Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease that affects the skin. It is typically a lifelong condition. There is currently no cure, but various treatments can help to control the symptoms.
Psoriasis occurs when the immune system mistakes a normal skin cell for a pathogen, and sends out faulty signals that cause overproduction of new skin cells. Psoriasis is not contagious. However, psoriasis has been linked to an increased risk of stroke, and treating high blood lipid levels may lead to improvement. There are five types of psoriasis: plaque, guttate, inverse, pustular, and erythrodermic. The most common form, plaque psoriasis, is commonly seen as red and white hues of scaly patches appearing on the top first layer of the epidermis (skin). Some patients, though, have no dermatological signs or symptoms. The name psoriasis is from the Greek language, meaning roughly "itching condition" (psora "itch" + -sis "action, condition").In plaque psoriasis, skin rapidly accumulates at these sites, which gives it a silvery-white appearance. Plaques frequently occur on the skin of the elbows and knees, but can affect any area, including the scalp, palms of hands and soles of feet, and genitals. In contrast to eczema, psoriasis is more likely to be found on the outer side of the joint.The disorder is a chronic recurring condition that varies in severity from minor localized patches to complete body coverage. Fingernailsand toenails are frequently affected (psoriatic nail dystrophy) and can be seen as an isolated sign. Psoriasis can also cause inflammation of the joints, which is known as psoriatic arthritis. Between 10% and 30% of all people with psoriasis also have psoriatic arthritis.
The cause of psoriasis is not fully understood, but it is believed to have a genetic component and local psoriatic changes can be triggered by an injury to the skin known as the Koebner phenomenon. Various environmental factors have been suggested as aggravating to psoriasis, including oxidative stress, stress, withdrawal of systemic corticosteroid, as well as other environmental factors, but few have shown statistical significance. There are many treatments available, but because of its chronic recurrent nature, psoriasis is a challenge to treat. Withdrawal of corticosteroids (topical steroid cream) can aggravate the condition due to the 'rebound effect' of corticosteroids.
银屑病(Psoriasis),又名白疕,俗稱牛皮癬,发于头皮和四肢伸面,尤其在肘和膝关节附近。局部盖有多层银白色鳞屑的丘疹或斑片,刮去鳞屑及下面发亮薄膜后有点状出血,感觉痒,夏季常减轻或自愈,冬季又恶化复发。
銀屑病是一種“自體免疫系統失調”,現時已變得愈來愈普遍,特別是已發展的城市。牛皮癬並不是一種傳染病,但因為牛皮癬患者的皮膚問題,使他們在尋找工作時出現困難,特別是情況嚴重的患者。
牛皮癬的成因,現時仍然未明白,醫學界普遍相信與身體的T細胞有關,T细胞活化是牛皮癣发病的关键。古希臘人認為牛皮癬是眾神的詛咒,並強迫牛皮癬患者搖鈴,以防被傳染。中國晚清名宦曾國藩患有嚴重的牛皮癬,每晚要婢女為他搔癢方能入睡,終生未能痊癒。過去由於以主婦及餐飲業工作者較多,曾一度認為是他們用來洗手的清潔劑有關。由於當時社會認為牛皮癬會傳染,為免客人錯誤進食含有皮屑的食物而被傳染,這些員工都會被餐廳解僱。
現時普遍認為是因為生活壓力過大,以致病者的“內分泌失調”,從而影響身體的免疫系統。所以,醫生有時會為病者處方“維生素B群”,以幫助紓緩壓力;亦有醫生認為病者應該多做有氧运动,使身體的自然調節機制透過運動而自我調整。在香港,有很多學生和教師都有局部的牛皮癬,主要集中在手掌、手臂、雙腿或肩膀。[來源請求]在美國,最近有藥廠發明了一些针剂包括Enbrel、Stelara以及未上市的Ozespa(briakinumab),这些制剂为人造单克隆抗体,通过阻断与银屑病相关的致病因子,可以對嚴重患者的病程控制,使他們的皮膚回復光滑。不過,這種針劑不能根治銀屑病,一旦停止注射,問題會立即重現。
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LATEST CANCER INFORMATION from Johns Hopkins
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY …
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to STARVE the cancer cells by not feeding it with foods it needs to multiple.
