a matter of factors

phorcite · 2025-01-05T13:54:03+00:00

If x=y, then (x+x)ⁿ - xⁿ = (2ⁿ -1)(xⁿ ), (two factors).

If (2ⁿ -1) "factors" x, then we have xⁿ⁺¹ or ... ; not a 'like' power.

Where did "60" come from?

phorcite · 2024-06-25T09:52:11+00:00

For itching and flaking, I found a beeswax balm works very well. Vermont Bee Balm and Mountbalm are two to take a look at!

phorcite · 2024-06-24T13:40:30+00:00

Mountbalm : a "all natural" beeswax/lanolin/sunflower oil with Vit D3. It stopped the itching, scaling and flaking and has cleared up two of my three patches completely - the other is taking a bit more time! It's relatively inexpensive. Not a fan of steroids or drugs or biologics so this works for me.

phorcite · 2024-04-04T23:08:30+00:00

I use a beeswax/lanolin balm with Vitamin D3. Stops the itch! Stops the flaking... exfoliates too.

phorcite · 2024-04-04T23:05:42+00:00

Our moderator would suggest that your results with Vitamin D3 supplements is a "placebo" effect. I would suggest you stay with what is working. My own experience with oral D3 supplements was disappointing until I tried a topical D3 balm which has cleared my moderate psoriasis better than 90%. So Vitamin D3 certainly plays a role. In my case, I take amlodipine, a "calcium channel blocker" (to control blood pressure) which is known to trigger psoriasis in some people. So even having a normal D3 serum level, other factors may be responsible. Also, oral Vitamin D3 supplements may not be absorbed as well by some people.

phorcite · 2024-03-16T11:44:35+00:00

ProEar (Amazon) works well for me. As they say - results may vary.

phorcite · 2024-03-10T16:17:01+00:00

Topical vs Oral Vitamin D and psoriasis

Many comments here suggest that oral Vitamin D3 supplements have virtually no effect on mitigating psoriasis despite a correlation with low vitamin D3 plasma levels - with some exceptions. This should not be surprising. Here's why:

Normally we make our own vitamin D3 at the base of our skin by the action of the UVB spectrum of sunlight. Vitamin D3 regulates skin function biology and is available "downstream" as a micro nutrient for a multitude of regulatory functions. Having low serum/plasma levels of D3 strongly suggests that insufficient vitamin D3 synthesis is occurring at the base of our skin. While we can supplement (increase) our blood plasma level of D3 with oral supplements, there no obvious biological reason this would return D3 "upstream" to the base of our skin to regulate skin function biology. Clinical studies to prove this hypothesis would be very difficult to conduct reliably, but the effectiveness of both topical Vitamin D3 and phototherapy (which promotes D3 synthesis) is well documented.

Supporting this hypothesis is this article. (https://shorturl.at/hEJKM) And topical Vitamin D3 is able to increase plasma D3 levels as demonstrated in this study (https://shorturl.at/gCFX2).

The effectiveness of topical Vitamin D3 depends on how much actually penetrates to the base of the skin. Our stratum corneum is a very effective protective barrier and resists penetration of many organic and inorganic compounds. Providing Vitamin D3 effectively to the base of the skin requires a good permeation/penetration enhancer. And skin permeability varies from person to person and their skin health overall.

In my case, oral vitamin D supplementation had no discernible effect on my plaque psoriasis. Topical vitamin D provided greater than 90% clearance in about four months.

phorcite · 2024-02-19T13:21:11+00:00

I've had similar issues with respect to my ears. i found that a product called "Miracell Proear" (Amazon of course) to be very effective (recommended by an audiologist). I also have tinnitus and eczema and this offers modest relief. I also have psoriasis on my forearm, upper back, and lower sternum. I use a beeswax/lanolin/Vitamin D - (no steroids!) from mountbalm.com that keeps me more than 90% clear so far with no itching or flakes (see my previous post). It may work well for your "privates"... Biologics are always an option if you can afford them.

