please read this about PPP

[gerrybhoy]

Ive had ppp for about 10yrs on my left foot. It came and went and never really new what it was back then the Dr said it was due to sweat but in that last 9 month it has came out on my hands and now two feet. i have only just being diagnosed by the Dr. as soon as he seen my hand he new what it was. He has give me a product call naltrexone in low dose to try. Has any one being given this. He said i don't need creams as what I'm doing myself seen to be working better than the stuff he would prescribe. I get it bad but i can usually have it cleared up in 10 days i don't get cracked skin or sores my skin peels because it's dead, i never get problems bending fingers, toes or problems doing tasks or walking. My way of dealing with it goes against everything the drem would say but very easy and very cheap. AT FIRST SIGN OF ONE OF THOSE NASTY LITTLE PUSTULARS I START WASHING MY HANDS AND FEET IN HOT WATER LOTS OF BLEACH. HANDS TWICE OR THREE TIMES A DAY AND FEET ONCE AFTER I FINISH WORK GIVE THEM AGOOD TOWEL DRY AND PUT SOME NEUTROGENA CONCENTRATED HAND CREAM  ON AND THEN TOP TOP THE HAND CREAM THROUGHOUT THE DAY WORKS A TREAT FOR ME.  My hands clear up about 4 to 5 days before my feet. i think this is due to them getting treated more often I don't seem to get the redness or the rawness of the new skin. Once skin starts to peel it is better to steep them in hot water and bleach  as  this seem to separated the dead skin from the new skin as you can clearly see when you towel dry  it just falls off but you need to put the hand cream on as above to keep the edges of dead skin becoming dry.

The Natrexone the Dr ave me is to treat the disease from the inside as you all know this is an auto immune more to follow on this as the DR want to try and see if this will stop the out breaks
How did your ppp start, where, does it get worse each time it comes out & how often does it come and go

[sallyann]

Hi gerrybhoy,

I have been taking Humira to treat the PPP for the last three months.  It has been newly approved for psoriasis.  It effects the immune system and slows the growth of the white blood cells, which is what the pustulars are.  A build up or over reaction of the white blood cells. I had PPP on my hands so bad they were bloody, raw and swelled up.  After I took my first injection, my hands started clearing up within three days.  Yes three days. I was amazed.  My hands and feet are for the most part clear of even the dry skin.  There are still red patches on my hands.  I noticed that where my hands are red, that's where the PPP would surface.  The area's of white were normal skin.  I figure that when my hands are completley white, like they should be I will be clear.

I tried to look up the medication you mention, but could not find it.  What was the spelling again?.  The biological meds seem to treat the condition the best. From the inside. If you check out the PPP board, many have tried Doxy.  It's an  antibiotic. I did have some suscess using it, but nothing like Humira.  There are lots of possible side effects, so it's not for everyone.  You need to decide for your self what risk you want to clear yourself of the nasty PPP. 

Good luck on your meds, please post your results.

Take care.

[gerrybhoy]

Hi Sally

It is called Naltrexone and it is used to treat MS and other things

[gerrybhoy]

Hi Sally

remember to look under low dose NALTREXONE

[B. Lewis]

Naltrexone is an Opioid antagonist and is used in treatment of opiod addiction and alcolhoism.  I don't get what it would do for ppp.  BJ

[gerrybhoy]

REMEMBER LOW DOSE NALTREXONE

[casper18]

So PPP effects your white blood cells?
how?

[B. Lewis]

Hi Casper, PPP is caracterized by white blisters of noninfectious pus consisting of white blood cells.  BJ