Quote: "So all you nickel dermatitis sufferers like me, do your best to elimate nickel from **** you touch, like your guitar"
Thank you for your viewpoint.
Though, I am unfamiliar with "elimate" or "****".
However, like yourself, in the past, I have suffered very seriously from nickel dermatitis, but found that there a great many contributory factors, that can heighten and exacerbate the condition.
Quite understandably, it is an axiomatic truth in life, that people like simple straightforward answers to problems, but it is often the case, that before we can effectively solve a problem, it is often helpful to determine whether the problem, is in fact simple one or a rather complex one.
Simple problems require simple solutions, but more difficult and tenacious problems, require far more complex solutions to finally, completely overcome and resolve them. Because complex problems, often appear on the surface to be very simple, they are regularly misunderstood or misdiagnosed, and thus simple solutions are regularly applied, that fail to completely resolve such maladies.
In my view.
Whether you personally, accept it or not.
Allergies can be extremely complex problems indeed, to completely resolve.
However, the remarkable fact is, that "this dude that doesn't know what he's talking about" though being allergic to nickel, enjoys a formidable array of Historic Musical Instruments, and deliberately chooses to string most of them, with Nickel Wound Products.
Because Allergies can be so complex, and the many differing components that contribute to, heighten and exacerbate the Allergy can be difficult to determine readily. Often the problem is caused by a tiny exposure here and another little bit there, often in products and Foods we are completely unaware will affect us.
This widespread but minimal exposure can often build over time without too much trouble, till a point is reached where after being suddenly exposed to a Product that clearly contains the active ingredient, a strong reaction occurs. And we or others make the connection that "whatever the active ingredient is" is what causes the Allergy.
Although when at its peak, any exposure would have caused an outbreak or reaction. What I succeeded in achieving, was eliminating the huge number of tiny contributing elements and factors that underlay an occurrence of the condition. Eventually, I was able through properly understanding it, to bring the condition into such a relatively stable point of control that I have for the last ten years, been completely free from the negative effects of Nickel Allergy, and can thus bear the exposure to Nickel Strings without any problem whatever.
Here is a list of foods that can exacerbate the condition of Nickel Allergy.
Asparagus
Baking Powder
Beans
Cabbage
Corn
Cocoa
Herrings
Mushrooms
Oysters
Peanuts
Pears
Peas
Raisins
Rhubarb
Spinach
Sprouts
Tea
Tomatoes
Whole meal Flour
All Canned Foods
Of course.
There may well be a great many other factors that additionally contribute to the occurrence of the condition.
We know do we not that heart Attacks can be exacerbated by exposure to Stress. Indeed, it is the case that Ulcers, and Serious Digestive Problems can be symptomatic of Stress.
Environmental factors, most especially Temperature and Humidity were certainly involved in creating the conditions in which my Nickel Allergy exposed itself. And environmental factors are a recognized prerequisite for a great number of debilitating medical conditions.
Prayer, meditation, being reflective, and the right type of thinking, have all been empirically proven to have tremendously positive effect, in a wide ranging numbers of conditions. And it is an absolute fact, that simply washing, can greatly help.
Why one might suppose, they could not be an additional assistance in this case, is quite beyond my powers of cognizance.
With respect, it seems through my eyes, to be a deeply self limiting, self defeating, approach.
As a Musical Instrument Lover.
My purpose in writing, is merely to provide hope and encouragement.
That the problem may with the right approach, be controlled, overcome, and effectively defeated.
And thus, wish you well, and that you might find over time, as I did, a way to completely overcome the condition, and enjoy Music.
Best Wishes for a Speedy Recovery
P
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