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Hidradenitis Suppurativa

I have to deal with a condition that is called hidradenitis suppurativa, is an autoinflammatory condition. It causes painful lumps under my arms, breast and groin area. The lumps are full of puss and will drain out after a while. If I open them up myself, they get infected and hurts a lot longer then normal. Somedays the lumps gets so big that it's hard to move. 

For years I was dealing with it, I read up on everything I can on it. And learned that one of things that triggers an inflammation is food, dairy, sugar, or nightshade. Nightshade is a plant family, at first I thought of the deadly nightshade plant. But after some research I found out there are veggie and herbs are in the family. Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant, which sucks cause I grow up in the should we have potatoes or tomatoes almost at every meal.

In the last year I tested the theory I got rid of nightshade for a couple of weeks and the lumps got smaller and less painful. So yay me.... but as shopping for food I started reading labels on everything. There is paprika (dried peppers) or potatoes starch in almost all process foods. So now I cook and process all my food. 

This week that I'm posting this I couldn't stay away from fried taters my hubby made. So I have inflammation and lump under my arms. It's painful to move them. So I thought I would write about it. 


Here some information on it. 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hidradenitis-suppurativa/symptoms-causes/syc-20352306#:~:text=Smoking%20tobacco%20has%20been%20linked,By%20Mayo%20Clinic%20Staff 

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