The Hidden Plague: A Field Guide For Surviving and Overcoming Hidradenitis Suppurativa Hardcover – December 1, 2013

I've been suffering from HS for five years, and it's gotten progressively worst as time went buy. I was misdiagnosed so many times and doctors just kept prescribing me antibiotics and penicillin pills. I was told the only way for me to get better was to have surgery. Then, I found this book mentioned on a Facebook group and decided to check it out. I am so glad I did! This book has a lot of helpful information to those suffering from this condition, and I feel I have learned so much! It gave me hope. I had no idea food could be related to HS until I read it here. I decided to start the AIP diet and see if food was the cause for my HS; that's how I found out certain foods trigger it.Sure, you can do the research on your own but this book has everything you can possibly need and you won't have to browse websites for the information. Before buying it, I decided to research on my own but most of the websites I visited said the same general thing. This book has helpful information about supplements to take and why leaky gut should be connected to HS. It also has several recipes! It's a lot of useful information for those of us who have this condition, all in one book. I know of a lot of people who have bashed this book and haven't even read it! So my recommendation is that if you want to get better, read it! It is not a cure, but it gives a lot of information that helps to go into remission. :)

Superb! Fantastic! More than 5 Star information in this book. If you are dealing with the horrible Hidradenitis Suppurativa disease then you N E E D to read this book. There is so much information in this book you will need to have a highlighter handy. I learned more about how my body works from this book than I ever did in school. Or maybe its just because I am older and care more these days. ;) This book teaches you how exactly to go into remission. Since there is no cure, remission is the next best thing. Being a sufferer myself, I'm sick of it to tell you the truth. I'm making baby steps and already see an improvement. I know if I eliminated more bad foods I would see better results but at this time with the ages of my children its hard so I decided to do it gradually. I have corresponded with the author a few times & she was very fast with her response. I give her kudos for taking the time (years) to write this book. I have an HS survivors website and it gets depressing sometimes researching day after day without seeing any good 'medical' advancements. Long story short.....get the book! You won't regret it. :) ~HealingHS

This book is awesome!!! For those of you who are struggling with this disease, but don't know it is a disease...a disease of which millions of individuals are plagued with the discomfort, pain, and mental effects, I have suffered since my teen years, told everything under the sun, prescribe all kinds of medicines, and having numerous of surgeries. This book offers a solution; an approach which will and can change your life. Following the plan, the disease has gone into remission, I've lost weight and feel so much better than before. I would recommend this book to anyone who gets reoccurring boils and cysts. This book will steer you in the right direction. Tara Grant has done the leg-work, shares her experiences, and advice. Thank you Tara! I would recommend this book.

Very informative. I had a boil start up on my upper thigh. Then a few bumps on my nether regions, then a recurrence of a staph infection in my left armpit from a few years ago. Very strange I thought. So I googled it and came up with HS. The doctor took a swab of the one on my thigh and it came back positive for staph. Could that still be HS? I don't know, but doctor told me to wash with Hibiclens everyday for a while, which I did. Then I got a cold sore (was under a lot of stress, and I always get weird stuff under stress) so I took my usual fix for a cold sore: about 3000 mgs of L-Lysine on day one, and applied tea tree oil several times to the sore spot on my lip. Wonder of wonders, the boils suddenly got a lot better too. So I looked up L-Lysine and boils, and whaddya know, it is known to help with boils and skin/collagen issues. L-Arginine is what cold sores want, and I'd been eating a lot of gelatin which is rich in L-Arginine. Anyway, long story short, the L-Lysine seems to have cleared up all of the boils, thankfully! I'm still glad I bought the book though. I already eat a pretty clean diet and was gluten-free for two years due to some digestive issues. I don't believe there is one right diet for everyone though. Been there, got the t-shirt, don't believe it anymore.

Seems like the AIP diet is not for me as it seems that I don't have any trigger foods but one that I don't eat too often. It might be more stress or other things for me and I am working on this. It was still a very interesting read with lots of background information.