do stress or lack of sleep/ artificial heat worsen rosacea, allergies, candida

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maybe Suzi Le Baron could please help me with this one and any one else feel

free please!

Since I started a new job I am working in a hot, dry and stressful environment

and surviving on less sleep than I am used to (I normally need a lot of sleep

and plan allergy tests but cannot afford them at the mo). Could this dry

atmosph, stress, less sleep exacerabte an underlying food or environmental

allergy or candida if it existed in me???

WOULD LACK OF SUFFICIENT REST MAKE AN ALLERGY OR CANDIDA CONDITION MORE OBVIOUS?

When I am in work my eyes swell, then the next day they are worse cos what I

would deem a night's sleep is not enough and this progressively gets worse till

we hit the weekend, then it is as if I am exhausted...by the weekend I am

itching on my body etc!

My rosacea is also worse in work and my seb derm goes into overload. I get

headaches, jaw ache even now and I have been off almost a week...I am still

getting sore eyes, headaches (skin is slightly better) etc but I know in a

week's time that my eyes will settle again, my skin will improve then I will go

back into work an it will all start over just as I get it on an even keel.

I work in hot, stuffy, overheated school and there are 3 PCS in the class...I do

not face them though!

Please help.

Thank you,

Shell

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,

Yes, I believe that all of the things you describe may

make your condition temporarily worse. Certainly

stress, lack of sleep, and hot, dry air could all

exacerbate your skin complaints.

I think that stress can use up or supress some of the

hormones that our body uses to fight inflammation, but

I don't entirely understand the process and language,

so maybe someone will weigh in on this (cortisol?)

My most concentrated problems began over a year and a

half ago when I changed to a much higher-stress job.

It took half of a year to understand some of the

things I suspect were setting me off -- a change in my

eating/drinking habits came with the new location

(lots of shared pizza and pastries... yikes!)

different air quality and temperature, more stress,

less sleep, less exercise... Also, in my more visible

position, I was tempted to make skincare changes, I

used hairspray more frequently, wore more makeup, etc.

(Don't worry, I've calmed down!)

It took quite a while for me to adjust to my new

routine and take each of these things in hand. Some of

them I'm still working on!

Also, when I first took the job, my computer monitor

was directly in front of a huge industrial service

panel that had a magnetic field (EMFs) that was

interferring with my computer monitor. I had my

furniture moved so I didn't have to sit in front of

it. This came about after I had our chief engineer

look at it and he said " Wow. You shouldn't be sitting

this close to anything that can do that. " While I sat

there I flushed most of every day, although I'll never

know if it was mostly from diet (I wasn't on a

gluten-free diet then) or a combination of both.

(There's no question that -- without the EMFs -- any

amount of gluten will make me flush, itch, breakout in

bumps, etc.)

At different jobs, I have flushed in front of my

computer, but I'm 90% certain it had to do with what I

was eating and not the computer... although I think

dry air may be a factor, too. Since I was always a

time-of-day flusher, I've been able to elminate that

response by controlling my diet... and, I've been able

to trigger flushes at non-typical times (for example,

late at night when I never flushed) by testing the

food theory.

Suzi

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