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I have an idea for curing psoriasis. It sounds really ridiculous but seeing eating local honey cured my pollen allergies I think it could be worth a try.

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I am curious about your idea, do you mean that it would be enough to eat honey to cure psoriasis, or is it something else? Thanks!

I’m proposing eating that which your allergies are attacking. Your skin.

I guess you’d need to design some kind of exfoliator to get enough skin. I told you it sounds ridiculous.

It may sound ridiculous but it is an interesting idea. Normally an adaptive immune reaction has two phases, one where T-cells are aggressively deployed and another where it slows down (resolution phase). Many chronic diseases involve some kind of "immune vicious circle" with no resolution phase. T-cells are "educated" mainly in the thymus, if it was possible to alter the education mechanism, we could better manage auto-immune diseases. At least your suggestion is yummy food for thought, thanks!

And for good reason

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