Research Citations

• Barry, R. M., Salmon, P. R. & Read, A. E. (1971). Small Bowel Mucosal Changes in Psoriasis. Gut, 12(6), p. 495.
• Barry, R. E., Salmon, P. R., Read, A. E. & Warin, R. P. (1971). Mucosal Architecture of the Small Bowel in Cases of Psoriasis. Gut, 12(11), pp. 873-877.
• Bedi, T. R., Bhutani, L. K., Kandhari, K. C. & Tandon, B. N. (1974). Small Bowel in Skin Diseases. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 62(1), pp. 142-149.
• de Vos, R. J., de Boer, W. A. & Haas, F. D. (1995). Is There a Relationship Between Psoriasis and Coeliac Disease? Journal of Internal Medicine, 237(1), p. 118.
• Fry, L. (1970). The Gut and the Skin. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 46(541), pp. 664-670.
• Humbert, P., Bidet, A., Treffel, P., Drobacheff, C. & Agache, P. (1991). Intestinal Permeability in Patients with Psoriasis. Journal of Dermatological Science, 2(4), pp. 324-326.
• Madanagopalan, N., Shantha, M., Rao, U. P. & Thambiah, A. S. (1973). Peroral Jejunal Mucosal Biopsy in Dermatological and Some Non-diarrhoeal Diseases. Australian Journal of Dermatology, 14(1), pp. 47-52.
• Marks, J. & Shuster, S. (1971). Intestinal Malabsorption and the Skin. Gut, 12(11), pp. 938-947.
• Marks, J. & Shuster, S. (1971). Psoriatic Enteropathy. Archives of Dermatology, 103(6), pp. 676-678.
• Moll, J. M., Haslock, I., Macrae, I. F. & Wright, V. (1974). Associations Between Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Reiter's Disease, the Intestinal Arthropathies, and Behcet's syndrome. Medicine, 53(5), pp. 343-364.
• O'Laughlin, J. C. & Di Giovanni, A. M. (1979). Psoriatic Enteropathy: Report of Case and Review of Literature. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 79(2), pp. 107-111.
• Person, J. R. & Bernhard, J. D. (1986). Autointoxication Revisited. Journal of the Americal Academy of Dermatology, 15(3), pp. 559-563.
• Salmon, P. R., Read, A. E. & Warin, R. (1969). Radiocarbon Estimation of Lactose Absorption: A Survey of 104 Patients with Skin Disease. Gut, 10(12), p. 1052.
• Shuster, S. (1968). Dermatogenic Enteropathy. New York State Journal of Medicine, 68(24), pp. 3160-3165.
• Summerly, R. & Giles, C. (1971). Question of Psoriatic Enteropathy. Archives of Dermatology, 103(6), pp. 678-679.
• Yates, V. M., Watkinson, G. & Kelman, A. (1982). Further Evidence for an Association Between Psoriasis, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. British Journal of Dermatology, 106(3), pp. 323-330.

Psoriasis is caused by intestinal permeability particularly in the area between the duodenum and the jejunum whereupon the body seeks to eliminate the toxins through the skin. The psoriasis related skin pathology represents the body's desperate attempt to cleanse itself.

A vegetarian diet is the primary cure avoiding the nightshade vegetable group (tomatoes, tobacco, eggplant, peppers, white potatoes, and paprika). Psychological encouragement is recommended as visible improvement can take up several months to manifest and the restricted diet can be a challenging lifestyle change for some. Colonic irrigation, or an enema, will notably speed up recovery time.

Organizations Notified (August 2014)

• International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA)
• Psoriasis International Network
• National Psoriasis Foundation (USA)
• Canadian Association of Psoriasis Patients
• Deutscher Psoriasis Bund e.V. (Germany)
• Accio Psoriaski (Spain)
• The Inter-regional Charitable Non Governmental Organization "Society of Patients with Psoriasis" (Russia)
• Israel Psoriasis Association
• Psorphil, Psoriasis Philippine Online Community Inc.
• Asociaci�n Puertorrique�a de Ayuda al Paciente de Psoriasis, APAPP (Puerto Rico)
• Psoriasis Scotland, PSALV
• The Psoriasis Association of Singapore
• Psoriasisf�rbundet, The Swedish Psoriasis Association
• Asociaci�n Civil para el Enfermo de Psoriasis (AEPSO) (Argentina)
• Pso-Austria Verein und Selbsthilfegruppe der Psoriatikerlnnen in �sterreich (PSO - Austria)
• GIPSO (Belgium)
• Fundapso-Colombia
• Danmarks Psoriasis Forening (Denmark)
• Finnish Psoriasis Association
• France Psoriasis
• Irish Skin Foundation
• Psoriasis Association of Malaysia
• Indonesian Psoriasis Care Foundation (Yayasan Peduli Psoriasis Indonesia, YPPI)
• Mexican Association against Psoriasis, AMCPSO
• The Psoriasis and Eczema Association of Norway (PEF)
• The Psoriasis- and Eczema Youth Association of Norway (PEF-ung)
• Psoriasis of Panama Foundation
• PSOPortugal - Associacao Portuguesa da Psor�ase
• South African Psoriasis Association
• Slovak Psoriatics and Atopics Association (Slovakia)
• Schweizerische Psoriasis & Vitiligo Gesellschaft (SPVG) (Switzerland)
• Ukrainan Psoriasis Association
• Venezuelan Association of Psoriasis, AVEPSO

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