The North Carolina chapter of Hope for HS hosted Hannah Demeritt during our July 2020 virtual meeting. Hannah is a supervising attorney at the Duke Law School Health Justice Clinic, where she has worked for 9 years. The Health Justice Clinic represents low-income clients who have health-related legal needs, including disability benefits, Medicaid eligibility and…
A change in diet might be the first order of business. It stands to reason that what we eat affects our bodies and our health on a microbial level. Eating lean meats, vegetables and fresh fruit is one way to get our health on track and improve overall health. Here are some foods you can…
Diet plays an integral part in keeping our gut microbiome in balance. Eating healthy foods with vitamins and prebiotics is essential to overall better health, but is vitally important in keeping the microbiome in functioning condition. A prebiotic is non-digestible parts of food that ferments when it reaches the large colon. That fermentation process creates…
Microbiome: It sounds like a Mel Gibson movie or a Stephen King novel. But it isn’t fiction. It is a very real part of everyone’s daily lives. Yet few people have a clue what it means. First, a microbe is a living organism which can only be seen under a microscope. It’s a general term…
Is Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) an auto-inflammatory or autoimmune disease? With current knowledge, HS is considered more of an auto-inflammatory illness. Officially and technically, it has not been classified as an autoimmune disease but patients and doctors alike will commonly use the “autoimmune” term as shorthand, causing confusion and leading to debate between the two. But…
