Psoriasis presentation answers all your questions related to Psoriasis. Understand the causes, symptoms , commonly affected parts, what are types of psoriasis, how psoriasis is diagnosed, what are complications experienced by psoriasis patient. Why homeopathy treatment for Psoriasis.
3. What is Psoriasis?
A chronic, obstinate skin disease
Tends to stay for years
May have natural breaks (remission)
Not just skin deep!
Calls for deep case-study for treatment
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4. Psoriasis: Am I alone?
1 to 3% of the world population suffers with it
Age group: 15 to 40 years; children can have it
Both sexes equally affected
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5. Symptoms of Psoriasis
Thick, scaly eruptions
Dry silvery scales
With or without itching
Boils (in Pustular psoriasis)
Can also present as smooth red patches in folds
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7. What happens in Psoriasis?
Excessive and abnormal cell
production in the skin
Formation of scales
Shedding off excess scales
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8. Types of Psoriasis:
Psoriasis Vulgaris (Classical presentation)
Guttate Psoriasis (All over body)
Pustular Psoriasis (with pus formation)
Erythrodermic Psoriasis (in folds of the skin)
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10. Causes of Psoriasis:
Psoriasis is a Multi-factorial disease
Largely immunological causes
Most cases have more than one cause
responsible to initiate and continue chronic
Psoriasis
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11. Stress:
Stress is an important causative factor
Prolonged anxiety
Guilt
Frustration
Disappointment
Depression, sadness, etc
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12. Psoriasis: Not contagious
It is not caused by germs
It does not spread by contact or touch
It is safe to touch a patient who has psoriasis
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13. Psoriasis: Not a local disease
Psoriasis is caused by multiple factors disturbing
the immunity
Should be understood and treated as an Internal
Disease
Calls for internal treatment
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14. Diagnosis of Psoriasis:
Clinically diagnosed (based on symptoms)
Skin biopsy may conclude diagnosis
X-Ray and RA factor in case of joint affection
(to rule out RA)
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15. Complications of Psoriasis:
These are rare but may occur in long-standing
cases:
Joint involvement
Joint deformity
Nail changes: Pitting, separation from nail bed,
horizontal ridges
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16. Allopathic Treatment:
Local
Coal tar preparations
Vitamin D analogues
Retinoids
Corticosteroids
Ultraviolet radiation
Systemic
PUVA therapy
Phototherapy
Methotrexate
Treatment for Psoriasis
17. About Conventional Treatment:
Advantages:
Palliates the symptoms
Limitations:
Does not treat the root cause
Suppressive
May make Psoriasis complex
Adverse effects
Treatment for Psoriasis
18. Homeopathic Treatment:
Targets the root cause
Enhances body’s healing process
Restores immunity back to normal
Treats all round causes of Psoriasis:
Genetic
Stress induced
Environmental factors
Treatment for Psoriasis
19. Why Homeopathy?
Long term relief
Treats it in a totalistic way
Individualistic approach
Very effective
Free from side-effects
Treatment for Psoriasis
20. What about Cortisone?
Offer temporary relief only
Suppress the disease
Rebound flare-up after stopping them
Make Psoriasis more complex and difficult to cure
Cortisone must eventually be stopped
Treatment for Psoriasis
21. Tips for Patients on Cortisone
Steroids can’t be stopped abruptly
Must be withdrawn slowly
under care of local doctor
Steroids and Homeopathy can be taken
simultaneously, initially
Lesions may increase due to steroid
withdrawal
If you have taken steroids recently, there is a
chance of disease flare up
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22. Some Observations on
Psoriasis Treatment
Based on our experience of treating a
large number of Psoriasis patients:
Difficult to cure, but treatable
Opt for Homeopathy in the early stages
Psoriasis is not a local disease, please do
not treat it locally with cream/ ointments
There is no short cut to cure Psoriasis
Treatment for Psoriasis
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