What cancer cells feed on:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Note: Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells will starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes t o nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.
To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water--best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines will become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.
Anger, unforgiving and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
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多年以來人們一直被告知化療是治療癌症唯一值得去嘗試的方法. 但是 Johns Hopkins 將 告訴你其實存在著其他的方法來 消除癌症。Johns Hopkins 最新癌症研究報告:
1.每一個人身上都 帶有癌細胞,癌細胞是無法在一般檢查時被檢 查 出來的,除非癌細胞擴增至幾十 億個數量。
2.在每個人的一生中,癌細胞都會出現6至10次。
3.當人體免疫系統強時,癌細胞是會被摧滅的,免疫系統強時能抑制腫瘤形成及擴增。
4.當人被發現有癌症時,它意謂這個病患是有大量營養缺乏;這可能是由於基因、環境、食物 及生活方式等因素造成的。
5.如何克服營養缺乏,那就是要改變飲食及多進用能增強免疫系統之食物。
6.化療不只能毒殺快速增長之癌細胞,但會一併消滅骨髓及胃腸道內之健康細胞,同時造成器 官衰竭;如:肝 臟、 腎臟、心臟及肺臟等等。
7.放射治療在摧毀癌細胞時,亦會灼傷健康細胞、組織及器官。
8.初期化療及放射 線治療是很容易將腫瘤面積縮小到某一程度, 然 再延長上述療法並不能造成腫瘤 完全消除。
9.化療及放射線治療會讓體內存有大量毒素而危及或摧毀免疫系統,因而導致病患易於感染及 引發併發症。
10.化療及放射線治 療會造成病患癌細胞突變及產生抗體而變得難以摧毀,而手術則易使癌細胞擴散至其它部 位。
11.一個有效擊潰癌細胞的方式是:不供給癌細胞繁殖所需之食物,即是餓死癌細胞。
癌細胞以何為食物:
a.糖是癌的食物, 若 不吃糖即刪除癌細胞很重要的一 項食物供給。
b.牛奶會使人體產生黏液,尤其是在胃腸道內,而黏液正是癌細胞之食物。因而阻絕牛奶及採 用不甜之豆漿作替代,癌細胞就 會在無食物情況下萎縮的。
c.癌細胞是在酸性環境中繁衍的,以 肉為基本飲食的體質是酸性的, 因而食用魚類及少量雞肉是較食 用牛、豬為合適的。 且 肉品均含有家畜抗生素、生長賀 爾蒙及寄生蟲等,而這些均 是 對人體的有害物質,尤其是對癌 症病患。
以80%新鮮蔬菜及青菜汁之飲食;含全穀類、種子、堅果及少量的 水果是有益於體質轉變為鹼性 的, 剩 餘20% 可 進食煮熟的豆類。新鮮蔬菜汁可 提供活性酵素,活性酵素極易在15分 鐘內被細胞組織吸收進而滋養強 健康細胞,為取得活性酵素強壯 健康細胞應多飲用新鮮果菜汁 (多樣蔬菜含豆芽),同時每天 進食生青菜(未煮過之)兩至三 次,活性酵素在40度C時 會被摧毀。
飲料必須避免飲用咖啡、茶、巧克力因上述飲料含咖啡因,綠茶是較佳之選擇,因為其有抗 癌特性。而平常應飲用淨化水或 過濾水,然應避免飲用有毒的或 含重金屬的水。 蒸 餾水是酸性的不要喝。
12.肉類的蛋白質不易消化的,因為肉類的蛋白質需要大量消化酵素消化,未消化的肉類留殘在 腸內,易引發有毒物質形成。
13.
