SarahVaughter;3706 wrote: As a layperson, I do not think there is a need to be tested for various conditions at the moment. You should be properly treated for Demodex. If that doesn't help, it is time to be tested for other possible causes. I also doubt antibiotics have anything to do with your demodex infestation. Antibiotics kill bacteria, including "friendly" bacteria but I do not think antibiotics can cause oily skin or promote Demodex.
Demodex can for example overpopulate when your immune system is not 100% working, such as due to chronic stress, lack of sleep, fighting other illness etc.
I do not share your opinion that eating so many carbohydrates while not eating protein is a good idea. Carbohydrate-rich foods deliver mainly empty calories so their nutritional value is very poor.
For decades, there has been a crusade against oils and animal fats for being very bad for health and as it turns out now, it has been an immense exaggeration or better to say a complete fabrication. The opposite is the case: It is carbs that are making us fat and unhealthy - not fat.
Try to relax, sleep as much as you can, eat high quality protein, vegetables (raw or cooked or fried - even in butter), salads, nuts and seeds (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, sunflower, pumpkin seeds etc.)
Completely quit soft drinks and sugar and corn syrup in general.
Reduce your intake of carbohydrates (potatoes - especially french fries, rice, pasta and bread - especially the white varieties).
I hope a dietary improvement will assist your immune system in helping the proper treatment for the Demodex along.
Thank you for replying Sarah! I appreciate all that you wrote. I will definitely change my diet around. I do try to eat beans a lot to get protein. I may add hummus too. I am thinking about adding chicken and start forcing myself to eat at least chicken meat to get some protein. Would that be a good idea? Chicken is the only meat I could tolerate, I think.
Couldn't the immune system not be 100% working due to antibiotics though? I don't think I am that stressed, at least not so much anymore. This leads me to believe I may have some illness or something causing my immune system to be low. I may have been stressed when my problems because 3 months prior my long term relationship had ended.
The doctor just called to tell me that they found e coli bacteria in my urine and apparently this is not uncommon and normal for a urinary tract infection. I find it odd that I got a UTI all of a sudden, my muscles get weak quickly, my blue veins on my body have become more noticeable, I have been developing more cherry angiomas on my body in the last year after my skin problems began, I feel strange pricking pangs on my body that are coming from my nerves or blood vessels I think, I keep getting strange hives out of nowhere that disappear quickly, I've gotten eczema on my foot, my stomach seems upset all the time and makes gurgling sounds, I can eat and eat and hardly feel that full, I end up eating a lot of food, I've gained a little weight, itchy skin, tiny little red bumps that appear and disappear and itch a little, and sometimes it feels like light crawling is happening on my body as if something is running through my hairs. I am also losing a LOT of eyebrow hairs and recently am seeing little white flakes in my eyebrows.
I wonder if Demodex can pose health problems and get into the blood stream. I have read on the net about about how some people think that mites and parasites can eventually get into the blood stream if not eradicated and then start causing illnesses such as lupus.
Or I have something else going on that is creating these symptoms and overpopulated the demodex.
I have had two psychics look at my picture. One was many years ago and she said that I would get kidney problems. Another psychic looked at my picture last Christmas when I was already having my skin problems and said I have liver problems.
Both of these psychics were actually family friends who just happened to see my picture and say something. I did not go searching out a psychic. The psychic who said I have liver problem this past Christmas did not have a clue about my skin problems. I was wearing make-up in the picture.
I will keep you posted on what happens for me after I'm done with the antibiotics I'm on for UTI and get some testing done to check for any illnesses. This will just ease my mind anyway and if I do have some stress, it's because I think I may have some health problem. If I am proven wrong then I will begin to think it's stress.
I want to keep you posted so that if you come across anyone else with problems such as mine, you will be able to help them with any information I can provide.
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