agitation at night but don't say I didn't warn you. ;)

Deomodex live in the pores and share their home with hair follicles - they feed off the oils and waxes that our bodies create. They are mostly active in the dark - at night or in a dark theatre because this is when they crawl out of the pores and reproduce (thus the agitation). They have a short lifecycle and leave bacteria and dead carcasses everywhere too, which can irritate and agitate the skin causing breakouts that look like acne but it isn't (the dead giveaway is that acne has puss-like stuff inside, these bumps are filled with a clear watery-like liquid like blisters).

Everyone has demodex - just like we have bacteria and yeasts and fungi all within and on our bodies. However, demodex can get out of control due to a weak immune system or skin that is unhealthy or damaged. You can get an overpopulation from pets and you can also get it from other people.

I had a close friend (we've since lost touch) who struggled greatly with heavy metals in her body (grew up near an iron mine in South America) - she was pretty ill at the time and although I didn't know it - so was I (lyme & co & viruses). I visited her - she let me sleep in her bed. I'm sure her linens were clean but mites live off our dead skin and can live in pillows, mattresses for years. The night I stayed with her I was itchy all night long and the next day had a nice red itchy bumpy rash on my forehead, cheeks and upper arms. She also had the same "rashes" the entire time I knew her but I never made the connection.

I had no idea what had happened or had reason to suspect anything. Boy - did I get taken for a ride trying to figure out what was causing it. To make a long story short - I tried OTC cleansers, creams, etc. thinking it was acne. $$$ and months later, of course nothing worked. I finally went to a dermatologist (will never, ever do that again). In 5 minutes she determined it was acne and put me on abx and an aldosterone blocker (thinking it was too much male hormone...huh????) which I'm pretty sure was the catalyst for a severe adrenal crash that followed. It did nothing for the "rash".

I was also having rosacea-like issues and set out on dermatology forums to investigate rosacea as the cause. After spending some time with those people - I'm convinced that dermatologists aren't much more helpful than ID MDs. Not because they aren't smart or caring but because it seems to be a very insular field of medicine and there just doesn't seem to be a culture of expanded learning. Knowing what I know now, I'd be willing to bet that most of the rosacea & acne cases I read about could be solved by addressing gut bacteria or lack thereof, yeast/fungual overgrowth and detoxing. It's really, really sad because they have gone to the ends of the earth desperate for help and will spend more decades doing the same w/out answers.

Anyway, months of research and stress later, I literally stumbled onto a woman's story shared on earthclinic.com. She'd been visiting some carribean resort and likely contracted demodex from the bed she slept on from the person before... She had it all over her entire body - tiny red itchy bumps and of course, hadn't slept in about a year. And after a very long battle she finally tried a tea-tree oil based soap and took a somewhat serious scrubbing brush and really scrubbed her skin with this soap... after solving the problem a couple of times only to get "reinfected" she finally used the lice model and had to address her environment - she threw out her bed, pillows, blankets... cleaned her bedroom (luckily she had a wood floor). And had to wash her sheets/towels/clothes every other day. about a month of this later, she got rid of all of it...

She posted before & after photos - so I was set to try it and it worked. Mine was very easy to solve once I got the right cleanser and replaced my pillows.

-p

Post Edited (Pirouette) : 5/28/2016 3:58:33 PM (GMT-6)

Things always seem less scary or strange when you understand what is happening. I've definitely experienced the itchy, crawlies, and rashes this mites and fungus produces.

It makes sense where they happen too. Behind ears, between fingers and toes, ears, other damp, warm areas (*ahem*).

Thanks for the details

Boy there's so much to remember with lyme and co and now the y/f overgrowth. I'm going to stick with coconut oil. Nystatin, proboitics and diet. Try to hit at its source. I'm already seeing improvements. I'm sure there's more I can do (there's always more) but I can only remember and do so much with these infections! Lol.

P- You're 147 years old???? Wow!! snicker, snicker!! Sorry, I couldn't resist!

I too think it's a good thing to have the information on the forum. I had no idea what demodex was, but I know what skin mites are and have dealt with them as well. That's when I first started using coconut oil on my skin. It's help with so much of my complexion though, I've not stopped using it! It's usually the only moisturizer I use - even on my hair about once a month as an overnight treatment. It makes my hair as soft as silk after I shampoo it out!