On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:27:07 -0500, Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This time, my brilliant new doctor gives me corticosteroid (Medrol) and today I am back at work! The lesions have not completely disappeared but I am so damned thankful to have figured out for sure a) what causes it; and b) how to cure it. > >Thanks to everyone for the excellent advice. Let's just say I shall avoid eggs for a while. Most especially when I have a virus, am stressed, etc! >-- Hi Jim, It is great to hear how well you feel now. Being sick from food makes you feel like a human who is no longer a real human (sigh); I am glad that you found a doc who could give you a medicine that quickly made it possible for you to go back to work. You say you've figured out what causes the mouth lesions and how to cure it. I am curious, what caused the mouth lesions and how did you figure it out? And why do you think you are cured? To my knowledge a steroid does not cure a food intolerance - it suppresses the symptoms. I don't know if steroids cure food allergies but it seems unlikely. Otherwise everyone who had an allergy to for example peanuts would take a steroid for a little while and then get back to the business of eating peanuts. This isn't the case though - people avoid peanuts for life if they have an allergy. Karen