Why do I have KP??

SweetKiki012 · #1 08-01-2008, 02:18 AM

I've been trying to figure this out since the derm. appointment, She told me that KP was brought on by different kinds of allergies, to food or the weather and stuff like that..The thing is I have no weather related allergies and never have and I am not allergic to any food that I know of which means I don't expand my diet that much to even have to worry about allergies to any sort of food I may never come into contact with.

this is confusing!~

johnE · #2 08-01-2008, 03:07 PM

hey,

different people seem to get kp for different reasons. there isn't one answer for everyone. edleast not at this time. why people get this disease is still a mystery.what we do know is that food allergies aggravate kp , as well as weather changes mainly winter with its low humidity and cold temps.
ive read several articles were people have said that there kp diminished from taking gluten out of there diets some have said there kp disappeared all together. also ive heard of people having success from taking other things out of there diet. for example:
worst case of KP treated naturally-Success story on page 76
its possible that you have been eating something that you are allergic to without you realizing it.
or maybe your kp has nothing to do with allergies or weather ....who knows
maybe you have a problem absorbing vitamins
or poor circulation
theres a lot of possible triggers .

johnE · #3 08-01-2008, 03:07 PM

narcis · #4 08-02-2008, 10:18 PM

or maybe it's genetic

rojo · #5 08-03-2008, 07:47 PM

Hi SweetKiki and narcis!

Generally, KP is believed to be a genetic illness of skin... But there is something about allergies to food though. When I was very small all the doctors my mum asked stated that I was allergic to diary. Now I just don't bother. I am not going to get it out from my diet. Life without cheese and yoghurts? NO WAY!

Oh, and if you want to know more about KP read the article on Wikipedia:
Keratosis pilaris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

johnE · #6 08-03-2008, 10:46 PM

i wish i could simple quit eating cheese and yogurt to get rid of my kp!!!!!!!!!!
if i had to eat only rice for the rest of my life to keep my kp away, i would....and if
i could be healthy from eating only rice.of course.

i would do anything to be free again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kebod · #7 08-04-2008, 12:46 PM

Hi Rojo and John,

I visited my family this past June for 5 weeks. While I was away from home, I ate foods I normally don't eat, like chocolate covered pretzles (yum!), Kashi crackers, sprouted whole grain bread, dried, sweetened mango slices, some cheese, some chocolate, even a piece of chocolate cake.

All this wasn't helping my anti-candida diet, and it didn't help my KP, either. I had bumps on my cheeks and upper arms again. Not very many, but more than I usually have since I started oil pulling. While I was visiting (and eating taboo foods), I still kept up with oil pulling, but my eating seemed to aggravate the KP condition. I have been home for a month now, back on my regular diet of no carbs or sugar, and my KP is back to almost non-existant. I still have a few bumps now and then, but nothing like my pre-oil pulling days, and nothing like when I was on my vacation eating spree.

I think KP can have different causes. Maybe for me, it is candida, but also, maybe it is carb foods and sugar foods. John, the latter would also include cheese, and all diary, because of the lactose (a sugar) in dairy foods.

Some people can't digest gluten, found in a lot of carbs. This could be due to celiac disease. I have never been tested for that disease, but I know without a doubt that my KP is much better if I stay away from carbs and sugar. And if I keep on oil pulling.

kebod

johnE · #8 08-04-2008, 06:35 PM

hello kebod,

im just saying that i would go to extremes for smooth skin.

im going to try the candida diet next if i dont see any progress from what im doing now.
you say you dont eat carbs? thats got to be a challenge!

kebod · #9 08-05-2008, 05:04 PM

Hi John,

Yes, not eating carbs is a challenge. Sometimes I cheat and have 2 tablespoons of walnuts or some carrot. Whenever I cheat, the candida symptoms get worse.

Did you take the on line test to see if you might have candida?
Dr. Crook's Candida Yeast Test

While eating less carbs is healthy, you don't need to be extreme about it if you don't have candida.

kebod

lillie_chinny · #10 08-05-2008, 10:35 PM

some people are just born with it genetically.
sadly, its incurable

Hope4thebest · #11 08-05-2008, 11:50 PM

No, I don't think KP is something you are born with like blue eyes, or brown hair, etc ... (luckily) Sure it's genetic, like many other diseases, but there are things we can do about it.

bunnyday · #12 08-06-2008, 01:15 AM

SweetKiki - These things can be hard to figure out. KP can be genetic and some of us are speculating also epigenetic and that diet or stressors such as puberty, pregnancy and others also mask a or some gene(s) for healthy skin.
Re: allergies, From the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America: "Any food can cause an allergic reaction, but only eight foods cause nine out of ten reactions. They are milk, soy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish."
also from AAFA:
"From 1 percent to 2 percent of adults have true food allergies. But people of any age can have sudden allergic reactions to a food that had previously not been a problem for them."
Please see Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - Information About Asthma, Allergies, Food Allergies and More! if you're interested. an elimination diet is considered a valid approach to figuring out allergies.
Allergies to external sources can obviously trigger skin problems too. but on the food side, if you have a food allergy, that can also disrupt your digestive system which could obviously shortchange you on nutrients. so it can be not only the proteins one is allergic to getting to your skin and causing redness or problems but then additional lack of nutrients...

If you're lacking a gene for filaggrin, it's now implied by research that more things can actually penetrate your skin (including allergens) than should and cause all kinds of eczemas (there are a bunch and a couple of forms of KP) and it's implied including KP. You can search for some of these keywords on these forums for more info. hope this gets you started...
- bd

johnE · #13 08-06-2008, 01:11 PM

kebod- yes i took the test. i was only a couple points away from needing to go on the candida diet.
i was negative on the spit test too.

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