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Need Remedies for Lifelong Allergy to the Sun

Posted By Preachermatt (Hurricane, West Virginia, Usa) on 06/23/2013

Hello Earth Clinic, My name is Matthew, I am 21 years old from Hurricane, West Virginia. Ever since I was in Kindergarten, I have been allergic to the sun. Whenever I go out into the sun for over five minutes without sunscreen on, I get 2nd degree blisters. I didn't blister all the time, until after my tonsilectomy. I was extremely sick when I was younger and my tonsils had to come out. In the process, they gave me, "Clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride. " Which my parents say was used to help heal super fast in order to have them removed. And when I went out into the sun like I used too, I was covered in blisters. My parents told me that the doctors said the medicine messed up my liver and I am allergic to the sun. But I am not sure as to what caused it - removal of the tonsils? This medicine?

But anyhow, I am wondering if you all know of anything to help people with sun allergies like myself? I take a vitamin D supplement 7,000 IU. Again, some people tell me about milk thistle for my liver - but it is not determined my liver is the cause. I'm just seeking some answers that no one seems to know. I came across this site maybe with the hope to find something. Amen! God bless you!

Replied by Mama To Many (Middle, Tennessee, Usa) on 06/23/2013

Dear Matthew, I am not familiar with your particular health problem, but know what I might try if this happened to one of my children. I do have experience with children having had tonsilectomies- many of my children have needed this done for sleep apnea, so I have given it a lot of thought. Before we had our last child's tonsils removed, when he was 12, we tried so many things to try and reduce their size so he wouldn't need surgery. Two years later, there are more things that I would try, but at that point, surgery seemed the best solution. 5 of our children have had their tonsils out and 4 have not. I actually see no difference in the health or response to sickness between the two groups of children. I doubt that your sun allergy is because you do not have your tonsils. Perhaps the drugs you needed before and after the surgery and the drugs used during the surgery have caused this problem. Sounds like the doctors think the drugs messed up your liver. But I am hopeful for you that this problem does have a solution. It may take some experimenting and patience. If your body is in a toxic state, it will react badly to things. But there are things you can do to reverse this.

I do think Milk Thistle would be a good thing to try. Dandelion Root powder would also be another thing that would be healing to the liver. Burdock Root is a wonderful blood purifyer. This is something you would take for several months. (4 capsules twice a day for 3 months. )

Charcoal is another thing you can use to detoxify your body. You could use charcoal tablets and take 4 morning and night. I would suggest doing that for at least 3 months. Or, you could mix 1 t. activated charcoal powder in 8 oz. of water and drink twice a day. (Don't take within 2 hours of medications as it could adsorb them as well.) The charcoal powder is cheaper but some don't like the grittiness. To be on the same side, do not take within 2 hours of taking any herbs you are taking as well.

You don't mention much about your current health or diet... Do you have any other health problems? What is your diet like? If you don't mind posting that, I and others here may have more ideas to help you to heal. God bless you!

~Mama to Many~

Replied by Om (Hope, Bc, Canada) on 06/23/2013

This reminds me of a young woman I met who was allergic to the sun. She worked in a chemical factory. Pay was good and she had no inclination to make a change. She was extremely allergic to the sun, the giver of life.

My thinking is, why so much skin cancer and the hype to wear" sun protective" potions? Chemical medicine has no business in bodies be it humans or animals. Plants convert chemicals into healing medicine by divine design. Observe nature and look at folk type of healing.

What is needed is detoxing and staying off chemicals, as natural means does not mix well with manufactured chemicals that have been taken out of context and are a means for creating wealth for some thus creating an inversion instead an expansion; old famous forms of healing confirm this again and again.

It is important to choose dosage and form of detox without Herxheimer effect so the body is healed gently. After this procedure, ancient medicine allows supplements that will strengthen the body otherwise one may feed the toxins.

The human body "knows" what to do and take intuitively but once chemicals are taken, even several at a time, the natural healing instinct of the body is severely disturbed.

We see in the animal world that this instinct is evident which speaks for itself. The bottom line is to develop self confidence that we can cure ourselves as no outsider knows our body as well as our conscience does. That is the malaise of our times. We must trust ourselves and understand that when modern medicine is a lucrative business that we must look to ourselves and learn. From what I see in EC posts again and again, is the confusion and the doubts that hinder self healing after several allopathic medicines have been taken. Often, this is over medication covering up side effect after side effects.

I would suggest juicing and sticking to a vegan type diet till the problem is resolved. Be confident you can do it. Best wishes. Om

Replied by Anonymous on 06/24/2013

Hi, This is interesting. The effect of sun on skin causes a reaction in the liver- the liver makes Cholesterol and vitamin d (perhaps a hormone not a vitamin) from the Cholesterol) and also melanin- the better the quality of fat/ oil you eat the better tan on your skin- so butter is ok and probably olive oil and flax, but definately not seed oils like sunflower or canola that produce transfats acids- it messes up the mechanism. This is your body telling you to clear your system of bad Cholesterol and chemicals and replace it with good stuff. In my experience, when I took hormones for birth control and ate cheap margerines I had horrible rashes everytime I sunbathed - it's awful you have my sympathy- they used to say I was 'allergic ' to the sun - well not anymore! Good luck.

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