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Palmoplantar Pustulosis - Here's your chance to heal!

11/3/2015

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How is Palmoplantar Pustulosis treated?

7 Key areas to focus on during your healing journey

As you know Palmoplantar Pustulosis is a very rare chronic autoimmune disease which is hard to treat using the conventional medical treatments.

If you are looking in to options how to combat PPP using a holistic approach and to heal naturally, changing your diet is crucial and a major part of the healing journey.

I write more about why this is a must and what to eat in the blog post  called "What is the perfect diet to follow when healing from Palmoplantar Pustulosis?" and more in depth in my book.
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But to be successful you need to make a few lifestyle changes as well apart from only changing your diet , and these are the steps I'm listing below.

I'm going to keep it short and precise.

Bust the stress
Find ways to reduce and manage stress. Do something that relaxes you every day – yoga, meditation, calming music, or even just a hot bath. Seriously you need to remove stress in your life to successfully beat PPP.

Cut the crap
Avoid all processed foods and sugary fizzy drinks. Stop eating sugar. Cut the carbs, and work toward improving gut health. Stop eating gluten!

Supplement, supplement 
Invest in good quality supplements. Your body needs good probiotics, zinc, vitamins D3+K2, magnesium.

Juice it up
Adopt a daily juicing regime to give your body all the vitamins and minerals it needs to rebuild and heal. Stick with the greens for maximum impact.

Get cooking
Learn how to cook nutritious and healthy meals that don’t include gluten and sugar. 

Just say no
Cut down on alcohol and smoking. Drugs are a definite no-no.

Just say yes – to exercise!
Exercise daily. Go for walks, practice yoga, go swimming. Get active, your body will thank you.

Although there will be challenges along the way, my advice is to visualise the outcome, – how great it will be to walk in nice shoes again, or how you’ll feel when you don’t need to hide your hands. Don’t try to set a certain date for healing, this, as you know, is ludicrous. Instead, focus on improving your health and making lifestyle changes, one day at a time. For me it took 3 months to heal from PPP by following these steps.

As a reminder and for inspiration, please download and print out the infographic below and put it up on the fridge or where you can see it everyday to feel motivated. :)

​Åsa Kärrman
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Jane Lee
3/6/2016 08:01:20 am

Hi Asa,
I am interested in the calcium/vitamin d/vitamin k role in PPP. As a sufferer of PPP, would you advise me not to use a multi vitamin with calcium in it? Just wondering if this will increase the calcium levels in my blood? I have started taking a vitamin d/k supplement as you suggest. What amount of vit d do you recommend?
Many thanks for your blog and book,
Jane

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Well Healed link
3/7/2016 07:38:43 pm

Hi Jane,

Thank you for your comment ☺

Only a blood test can really show if you have too much calcium in your system and if you're lacking vitamin D3.

I don't supplement on calcium as I don't won't to increase my calcium levels for obvious reasons. I get plenty of calcium from the food I'm eating such as lots of green leaves etc... the below site lists good sources of calcium and why you shouldn't supplement.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/05/supplements-taking-many-can-hurt/

Before I got diagnosed with Palmoplantar pustulosis I used to drink a litre of milk per day....these days it's only water for me 😐
I take D3 tablets containing 2000 iu daily.

I would love to hear how you're getting on and your results.

Åsa x

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Katie
8/3/2020 07:51:23 pm

Hi Asa,

What a blessing it has been for me to come across your page! I have been suffering from PPP since I was a junior in high school in 2008. I have gone to many dermatologists which have just labeled it as severe eczema. 2 years ago I switched dermatologists looking for answers and he told me about PPP. He got me set up on steroid ointments which have made my PPP cycles more manageable but I am to the point that I can't live with this anymore. I went searching for answers during my latest out break and found you. I've read your blog and your book and am on a paleo, gluten free, dairy free diet for 7 days now. I feel very motivated to fix my health from the inside out. I feel confident in what I need to do for exercise and diet and am doing daily meditation to de-stress (which is always my biggest trigger for PPP). But I would love more guidance on what vitamins to buy, as in what brands you recommend - capsules v.s veg. capsules, how much of each vitamin and how often to take - morning vs. night. So far I am planning on taking (from your recommendation) :

Colloidal Silver - 10ppm
Zinc
Magnesium - 2,000mg
K2
D3 (I found a capsule of k2 and d3 together, is that okay?)
biotin - 5,000mg
colostrum
chlorella
probiotics

Thank you so much for you help so far. I can't wait to see how much body progresses.

-- Katie

Åsa link
8/3/2020 08:31:41 pm

Hi Katie,

I'm so sorry to hear you suffered from PPP for so long but I'm glad you found me :).

Great that you decided to take your health in your own hands and that you already started, that's the best you can do for yourself

I always bought all my supplements in capsule form (apart from chlorella) as I found it handy and convenient. I take them all in the morning as a part of my morning routine. The only supplement I take at night time before bed is magnesium. I buy a lot of different brands and most of them are Swedish, but I like Now's products, they are good and affordable, Solgar is another great brand. These two you can get globally as far as I know.

https://www.nowfoods.com/supplements/by-category/vitamins
https://www.solgar.com/products/?health_interest=immune-support

Here's the amount I would take:

Colloidal Silver - 10ppm - 1 tablespoon a day

Zinc - 1 capsule a day 25 mg

Magnesium - 2,000mg

K2
D3 (I found a capsule of k2 and d3 together, is that okay?) - Yes that is ok, I always buy a combination of
these myself - 1 capsule a day

biotin - 5,000mg

colostrum - 1 capsule a day
https://www.nowfoods.com/supplements/colostrum-500-mg-veg-capsules

chlorella - Often comes in powder form, just follow the suggested usage.

probiotics - 1 capusle a day. (the more bacteria in the better)
https://www.nowfoods.com/supplements/by-category/probiotics-enzymes-healthy-digestion/probiotics

Best of luck Katie on your healing journey, it would be really nice to hear back from you later on and to hear how you are getting on :)

Kind Regards,

Åsa

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