I have a severe form of allergic dermatitis that I've been trying to get under control for close to 10 years now. At one point to it so bad I couldn't take a shower without being in excruciating pain, I couldn't sleep, I could barely go through the day. The problem with all of the existing treatments, including the latest generation of monoclonal antibodies and JAK inhibitors is that they downregulate your immune system and they make you more sensitive to allergens if you discontinue the treatment. The only thing that made me better over time was stopping all drugs (including topical ones). It got worse for close to a year, but in 2-3 years my skin "healed". I'm still allergic and do get rashes occasionally, but I'm way less sensitive now.
Yes, zinc helped a lot in when the skin was severely inflamed and oozing. After that period passed, I discontinued it as well, because the drier the skin is, the easier it cracks.
So your recommendation is, just let it settle? There is that faction that wants to go for "create artificial oily skin condition" to increase the protective layer. Your opinion on that? Congrats on surviving becoming Marat.
I've been trying to level up my pop sci medical reading the last few months, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that our understanding of the human body, how it works and how to fix it, is really still very basic. On the one hand, it's somewhat depressing how little we know and how blunt our tools remain. On the other, it's very exciting just how much of the field remains, frankly, wide open.
There's several medical revolutions just waiting to happen. The next few decades will, hopefully, be very interesting. If I was a young man, I would definitely be getting into biotechnology.
Yep, and "Even women [...]", as if talking about a a curious subset of an eclectic animal species. Beyond that, the transactional wording! Alien archaeologists have some serious linguistic challenges up their sleeve(s).
From the linked article and paper author that’s being referenced:
They describe male DNA found in the brains of women in their study as “most likely” from prior pregnancy with a male fetus and do not conclude or mention that women store DNA from males acquired through intercourse.
“In our study as well as others done prior, we merely speculate the establishment of microchimerism through intercourse,” Chan told Reuters. “That is, the possibility exists but it has not been tested (or proven, as the lay person may say).
That's not what they're talking about. The OP was referring to a hoax (which they seem to have fallen for), where a fake news site claimed (incorrectly) that a study had claimed that women carried genetic material (long-term) from men they'd had sex with.
