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any idea what would cause esinophilic folliculitis?
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Good luck. But I always advice not to self treat in case you get an allergy or other problem. Also, that won't help the yeast infection if you have one.
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im going to try the treatment for syphilis penecillin  3 shots intramuscularly
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i am taking monolaurin i discoverd that there is a pill for people who do not like the taste of coconut oil .this has been somewhat helpful.the claim is that eating coconut oil only gives you 3% absorption.taking it in pill form allows for 95%.still not a cure .but its definately helping me to regain energy and mental focus .using coconut oil topically and in the nostrils .this is a part of an expiriment to see if something from my skin is entering my throat and sinuses from the outside in .im down to this the more issues i clear up yhe better i seem to get .coconut oil is the only moisturizer that has ever really helped my skin this much one application and my skin is 70 % better.ive tried every type of cream with steroids and antifungals never really got much in the way of results .

dermatologists perscribed me all kinds of mixes that werent cheap .for 18 dollars i can get a large tub of coconut oil that kills fungi bacteria and viruses on my skin and works better than any moisturizing cream or hair conditioner i have ever tried .i apply it an hour before i shower so i can wash off any excess.to early to say but it seems as though putting it in my nostrils and on my skin around my ears may be helping my sinuses .i may try applying it in the morning to see if prolonged contact provides faster more noticeable changes.one things for sure i will never buy fancy cream again.

but with all that said it will eventually lead me back to the question of what is the virus in my blood that i have seen attacking cells .but i will have to take my answers one at a time for now i guess.
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well finally got an ent to admit that i have hearing loss and that it is sensorineural .i am losing my high frequencies50% in right ear left ear at 40%.so finally we do a cat scan of my sinuses.but i do not suspect it will show a viral infection.i think that whatever this is will continue to destroy my nerves and wreak havoc throughout my body.until the point i am completley deaf and blind and eventually cannot walk.these are the things that happend during the acute stage so i suspect later that they will come around later in full force at some point that is the inevitable truth i will continue to fight this illness whatever it may be .i am going to tufts university to see if they can help at all in the hopes that my son can recieve help through my results .if i could i would have him taken care of first but no one cares to help him.until i can tell them what he is infected with .

isnt that their job ?
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Hi, sounds like you got a lot done this time. I would get the CT scan and see what happens. Maybe they will see something. Take if they don't do anything then take all your results to Tufts.
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i forgot to finish the story about the throat he said wait aminute and listened to my throat then hr took the stethascope away and said its right here .and i was like you can hear that ?i was amazed that a dr could actually identify the exacty location of the infection !after 2 years of me repeatedly telling him.i almost cried with the thought i might recieve help .i knew it was there but it took me 2 years to get him to llisyent 2 years
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my dr put me on bacterim and my throat is clearing up but my ears still havent stopped popping my hearing is getting worse .but i feel better during the day.i can actually swallow again wierd thing is my throat never hurt it only felt swollen and very dry and scratchy.jerky dr is the one who is finally trying to help me .he listened to my lungs because the infection is starting to go there but despite difficulty in breathing he heard nothing .

i started talking when he was listening and he yelled at me and asked if i ever heard someone talk into a stethascope i said every day for the past two years thats what i have heard.mostly in my high frequencies wich are now just about gone. now he is talking about staph infection .but no one would even consider it even with confirmed folliculitus.he had me do penecillin for 10 days now we switched to the bacterim.

the sputum test the dr orderd was a sputum with a gram stain with c+s can you tell me what that means?i want a swab of my sinuses and one of my urethra .you cant get them to do it though.if i cant get any real help im going to tufts university.this is way beyond what should have occured 2 years to get started now we are trying pop shots.im going to drive 2 1/2 hrs on a weeknight but what choice do i have i need to be able to hear and see .the bacterim is clearing the bacteria but seems to be aggravating the virus in my blood .

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