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Jennifer Worth
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Publisher | Merton Books | ||
ISBN | 9781872560182 | ||
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Jayne
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Synopsis
The author, a former midwife, was driven to agonising despair by the body-consuming eczema which attacked her in her fifties. Conventional treatments gave little or no relief and she set out to find a cure. She describes the many different treatments she tried, none successfully, until eventually, with the help of a consultant pathologist, she undertook a strict elimination diet to discover which foods were triggering her condition. She shares her experiences in detail, providing information which can be of practical help to anyone else afflicted with this allergic disease. It is an inspiring story of determination which resulted in a happy ending. This revised and updated edition includes a special section on immunotherapy with contributions from leading allergy consultant specialists.
Review
This book by Jennifer Worth SRN, SCM is about her battle with Eczema.
It tells of the problems when she started with just two small dry places on her legs which itched like mad and then spread to her whole body. The pictures in the book show how bad her body became and how frightfully painful it was.
Jennifer then started to researched how she could get rid of the eczema and what seemed to be causing it. She tried all the normal treatments of steroid creams, bathing in cold water to remove the terrible itching. She decided to go down the path of alternative medicines.
Jennifer met a consultant Pathologist at Hemel Hempstead Hospital after visiting many other hospitals. Allergy specialists were not around in the 1950's so Dr. Guy Matthews MD. FRCPath said that she had to cut out everything except the one thing she had never eaten since a child - meat - so she started by cutting all the things out that she normally ate and proceeded down the route of meat and water , then slowly introducing other things as she was told to by the consultant.
This is an amazing story and the facts contained in the book are revolutionary. JENNIFER INSISTS THAT NO ONE TRIES THIS ROUTE WITH OUT CONSULTING A DOCTOR SO THAT YOU ARE FULLY MONITORED IF YOU DECIDE THIS IS THE ONLY COURSE FOR YOU.
Thank you Jennifer for this story and of your battle with Eczema and Food Allergies. You really did fight a battle and you have been really brave to show the worst and the best of what you went through to get clear of this debilitating and painful disease.
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