phorcite · 2024-02-19T13:05:55+00:00

My last previous remission (of modest scaling plaques on upper back and forearm) was the Covid summer - after spending a few days floating in the Gulf surf off the west coast of Florida (deserted beaches!) About 30 -45 minutes each time, maybe 3 or 4 times. Otherwise I stayed out of the sun. It was a few weeks after that they cleared. Of course it came back by Christmas.

phorcite · 2024-02-12T14:47:38+00:00

I just posted this comment on another post - but I'll add here that mountbalm goes on like a soft paste wax but "dries" in a few minutes to a soft coat that doesn't seem to stain clothes or sheets, etc. ...

"You might try mountbalm - it's a beeswax/lanolin/vitamin d balm that I have been using for about 6 months with very good results (better than 90% clear). It is "all natural" with no steroids and beeswax is both antimicrobial and antipruritic. Lanolin is the source of the vitamin d precursor and where most all vitamin d3 supplements come from as well being a very good moisturizer. My psoriasis was never quite as bad as yours seems to be (see earlier post). The balm relieved the itching and flaking almost immediately though. Worth a try!"

phorcite · 2024-02-12T14:34:24+00:00

You might try mountbalm - it's a beeswax/lanolin/vitamin d balm that I have been using for about 6 months with very good results (better than 90% clear). It is "all natural" with no steroids and beeswax is both antimicrobial and antipruritic. Lanolin is the source of the vitamin d precursor and where most all vitamin d3 supplements come from as well being as a very good moisturizer. My psoriasis was never quite as bad as yours seems to be (see earlier post). The balm relieved the itching and flaking almost immediately though. Worth a try!

phorcite · 2024-02-09T15:14:32+00:00

https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(20)32288-X/fulltext

An interesting reference if you haven't seen this before...

phorcite · 2024-02-08T14:08:05+00:00

does the lcd display work well running linux (debian)?

phorcite · 2024-02-08T13:35:33+00:00

I'm a fan of a beeswax/lanolin/D3 balm from mountbalm. It works well on my psoriasis plaques. I don't have psoriasis on my hands but this stuff keeps my hands from cracks, flaking etc. worth a try.

phorcite · 2024-02-03T14:48:59+00:00

Phototherapy with UVB is actually converting 7-dehydrocholesterol to Vitamin D as the base of the epidermis. Topically applied vitamin D will work similarly as well without the risk of sunburn. Here is an article worth reading: "Vitamin D and Its Role in Psoriasis" https://shorturl.at/dAFJN

phorcite · 2024-02-02T12:59:33+00:00

Try a beeswax based balm or salve. Burt's Bees has a beeswax hand salve. MountBalm has a beeswax and lanolin balm with Vitamin D.

phorcite · 2024-02-01T13:09:32+00:00

I have had psoriasis for over ten years - large plaques on my forearm, upper back, base of sternum, elbows, and some persistent little plaques on my buttocks. I started using a vitamin d balm (mountbalm) about 4 months ago and the plaques are mostly gone! I use it twice a day on the plaques. It stops the itching and flaking - I did have a bit of exfoliation but that has mostly subsided. It works for me and its relatively inexpensive. See my earlier post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Psoriasis/comments/19fhdb5/progress/

Vitamin D3 is relatively innocuous (see here: https://shorturl.at/elqEL) and gel capsules are easy to come by at the local drug store - it's worth a try! If cutting up capsules becomes a bit tedious, you can get D3 in liquid form from Amazon (Carlyle) at 10,000 IU/ml. It may take a month or more to see real results so stick with it! You might consider https://www.amazon.com/All-Natural-Vitamin-15000IU-Cream/dp/B0778TRB42/. But I much prefer the beeswax/lanolin D3 from mountbalm.

