Rosacea and potassium

[Evyne]

Alright, so I have like, full body flushing at times. I went to the doctor's office, who said "What the hell, we'll testing his blood". I had too much potassium in my blood. Hyperkalemia. Alright, so I stopped my in-take of potassium. My full body flushing was almost completely eliminated when my third blood test came back with regular potassium levels. I continued for a number of months with this diet, and quit. Now I have returned flushing. Now this is a theory, keep in mind. Hyperkalemia can lead to a number of health conditions, especially because potassium is HUGE in regulating the heart. Potassium over-doses can result in problems with the Adrenal glands. The Adrenal is a leading producer of Cortisol. Cortisol, as you may know, is a stress hormone.
However, take an look at this quote.

"The adrenal cortex secretes cortisol, a natural body hormone of about 10 mg of cortisol daily, with peak cortisol levels occurring early in the morning and therefore the rosacea flushing and rosacea papules along with seborrheic dermatitis face will look best in early
mornings after this natural anti-inflammatory drug."
-- http://www.boardcertified.com/defaul...ossary&term=21 --

And problems with too much potassium can lead to problems with the Adrenal Glands; the ones that control stress and anti-inflammation reactions. Could this have any relation to Rosacea? Rosacea is common in the Celtic area, ("Curse of the Celts") Could it be that increases potassium consumption (Potatoes having the largest amount of potassium out of most foods), can be directly related to Rosacea and flushing?

Facts about Cortisol:

It has anti-inflammatory effects by reducing histamine secretion and stabilizing lysosomal membranes. The stabilization of lysosomal membranes prevents their rupture, thereby preventing damage to healthy tissues.

It increases blood pressure by increasing the sensitivity of the vasculature to epinephrine and norepinephrine. In the absence of cortisol, widespread vasodilation occurs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_gland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkalemia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol

[Brighteyes]

Interesting. I'm sure a lot of people here have had blood work done - is it common for doctors to check for potassium levels when doing a full blood workup? How does one eliminate potassium from their diet?

[Snegovik]

Very interesting post Evyene,

But as for celtics and diet, we have 3th and 4th generation africans and asians living with us now. And they do get most of the common diseases we have, but not Rosacea and Seb derm. If they do, it is seldom, and hardly visible.

[Evyne]

Originally Posted by Brighteyes

Interesting. I'm sure a lot of people here have had blood work done - is it common for doctors to check for potassium levels when doing a full blood workup? How does one eliminate potassium from their diet?

I'm not sure if it's common for doctors to check your blood for potassium. I only asked him to check me because I was experiencing over-heating and such. I'm going to try a low potassium diet.

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food...sium-foods.htm

I mean, isn't it a bit foolish to think that Rosacea is just a "Bam-my-rosacea-gene-just-turned-on" disease? Spanyards are more pale that the celts, and their rosacea rates are MUCH lower! I'm just thinking this all has to fit in with the Adrenal gland, since there are so many unhealthy Rosaceans (No offense). I mean, look. 23% of rosaceans have high blood pressure, 35% of them have sub derm, a high percent have SIBOs, IBS, or both. It's not like balding, where you can be perfectly healthy and just start losing hair. It seems to be a symptom of a much larger condition. And not just a single condition. Maybe a Rosacean has SIBOs, gets that treated, and then remisses. But the other rosacean doesn't have SIBOs, so he claims that it must not be SIBOs, because he doesnt have it, and still has rosacea. But he has a thyroid problem, and when he gets that fixed, he remisses. However, the third rosacean claims he has neither! And that diet and thyroid medicine never helped him. But he gets his high blood pressure under control, and remisses. See what I'm saying?

[Snegovik]

Originally Posted by Evyne

Spanyards are more pale that the celts, and their rosacea rates are MUCH lower!

Spanyards are said to have less Rosacea because their skin is stronger, as in latin people in general. The further south you get, the less Rosacea you find. You find a lot of acne in latin and arab people, but not Rosacea and seb derm. Yes, some are pale, but still their skin is stronger and can take a lot of sun without looking like a lobster, as we do.

We give african children free A-vitamins in school, because they develope reumatism more often than norwegian children (probably because of lack of sun), and the pakistanis which usually are tanned and look healthy, are 40% more prone to high blood pressure and diabetes, than norwegians.

My blood pressure is fine, and I am the only one in my group of friends that has never had one single allergy to anything in my life. Of course something is wrong with me when I have Rosacea, but it seem to easy to say we are in general more unhealthy. We have a far far more sensible skin type when we are germanians/celtics/northern slavonics. We have another biology. That is also why you see so much skin cancer when white people move to southern areas, where they are not built to live.

Another thing is that Rosacea for sure can give people high blood pressure because of the mental stress it causes.

I still think your first post is interesting, and I will check it with my doc. But rosaceans in general beeing unhealthy, I do not buy.

[phlika29]

I am not sure if you have spotted this thread:

http://www.rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosa...ad.php?t=16241