I'm putting this info here in case it helps anyone. I am not a doctor and not giving medical advice, just sharing my personal story.
I haven't thought about this stuff in over 10 years, but there seems to be a lot of evidence now supporting this theory of bacterial acnes causing runaway inflammation. I can't believe that steroids plus pain killers are still the standard treatment for autoimmune diseases without any investigation into root causes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14620162/
I haven't thought about this stuff in over 10 years, but there seems to be a lot of evidence now supporting this theory of bacterial acnes causing runaway inflammation. I can't believe that steroids plus pain killers are still the standard treatment for autoimmune diseases without any investigation into root causes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14620162/
Furthermore, there is evidence in discs https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28369127/ a common flare-up point for people with RA