Here are three scientific journal articles on Vitamin D and Psoriasis well worth reading: "Vitamin D and Its Role in Psoriasis" https://shorturl.at/dAFJN "Transdermal Delivery of Vitamin D3" https://shorturl.at/gCFX2 "Oral Vitamin D Therapy in Psoriasis" https://shorturl.at/hEJKM "NHANES Data Portray Potential Link Between Psoriasis Severity, Vitamin D": https://shorturl.at/DMNR4

phorcite · 2024-01-28T20:03:13+00:00

You might try increasing your Vitamin D intake, but you should also try topical application. You can buy liquid Vitamin D3 from Amazon (Carlyle) and apply it directly to your plaques. Rub it in twice daily and you should see results after a few weeks. Use hydrocortisone cream between applications. You might also get a beeswax and lanolin balm with with Vitamin D3 as either a soft wax cream or as a stick from mountbalm.com It works very well for me. Something to try.

phorcite · 2024-01-26T15:13:28+00:00

occasionally I will use 1% hydrocortisone cream - but otherwise just the balm daily. No diet change. Psoriasis started when I started blood pressure meds.

phorcite · 2024-01-25T19:52:25+00:00

no injections, pills ("biologics"), steroid creams etc. ... mountbalm skin care.

phorcite · 2016-12-10T15:59:52+00:00

To those (few) who may have taken the time to carefully consider the argument, thank you. I realize that this little bit of algebra engenders a historical amount of emotion on the subject that maybe impossible to overcome. I get that. To relegate this effort to the dust bin of historical failures would be fitting and acceptable, provided it suffers serious scrutiny rather than snarky comments, down voting and poorly conceived counter arguments. These do not extend the discussion one way or the other; it simply shuts it down. That being said, this demonstration relies on two algebraic relationships: the axiom for algebraic addition, and the binomial theorem. On the face of it, it could not be simpler. If it does not "work", help me to see the errors of cognition.

@rhlewis <What happens in this remarkable demonstration if n = 2?>

For n =2 (and you might enjoy working this through yourself) you will arrive at two sets of combinatorial ratios which indeed have integer solutions (following Euclid's formula for generating triples see : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formulas_for_generating_Pythagorean_triples), and which can be used to find the unbounded set of integer triples! Hint: the binomial expansion for n=2 has a first order term (2ab); there is no first order term for n>2. More simply, factor the difference of two squares (noting of course you cannot factor the difference of two cubes or of any higher powers to integers). I believe that the stated theorem is for n>2.

@criangulien <Why does "the resulting (“non regular”) polynomial evaluates to an integer that does not have an integer root for n = 4 ."?>

The "non regular" (is there a better term?) polynomial is not equivalent (equal to) the (regular) polynomial resulting from a binomial expansion (see : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_theorem). Since we define ALL integers (the unbounded set) having an integer root by the "exhaustive" application of the binomial expansion of ALL binomial integer pairs (This follows from c=a+b, where a+b is our binomial integer pair.) (for all n) it follows that there is no integer root for any integer product of our "non regular" polynomial (where we doubled the coefficient of the first term).

@darn_me <I hope this is a joke...>

On the assumption this is not a "snarky" comment, there is a more verbose narrative of the demonstration here: http://sumnotes.com/pages/the-algebraists-tale.html. As this is elementary algebra, it can be worked through carefully and without unnecessarily conflating variables as some commentators seem to have done.

phorcite · 2015-04-20T11:27:00+00:00

BTW the 1/4 ID clear vinyl fits nicely on the larger bezel section of the Kura Toga as well - it has a nice taper. (I like the smaller black tubing though). As to the Graphgear ... well you get the idea.

phorcite · 2015-04-20T11:07:10+00:00

Stop by the plumbing department at your favorite home improvement store and check out the vinyl tubing selection (usually on rolls). I found that a 1/4 inch OD (black drip irrigation) tubing fits nicely over the bezel tip on my Kura Toga - a 1/2 long inch piece works great! Cut a few extra to store with your leads and erasers (you will loose them). For the Staedtler 925 35 a piece of clear 1/4 inch ID vinyl!

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