Psoriasis is a chronic immune disease that speeds skin cell turnover and causes scaly plaques. Its most severe form, erythrodermic psoriasis, means redness and scaling over more than 90 percent of the body and needs urgent care.
Eczema, mostly atopic dermatitis, affects roughly 10% of adults and up to 20% of children worldwide. It is managed with daily moisturizers and topical anti-inflammatories, with phototherapy, biologics such as dupilumab, or JAK inhibitors for moderate to severe disease.
MCAS and POTS co-occur at high rates because mast cell mediators affect blood vessel tone and heart rate. Learn the diagnostic overlap, the triad with EDS, and coordinated treatment.
Hydrogen sulfide SIBO is a third form of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth that standard breath tests miss. Learn about H2S producers, symptoms, trio-smart testing, and treatment protocols including bismuth and low-sulfur diet.
Ketamine for chronic pain blocks NMDA receptors behind central sensitization. For chronic migraine it can ease pain within hours but often fades in weeks, while CGRP inhibitors need at least 3 months to judge.
Declining estrogen weakens GABA and serotonin activity in the brain, which is why anxiety often rises during perimenopause and menopause. Here is what drives it and what actually helps.
MCAS happens when mast cells release histamine and other mediators too often or in response to harmless triggers, causing symptoms across the skin, gut, heart, lungs, and brain.
Fibromyalgia is a central pain processing disorder that causes widespread pain, fatigue, poor sleep, and fibro fog in an estimated 2 to 8 percent of people. It is diagnosed with the ACR 2010/2016 criteria, and graded exercise has the strongest evidence of any treatment.
Lyme disease is a tick-borne bacterial infection diagnosed with blood testing and treated with antibiotics such as doxycycline, resolving fully in most early cases while a minority develop lingering post-treatment symptoms.
EDS is diagnosed with the 2017 international criteria: hypermobile EDS needs an age-adjusted Beighton score, two of three feature groups and exclusion of other conditions, while the other 12 subtypes are confirmed by genetic testing.
