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The Flare Pattern Handbook

The ten pattern stories, edited into one source-cited handbook on why eczema, psoriasis and IBS flare when they do, with the ten questions to ask of your own log and the warning signs that need a clinician. Free, as a PDF, when it is ready.

What is in it

Every chapter corresponds to an explainer on this site, re-edited for reading offline, with its full source list. Nothing in the handbook recommends a supplement, product or diet.

  1. Psoriasis Why psoriasis comes back in the same spot
  2. IBS Why IBS hits minutes after a meal, when the food is still in your stomach
  3. Tracking What a symptom log can tell you, and what it cannot
  4. IBS Why a stomach bug can leave a years-long footprint in the gut
  5. Eczema Does bad air make eczema flare? What the AQI can and cannot tell you
  6. Eczema · Psoriasis The gut-skin axis is real. 'Your skin disease starts in your gut' is not what it shows.
  7. Psoriasis Why a scratch can turn into a psoriasis plaque, and why most scratches don't
  8. IBS Why the same food can hurt on Tuesday and not on Friday
  9. Eczema Why a workout makes eczema itch, and why the sweat itself is not the villain
  10. Eczema Hard water and eczema: what happened when 336 families got water softeners

Who it is for

People living with a flaring condition who want the honest version of what the research says, and clinicians who want a patient-facing summary that will not oversell. It is education, not a treatment plan.

When

The explainers are published; the handbook is being edited. Leave your email and we will send it when it is ready. You can read everything in it on this site today.