What follows is the true story of how I cured my psoriasis using a simple and well-known nutritional supplement.
I was diagnosed with psoriasis about five years ago. It was plaque psoriasis, and all references to psoriasis in this article apply only to plaque psoriasis. In my case, it manifested as thick, scaly, inflamed patches of skin. It was everywhere on both hands, arms and elbows. It was on my legs, on my deformed fingernails and toenails, and on my face and genitals. I have seen pictures of people with severe psoriasis that covers most of their body. That was not me. Mine was a severe but moderate case of psoriasis. But it was real. And it was a nightmarish experience, not just the disease itself, but the whole idea of being a victim of something whose origins are unknown and from which there is no escape.
During the five or more years that I had active psoriasis, I tried some of the topical treatments, including steroids and coal tar. But long-term steroids have undesirable metabolic effects, and coal tar stinks on you, your clothes, and everything around you. I stopped using both. I tried phototherapy, but after months of going twice a week and standing in a UVB light booth, there was no change. I decided not to try any of the biologics or systemics, as I don’t like to put medications into myself that can cause additional problems. I simply decided to manage my psoriasis in the best possible way.
But I kept searching the internet for other answers. I found nothing. Then I came across a nutritional supplement called N-Glucosamine; its full name is N-acetyl glucosamine, GlcNac, abbreviated as NAG. This is not normal glucosamine, but a relative. It is a sugar molecule, a derivative of glucose, and is useful in some autoimmune conditions. Multiple sclerosis, for example, is an autoimmune disease, and in at least one scientific study, N-glucosamine was shown to suppress attacks of multiple sclerosis.
Since psoriasis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, I decided to try to find out what else N-Glucosamine could do, and in one of my searches, I discovered that an unknown company had applied for a patent on the use of N-Glucosamine to treat psoriasis. psoriasis. Light bulb. Whoever got to the point of filing a patent for this must have seen positive results, I reasoned. They must have known that N-Glucosamine could be a treatment for psoriasis, so I decided to give it a try. It was completely a leap of faith on my part, as I had no knowledge of what would happen. I was the lab rat.
There are numerous brands of N-Glucosamine on the market. I chose one made by Jarrow, a respected nutritional supplement company with roots in science. Nothing happened for about two months, but somewhere in the third month, I started to see changes: the psoriasis patches on my hands and elbows started to go away. Over the next month or six weeks, more and more lesions disappeared, until about four months into when I started, literally all of them were gone. My nails that had been crooked grew normally, and the skin lesions on both sides of my hands, on my arms and elbows, and on my legs disappeared.
It was like a miracle.
Truly, it was something that had to be seen to be believed. I am not prescribing N-Glucosamine, offering advice or endorsing it. I’m just telling you what happened to me. If you would like to check out the 700 milligram version of Jarrow, the same supplement I took and continue to take, click on my website link (http://www.cureforpsoriasis.net) and it will take you to the supplement page.
