Wondering if diet helps.? I eat like I have all of my life and I got GA anyway.
Have had for 2 years + and recently spreading down my left leg and 1 spot on my leg. Have tried the cream ointment from the dermo, I also googled a home remedy which was vinegar & water to no avail also.
This past week went to another dermo and she did a biopsy.
Is anyone still following this post? i wanted to join but not sure anyone was following still.
That is really interesting. I went gluten free for about 6 months and also took oil of oregano capsules for a couple of weeks. Mine began to disappear. It came back this summer when i took several trips this summer and wasnt as careful. What is a collagen disease?
I just bought a $35 hair follicle testing kit for food allergy and sensitivity testing. after seeing a gamut of docs i met with a holistic nutritionist. She is convinced it's diet related. Mine appeared 2 months after my first covid injection. it may or may not have been the cause but a trigger.
Hi. I read vaccines can cause them. I didnt get the covid shot but It could be from shedding.
Hi. i have it too i think its mostly from sugar. do you remember how long it took to disappear after new diet? And if it completely disappeared?
Hi - just joined this forum because i have been trying for years now to get an answer on what is the cause of my granuloma annulare. Doctors are just no help. I have them all over my legs. I'm really hoping to find that this can be corrected with a diet change. I plan to start eliminating sugar to see if that helps. My sister also gave me a blend of Ginger, Turmeric, Cinnamon and Cloves that she stirs into hot water with lemon. I do hope people keep posting here , especially if they are seeing results!
If I can be diligent and manage to change my eating habits, I will report back on whether they have any effect on the spots.
I had GA for 20 years plus on my hands and arms, plus a little bit on my knees. I tried everything nothing worked. After some reading, I though I would do the OMAD diet ( only eating for 1 hr per day and fasting for 23 hrs and remove sugar. After 6 weeks my GA is completely gone
I also had minor psoriasis on my scalp and its almost gone after interm fasting.
i hope people keep posting here. I'm 43 with multiple lesions on my legs. Dermatologist is zero help. I have a steroid cream that seems to do nothing. Has anyone had success with topical creams or any kind? I really don’t want this to get worse but I feel like it will. :(
i feel it comes from sugar. when i eat sugar it becomes inflamed and itches.
Doctors are no help because there is no known cause. Treatment varies from person to person. They don't know what triggers it. From what I understand its not diet related. Changing your diet can help with appearance of it if your keeping down inflammation in your body. It is thought it might be related to an illness. Mine started 14 years ago after a bad case of strep that got in my blood and became a blood infection. That is thought to be the cause of mine. Or the same year i had shingles. Either, both who knows. Mine has NEVER went away. Been much better but never gone. Flares vary. Right now for some reason it is severe, worst its ever been. I have read the craziest "cures" and diets for years. I've seen people who swear they have it but really don't know because they have never seen a doctor for it. Whatever diet or cure they have had really might have treated whatever it was they had. If you don't have a doctor with experience in treating GA then find one. Took me awhile to find one. Good luck.
I see a lot of doctor bashing on here. But think about it like this you want them to cure something fast that has no known cause or cure. And on top of that treatment varies wildly from person to person. Some doctors have never seen a case of it in person. I even had a dermatologist who had not seen it. So give them a break. I'm sure most of them want to help you.
I have had GA (biopsied) on the tops of my feet and then spread to the entire backs of my legs for about 6 years now (I am 55 and diabetic). Nothing topical has worked. Derm tried many different meds for lupus with no change. Kenalog steroid injections lightened them a bit but not enough to deal with the side effects. I forget about it during the winter months (I live in Northern Illinois) but I always get on the let's cure it bandwagon in the Spring because, well, it looks awful in summer shorts. Checking into MCAS (mast cell activation syndrome) as my sister has tested positive for this. There might be a connection(?). Also, I've developed food/alcohol sensitivities over the last year....so thinking of cleaning up the diet severely to see if that helps everything. Very frustrating indeed. I hate that we all have this, but it does help to know that you all "get it". Sure wish we had Doctors that did!