Re: Low carb diet leads to mystery skin blisters?

Yeechang Lee wrote:
> 
> On 24 August I began an Atkins diet and since have been keeping it
> quite faithfully. 
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> Beginning the second week of September my back began breaking out in
> large, symmetrical clusters of red bumps that turned into blisters
> that contain a fair amount of pus. At first I ignored them figuring
> they'd go away. However, they haven't. They've steadily worsened the
> past couple of weeks, and are now spreading to the area below my
> armpits. A few have appeared on my chest and neck. They all itch like
> crazy, especially in the initial stages.
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 The
> only skin problems I've had before are acne and, last year, a
> diagnosis of tinea versicolor that has long since been completely
> treated with Nizoral shampoo.
> 
> The only recent change in my lifestyle has been the Atkins. It's fair
> to say bacon (especially precooked) is a large portion of my diet
> right now, along with pepperoni slices, mozzerella string cheese, pork
> rinds, and almonds. For lunch I have a steak and a salad.

It sounds like a form of acne, which you said you had before.
Perhaps triggered by all the spicy food.

 Or it could be a form of food intolerance, to spicy food.

Try eating fresh meat, instead of all the spicy preserved
meats loaded with additives.

 Or/and go back on your former diet, to see if the problem
is indeed diet related.

Check out:
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/lifestyle/health_problems/my_experience_of_acne/_review/399295/
My Experience of Acne