癌細胞壁有很硬之蛋白質包裹,節制食用肉類可讓多出之酵素去攻擊癌細胞壁之蛋白質,讓 體內的殺手細胞有空間摧毀癌細 胞。
14.部份營養品能增強免疫系統(如抗氧化劑、維他命、礦物質 等 等)並驅使自體殺手細胞去摧毀 癌細胞,其他營養品如維他命E會 清除老化的細胞,漸使細胞更 新,而非體內一般處置損壞、無 用及不需要細胞之模式。
15.癌症是一種心態、肉體和心靈上之疾病,因而能有前衛及積 極的心靈是可造就癌症戰士變為勝利天使, 怨尤和苦痛會讓體質變為緊張及 酸性,所以必須 學 習愛與寬恕,同時學習放鬆及愛 惜生命。
16.癌細胞是無法在 充滿氧氣的環境中繁衍,所以每日必須運動, 同 時多作深呼吸以利氧進入細胞 層,按氧氣療法是另一種擊潰癌 細胞之工具。
1.不 要將塑膠盒放入微波爐加熱
2.不要將塑膠水瓶 放入冷藏室
3不要將塑膠袋放入微波爐加熱
約翰霍普金斯已 將這篇研究報告用新聞稿方式發佈,同時 Walter Reed 陸軍醫學中心亦 將這篇報告傳播. 戴奧辛之化學物 質會導致癌症, 尤其是乳 癌。按戴奧辛對 體內細胞具很! 高 之毒性,因而千 萬別將裝有水之塑膠罐放入冰 箱,因為它亦會將戴奧辛釋出。 前不久Dr. Edward Fujimoto 在電視節目中談 到健康之風險,他就強調戴奧辛對健康是多麼 有 害,因而請千萬不要用塑膠容器 放入微波爐 加 熱食物。這尤其是指含有脂肪之 食物,當脂 肪 與高溫? P塑 膠結合時,塑膠即會釋放出戴奧 辛 並進入食物中,最終就進入體內 之細胞。因 而 他建議使用玻璃器皿作為加熱食 物用,因為 它 一樣可使食物變熱,然卻少了戴 奧辛。紙是 不 錯的容器,然你無法瞭解紙裡到 底含有什麼 物 質,因而較安全之容器是冶煉過 的玻璃器 皿,如康寧器皿,他提醒為何前不 久速食店將泡沫塑料容器改為紙容器,其中戴 奧 辛就是問題之一. 同 時他亦指出塑 膠 袋;如Saran 耐 熱塑膠袋用於 包 裝食物,在微波爐加熱時亦是非 常危險的, 因 為當食物用微波爐加熱! 時, 高溫會讓毒素由 塑 膠袋溶解出來進入食物內,所以 應用紙包裹 食 物作替代。
多年以來人們一直被告知化療是治療癌症唯一值得去嘗試的方法. 但是 Johns Hopkins 將 告訴你其實存在著其他的方法來 消除癌症。Johns Hopkins 最新癌症研究報告:
1.每一個人身上都 帶有癌細胞,癌細胞是無法在一般檢查時被檢 查 出來的,除非癌細胞擴增至幾十 億個數量。
2.在每個人的一生中,癌細胞都會出現6至10次。
3.當人體免疫系統強時,癌細胞是會被摧滅的,免疫系統強時能抑制腫瘤形成及擴增。
4.當人被發現有癌症時,它意謂這個病患是有大量營養缺乏;這可能是由於基因、環境、食物 及生活方式等因素造成的。
5.如何克服營養缺乏,那就是要改變飲食及多進用能增強免疫系統之食物。
6.化療不只能毒殺快速增長之癌細胞,但會一併消滅骨髓及胃腸道內之健康細胞,同時造成器 官衰竭;如:肝 臟、 腎臟、心臟及肺臟等等。
7.放射治療在摧毀癌細胞時,亦會灼傷健康細胞、組織及器官。
8.初期化療及放射 線治療是很容易將腫瘤面積縮小到某一程度, 然 再延長上述療法並不能造成腫瘤 完全消除。
9.化療及放射線治療會讓體內存有大量毒素而危及或摧毀免疫系統,因而導致病患易於感染及 引發併發症。
10.化療及放射線治 療會造成病患癌細胞突變及產生抗體而變得難以摧毀,而手術則易使癌細胞擴散至其它部 位。
11.一個有效擊潰癌細胞的方式是:不供給癌細胞繁殖所需之食物,即是餓死癌細胞。
