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LONDON, ENGLAND -- November 21, 1997 -- Dr. Katsumi Hanada and co-workers, from Japan, discuss in a research letter in this week's issue of The Lancet whether lithium in spring water can provoke psoriasis. A 19-year-old woman who had a five-year history of psoriasis was treated with ultraviolet A therapy and after three months her psoriasis cleared up. But one month later she developed a psoriatic rash all over her body. She told the researchers that she had drunk some holy water from a spring and her rash cleared up without any treatment when she stopped drinking this water. Analysis of the water and the girl's serum showed that both contained a high concentration of lithium which is a possible aggravating factor in psoriasis. The link between psoriasis and lithium was further supported when resumption of her ingestion of holy water for several months resulted in another flare-up of her psoriatic lesions accompanied by increases in her serum concentration of lithium. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.