Skin Health

Psoriasis Diseases

Psoriasis is a skin disease comes from the Greek word which means Psora itching. But not always when it should be the same itchiness in psoriasis. Instead eczema usually accompanied by itching.

What is psoriasis? In short, the cycle of skin layer normal turnover that happens every 28 days or once a month. However, in psoriasis, the skin turnover process accelerated between 3-4 days.

Type Psoriasis Frequently Found

* Forms vulgaris (plaque form)
* Form bentik spots (Guttate)
* Forms In Part Lipetan (Flexura)
* Spread wide form or Eritroderma (whole skin)
* Bubbles form pus (pustules))
* Form peel (Exfoliative)
* Joints Psoriasis (psoriasis is accompanied by joints inflammation)

Psoriasis is not contagious disease, only cause the patient discomfort, especially if it is recurrent, so that social be disturbed.

Symptom:

Psoriasis can occur in all individuals, no relation with gender, ethnicity, color or nation.

This disease can occur at any time, from babies (rarely) to adult people.. But the average peak age is between 15 and 25 years. More dark skin rarely get skin psoriasis than pale or white. Statistically estimated 2% of the world could be infected of psoriasis.

Process Psoriasis infection:
Usually preceded by a kind of bruise or bump on the skin of one's body, after the incident, the taxable part of trauma did not go away. Even otherwise worsened and began to spread. Then there was another bruise on the skin of another. Wound can remain small and disappear or otherwise widened and expanded. After running some time this disease is usually widespread, until the person seeking treatment.

In pregnant women, this disease appears as healed and disappeared. But after giving birth psoriasis occur again.

Psoriasis Patients Are One That Healthy?
Most doctors think that psoriasis is a problem only in the skin layer only. That's not true at all. Changes in the skin only as an early sign of the beginning of a disease, so patients with psoriasis is actually not a physical sense. Because the body parts in there that does not work and function well.

Psoriasis Therapy
Psoriasis treatments had always until now so many variations, for example as a foreign drug, systemic drugs or both. Photo chemotherapy like a combination of drugs and ultraviolet lighting. The results vary widely, there is a sense of dramatic, but there is also a feeling like a disaster. As well as the treatment of other diseases are cured there some are not suitable.

Orthodox treatments, usually using the application of external medication, such as salf, creams, and lotions, but the implementation techniques may vary different from starting with a bath too (tar). Until Photo chemotherapy With laser light, once again the results are not always consistent from the successful to fail and there's no point.

Zalf mix steroids and fluorine, steroid injections, and gluco-cortycosteroid often used, but must be supervised and monitored by a doctor tightly, because often cause bad side effects.

Haemodialysa way to wash blood in people with kidney failure has been tried, but in the long term benefit is unknown. Aromatic retinoid are drugs such as vitamin A. Been tried, the results on the condition of severe psoriasis sometimes very good. However, treatments must be careful, because if you use high doses, can cause inflammation of the lips, hair loss, dryness of the eyes, mouth and skin.

Ultraviolet type A (UVA) is not a good way to get rid of psoriasis. Because if too much of a way-life can cause side effects impossible. If you also want to use must be done under the supervision of a doctor or hospital.

Type ultraviolet B (UVB) is the most widely used and has been used for more than 50 years ago. Patients should be able to tolerate this light, so must start with a small dose first and gradually increased until the maximum dose, from the beginning only a few seconds on increased slowly. Actually, the effect of ultraviolet B is the same as if you are basking under the sun alone. These rays do not penetrate below the skin. Methatrexate (MTX) is a cure for cancer. Usually, patients should be taken on a very abstruse. Be careful because this drug is a toxic to the liver, it must be monitored so that his heart function was not disturbed or damaged.

Etretinate (Tergison) is a relatively new drug (1986). He is a derivative of Vitamin A. Can be undrinkable or in combination with ultraviolet light. This done in patients who are recalcitrant with other drugs drug earlier. Activated Vitamin D Cream is the last discovery (1999) and according to DR. Michael Holick, director of the Central Clinic Reset.

posted by Margi @ 1:13 AM