Psoriasis Treatment

Definition

Psoriasis is a chronic and recurrent disease. It may be occur by partial remissions and exacerbations. In which, flare-ups are commonly related to specific systemic and environmental factors. Widespread involvement is known as exfoliative or erythrodennic psoriasis. Disorder usually affects young adults and it may occur at any age, including infancy. You can control the Flare-ups with therapy. But appropriate treatment depends on the type of psoriasis and extent of the disease, the patient's response, and the effect of the disease on the patient's lifestyle. If you have this disease then rarely, psoriasis becomes pustular, taking one of two forms such as localized pustular psoriasis, with pustules on the palms and soles that remain sterile until opened, generalized pustular psoriasis, typically occurring with fever, leukocytosis, and malaise, with groups of pustules coalescing to form lakes of pus on red skin, commonly involving the tongue and oral mucosa and erythrodermic psoriasis least common form, which is an inflammatory form of the disorder that may be occur by periodic fiery erythema and exfoliation of the skin with severe itching and pain.

Causes of Psoriasis

Psoriasis may be occur due to various causes. Causes of psoriasis include:

• Genetically determined tendency to develop psoriasis
• Possible immune disorder, as shown in the HLA type in families
• Environmental factors
• Isomorphic effect or Koebner's phenomenon, in which lesions develop at sites of injury due to trauma
• Flare-up of guttate lesions due to infections, especially beta-hemolytic streptococci.

Other various contributing factors that may cause this disease such as:

• Pregnancy
• Endocrine changes
• Climate
• Emotional stress

Symptoms of Psoriasis

If you have this disease, then symptoms may include:

• Itching and occasional pain from dry, cracked, encrusted lesions
• Erythematous and, usually, well defined plaques, sometimes covering large areas of the body
• Lesions most commonly on the scalp, chest, elbows, knees, back, and buttocks
• Plaques with characteristic silver scales that either flake off easily or thicken, covering the lesion; scale removal can produce fine bleeding
• Occasional small guttate lesions, either alone or with plaques.

Possible complications of psoriasis include:

• Spread to fingernails
• Producing small indentations or pits and yellow or brown discoloration
• Accumulation of thick
• Crumbly debris under the nail
• Causing it to separate from the nail bed
• Infection
• Secondary to itching and arthritic symptoms, usually in one or more joints of the fingers or toes, the larger joints

Treatment of Psoriasis

If you have this disease, then you should be use Possible treatments.

• Treatment for psoriasis may include aspirin and local heat to help alleviate the pain of psoriatic arthritis; NSAIDs in severe cases, ultraviolet B (UVB) or natural sun light exposure to retard rapid cell production to the point of minimal erythema, gradually increasing exposure to UVB.
• You should apply steroid creams and ointments twice daily, preferably after bathing to facilitate absorption, and overnight use of occlusive dressings to control symptoms, if necessary.
• You can also use intralesional steroid injection for small, stubborn plaques.
• Another treatment for this disease is Ingram technique using anthralin instead of tar.