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COVID vaccine and ESR
- Author: Website user
- Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Since having the covid vaccine my ESR as gone down from 35 to 5, usually over the years if my ESR went under 20 then I felt so good, and the pain is much less and I could walk more. It made a lot of difference.
In the 20 years since the hospital has been checking my bloods my esr has never been 5 always over 20. Has anyone else’s ESR And CRP…
Psoriasis and male fertility
- Author: Website user
- Topic: Psoriasis
Hello, my husband of two years has psoriasis, so I am new to it and just learning. We are trying to have our first baby, and I saw some information online that psoriasis contributes to infertility in men (but not in women). The only thing I was able to find on your site on the topic was this…
Are there connections with menopause and/or HRT use and psoriasis flare?
Yes, there is some anecdotal evidence that the menopause can result in a psoriasis flare, primarily due to changes in female hormones, especially oestrogen. However, the available scientific evidence suggests otherwise. A large study of more than 163,000 women published in 2015, concluded that there is no consistent relationship between…
Interactions with methotrexate.
NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is touted as an anti-ageing miracle pill, but there is scant evidence to support such a claim. I have looked in the literature and, so far as I am aware, there is not likely to be any significant interaction with methotrexate.
Pterostilbene is marginally more interesting, because it is chemically very…