Re: Re: Bacteria Theory(long and rambling....lol!)

[Guest guest]

'Tis the season to voice an opinion on this, so I'll weigh in, too. If the

cause of P/PA is environmental or emotional, then everyone who ever faced

childhood trauma would have the disease. Everyone in NYC who was there when the

towers fell would be walking with a limp and covered in sores. The fact that

we're not, means that there must be things at play in addition to, or other

than, trauma and the environment. Whether these other things are bacterial,

genetic, both or something else is the big mystery, but environment and trauma

alone are NOT able to cause PA. They likely worsen it, but they are not

causitive.

I would caution people from drawing sweeping conclusions based on unscientific

or limited information. To assume that PA is bacterial because SOME people have

a lessening of PA symptoms when they have a bacterial infection is anecdotal but

hardly overwhelming and conclusive evidence of a bacterial source for PA. Many

women also have a lessening of PA when they are pregnant but I hardly think

pregnancy is a bacteria or the cause of PA, especially in men!

Without a doubt, emotional issues cause physical changes in our bodies and these

can certainly exacerbate PA symptoms, but so far no one has presented proof that

PA is CAUSED by either the environment or bacteria. I don't rule out that

bacteria may some day be found to be the culprit, but I haven't seen a shred of

evidence that establishes that link with a degree of certainty that is

convincing and overwhelming. The fact is, we just don't know and because we

don't, we should neither rule out bacterial sources nor should we assume them to

be the genesis of PA.

Kathy F.

Orin wrote:

So my opinion is that genetics, environmental factors including exposure to

both chemical and biological pathogens and exposure to emotionally traumatic

situations all set the trap for developing psoriasis. And any successful

treatment, retraining of the immune system, must also account for those factors,

less

of course genetics which we can't intentionally modify, yet. Orin