Pterese's Blog (4)

Low Dose Naltrexone May Help So Many

My 7 year old daughter will be starting LDN this week.  This drug does wonders for autoimmune conditions by blocking endorphins through the night.  The body then releases an overabundance of endorphins the following day to compensate. The endorphins heal inflamation (of course anyone with alopecia is inflammed.  C Reactive protien blood test will confirm this) and balance the immune system, targeting the true problem, rather than a temporary toxic drug.  There are no side effects, not…

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Added by pterese on January 27, 2016 at 11:44pm — 2 Comments

C Reactive Protein Test and Inflammation

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone has taken this blood test and what your numbers were.  It is a test for inflammation.  My daughter was a 12.4. Normal is a 0.0 to a 4.4.  Clearly she has silent inflammation, a very dangerous condition that is becoming chronic for her.  After many blood tests, this is the only abnormality showing up.  I believe the inflammation is causing the autoimmunity.  I an curious if anyone else is having this experience.  The name of the test is the C…

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Added by pterese on January 13, 2016 at 9:03pm — 1 Comment

C Reactive Protein Test

Hello,  We are in the process of bloodwork.  It has been a year and I refuse to accept that my daughter will never have hair again.  

Throughout our journey I have recently had much bloodwork done.  My daughter's results showed extreme infammation in her body.  Her C reactive Protien was a 12.2.  This confirms that she is indeed inflammed.  Silent inflammation of course if very bad news for long term health: cancer, stroke, diabetes, on and on.  

We are doing an…

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Added by pterese on January 10, 2016 at 4:12pm — 4 Comments

Organic, Non GMO, Vegan Diet Answers

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone is going this route?  We ditched the steroids about a month ago after 8 months of treatment.  I am juicing organic fruits and greens each day.  We have stocked our kitchen with vegan, non GMO, no gluten, no dairy, pure foods.  Our new strict diet is of the highest quality and nutrition packed.  Supplements include D3, Omega, B12, Calcium, and probiotics.  It has been 6 weeks and hair is still falling rapidly.  I was so hopeful it would slow by…

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Added by pterese on December 12, 2015 at 1:04pm — 25 Comments

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