Thursday, April 12, 2012

Various Psoriasis treatment procedures and its Impact

By Tom Peters


Psoriasis is a skin disease that results to a condition of inflammatory skin in regions like elbow, knees, scalp and other parts of the body. This kind of skin disease is most common in adults. The actual cause for the disease is unknown, the disease can be inherited, two other major causes for the disease is believed to be due to stress and alcohol intake.

Psoriasis differs according to the symptoms and is classified into five type plaque psoriasis, inverse psoriasis, erythrodermic psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and pustular psoriasis. Most of the people suffer from plaque psoriasis. Red patches filled with white silvery scales are signs of plaque psoriasis. Plaque psoriasis usually arises in regions like the scalp, elbow, knees and lower back. If small red spots are found on the skin then it is a condition of guttate psoriasis. White boils encircled by red skin is a condition of inverse psoriasis, erythrodemic psoriasis are very painful, causes itchiness and the affected skin can turn red.

Acute cases of psoriasis are very hard to cure. There are various psoriasis treatment followed over years by doctors and specialists which can either help in providing a complete or partial cure There are basically three types of treatments. Using drugs or applying them directly over the skin is one way of treating the disease. applying medicines in the form of ointments or creams is one among the three popular methods of psoriasis treatment. There is another very effective treatment procedure called phototherapy, under this treatment procedure the disease is treated using light. Oral medicines can also help in treating the disease and is a popular method of treatment. Some people have home remedies for psoriasis that can be useful too.

Homeopathy and natural cures are yet another mild and safe treatment procedure that can provide you relief from the disease. No treatment procedure can treat intricate psoriasis condition. Ointments can provide you relief from the discomfort experienced due to the disease.

Treating the condition at the earliest stage can help in curing the disease. The symptoms to look for are as follows red patches, scaling spots, pain, itching etc. Psoriasis is very dangerous and has a tendency to elevate and affect your whole body so the appropriate treatment should be taken as soon as they are detected. The disease is never passed on to other people hence is not infectious.

An over reactive immune system is what makes the skin to pile up and lead to psoriasis. Balms containing coal tar or anthralin are applied to provide relief from the disease and the method is termed as topical method. Along with external application it is also important to cure the disease from within the body through oral medicines.




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