癌細胞以何為食物:
a.糖是癌的食物, 若 不吃糖即刪除癌細胞很重要的一 項食物供給。
b.牛奶會使人體產生黏液,尤其是在胃腸道內,而黏液正是癌細胞之食物。因而阻絕牛奶及採 用不甜之豆漿作替代,癌細胞就 會在無食物情況下萎縮的。
c.癌細胞是在酸性環境中繁衍的,以 肉為基本飲食的體質是酸性的, 因而食用魚類及少量雞肉是較食 用牛、豬為合適的。 且 肉品均含有家畜抗生素、生長賀 爾蒙及寄生蟲等,而這些均 是 對人體的有害物質,尤其是對癌 症病患。
以80%新鮮蔬菜及青菜汁之飲食;含全穀類、種子、堅果及少量的 水果是有益於體質轉變為鹼性 的, 剩 餘20% 可 進食煮熟的豆類。新鮮蔬菜汁可 提供活性酵素,活性酵素極易在15分 鐘內被細胞組織吸收進而滋養強 健康細胞,為取得活性酵素強壯 健康細胞應多飲用新鮮果菜汁 (多樣蔬菜含豆芽),同時每天 進食生青菜(未煮過之)兩至三 次,活性酵素在40度C時 會被摧毀。
飲料必須避免飲用咖啡、茶、巧克力因上述飲料含咖啡因,綠茶是較佳之選擇,因為其有抗 癌特性。而平常應飲用淨化水或 過濾水,然應避免飲用有毒的或 含重金屬的水。 蒸 餾水是酸性的不要喝。
12.肉類的蛋白質不易消化的,因為肉類的蛋白質需要大量消化酵素消化,未消化的肉類留殘在 腸內,易引發有毒物質形成。
13.
癌細胞壁有很硬之蛋白質包裹,節制食用肉類可讓多出之酵素去攻擊癌細胞壁之蛋白質,讓 體內的殺手細胞有空間摧毀癌細 胞。
14.部份營養品能增強免疫系統(如抗氧化劑、維他命、礦物質 等 等)並驅使自體殺手細胞去摧毀 癌細胞,其他營養品如維他命E會 清除老化的細胞,漸使細胞更 新,而非體內一般處置損壞、無 用及不需要細胞之模式。
15.癌症是一種心態、肉體和心靈上之疾病,因而能有前衛及積 極的心靈是可造就癌症戰士變為勝利天使, 怨尤和苦痛會讓體質變為緊張及 酸性,所以必須 學 習愛與寬恕,同時學習放鬆及愛 惜生命。
16.癌細胞是無法在 充滿氧氣的環境中繁衍,所以每日必須運動, 同 時多作深呼吸以利氧進入細胞 層,按氧氣療法是另一種擊潰癌 細胞之工具。
1.不 要將塑膠盒放入微波爐加熱
2.不要將塑膠水瓶 放入冷藏室
3不要將塑膠袋放入微波爐加熱
約翰霍普金斯已 將這篇研究報告用新聞稿方式發佈,同時 Walter Reed 陸軍醫學中心亦 將這篇報告傳播. 戴奧辛之化學物 質會導致癌症, 尤其是乳 癌。按戴奧辛對 體內細胞具很! 高 之毒性,因而千 萬別將裝有水之塑膠罐放入冰 箱,因為它亦會將戴奧辛釋出。 前不久Dr. Edward Fujimoto 在電視節目中談 到健康之風險,他就強調戴奧辛對健康是多麼 有 害,因而請千萬不要用塑膠容器 放入微波爐 加 熱食物。這尤其是指含有脂肪之 食物,當脂 肪 與高溫? P塑 膠結合時,塑膠即會釋放出戴奧 辛 並進入食物中,最終就進入體內 之細胞。因 而 他建議使用玻璃器皿作為加熱食 物用,因為 它 一樣可使食物變熱,然卻少了戴 奧辛。紙是 不 錯的容器,然你無法瞭解紙裡到 底含有什麼 物 質,因而較安全之容器是冶煉過 的玻璃器 皿,如康寧器皿,他提醒為何前不 久速食店將泡沫塑料容器改為紙容器,其中戴 奧 辛就是問題之一. 同 時他亦指出塑 膠 袋;如Saran 耐 熱塑膠袋用於 包 裝食物,在微波爐加熱時亦是非 常危險的, 因 為當食物用微波爐加熱! 時, 高溫會讓毒素由 塑 膠袋溶解出來進入食物內,所以 應用紙包裹 食 物作替代。