Saturday, December 6, 2008

Psoriasis Treatment: Understanding Your Options (Psoriasis Treatment)

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Author: Evelyn Lim

It is vital that you seek an appropriate psoriasis treatment if you have this condition. In severe cases, your joints can become inflamed, which can then result in arthritis. Psoriasis can also cause you to feel depressed. It is a type of skin inflammation that can disable you and affect your quality of life. Symptoms of psoriasis on the skin include widespread redness, severe itching and pain. To know if you suffer from psoriasis or not, you will need to seek a skin specialist for a proper diagnosis.

Unfortunately there is no known cure for psoriasis. Most often the short-term psoriasis treatments available for this disease centre on the use of drugs. These treatments tend to only clear up your psoriasis for a short period of time. You may also find that you respond differently as compared to other patients in any given treatment.

Other than the use of drugs, a natural psoriasis treatment can also be used. However, as there are all kinds of different treatments, you may wonder which one actually works. Of course, all of these treatments have pros and cons, so it is best to ask your doctor for some help and guidance in getting a suitable psoriasis treatment.

The 3 main types of treatment for psoriasis include:

1. Topical treatments can be applied to your skin if you have a mild to moderate case of psoriasis.

2. Photo treatments are used if you have a moderate to severe cases of psoriasis. This includes light, usually ultraviolet light, being applied to your skin.

3. Systemic treatments are available if you have a moderate to disabling form of psoriasis. This treatment is taken either orally, by injection or by infusion. One such product is Theraflax. While this may help you, the effects are still random.

4. A new alternative psoriasis treatment is with the use of a fish known as Doctor fish or Garra rufa. This is a type of fish that live and breed in outdoor pools of some Turkish spas. Interestingly, they are also found in Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. The fish is known to feed upon your skin wherever psoriasis is present. It eats only the dead skin, while allowing your healthy skin to continue to grow. You should know that some patients have reported success with this alternative psoriasis treatment method.

Until the past 10 years, psoriasis was largely an under-researched condition. With little statistical studies done, there is not enough knowledge about it. You can imagine that this limited knowledge will have an impact on finding a real cure or treatment to psoriasis. What is known is that research experts have discovered that psoriasis is somewhat genetic, and usually affecting those who are between 15 and 35 years old. For some reason, Caucasians are also found to be more susceptible to it.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/psoriasis-treatment-understanding-your-options-158950.html

About the Author:Evelyn Lim writes about her journey from ailing to recovery skin. For her tips on how to treat itchy skin.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Psoriasis: Common Questions You Ask Common Answers You Are Told! (Psoriasis Treatment)

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The Real Answers are in RED just below!

Q: What is psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that affects over 6.4 million people in the United States. Plaque psoriasis, the most common form, is characterized by inflamed lesions topped with silvery white scales. Psoriasis can be limited to a few plaques or can involve moderate to extensive areas of skin. For some people, psoriasis tends to be mild to moderate but still quite distrubing.

TRUE

Q: What causes psoriasis?
No one knows exactly what causes psoriasis, although a recent study has established that it is an immune-mediated disorder. We do know that psoriasis is the growth of too many skin cells. A normal skin cell matures in 28 to 30 days but a psoriatic skin cell takes only 3 to 6 days.

3/4s CRAP! You are told "No One Knows" in order to keep the Money Stream Flowing, selling you High Priced Drugs that you must buy over and over. Plus, doctor visits to get these "Band Aid Drugs"! for the rest of your life.

Q: Who gets psoriasis?
Both males and females get psoriasis in equal numbers. It can strike at any age, but most often between 15 and 35. However, a first-time diagnoses of psoriasis has been seen in very old people, and in new-born babies and small children. About 150,000 to 250,000 new cases of psoriasis are diagnosed each year.

TRUE

Q: How is psoriasis diagnosed?
A physician makes the diagnosis after observing the skin, and studying the psoriatic plaque cells under a microscope. Pitting of the nails can be a sign of psoriasis. There is no medical test for psoriasis.

Most all doctor's just look at your skin problem and diagnosis PSORIASIS that way. Microscope studies are really not worth the effort as they know the drug companies, and themselves, make money off of you. The doctor's also know you will be back again and again, hence, office visit fee's!

Q: Is all psoriasis alike?
No. There are various forms of psoriasis. Plaque psoriasis is the most common. Other forms are guttate, characterized by small dot-like lesions; pustular, characterized by weeping lesions and intense scaling; inverse, characterized by intense inflammation and little scaling; and erythrodermic, characterized by intense sloughing and inflammation of the skin. Psoriasis can range from mild to moderate to very severe and disabling.

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Q: Is psoriasis contagious?
No. Psoriasis is not contagious. It is not something you can "catch" or "pass on".

TRUE, but PSORIATICS that have childern may see PSORIASIS develope with their childern at some time after birth.

Q: What parts of the body are affected?
Psoriasis most commonly appears on the scalp, knees, elbows, hands and feet. However, no area of the skin is exempt, including the genital area.

TRUE

Q: Do people know they are going to get psoriasis?
It is not possible to predict who will get psoriasis. Heredity plays a role but the mode of inheritance is not clear. Environmental factors such as physical trauma to the skin, infections, stress, and OTHER THINGS may trigger the onset of psoriasis, even in people without an apparent family history of psoriasis.

50% TRUE. Ask yourself; What is: "OTHER THINGS"?

Q: Is there a cure for psoriasis?
There is no cure, but there are many different treatments, both topical and systemic, that can clear psoriasis for periods of time. Experimentation is often required to find a treatment that works for a particular person, as illustrated by many case histories. Some people who have psoriasis experience spontaneous remissions, but no one knows why this happens and they are unpredictable.

WOW - WHAT A BS STORY HERE! STEROIDS: Harmfull to you, thining of your skin! PUVA LIGHT: Skin Cancer possibilities! METHOTREXATE: Chemo in a pill, kills cells in your body, any cell! CYCLOSPORINES: Immune System supressor - Hey great, now you can leave your body unprotected against other diseases. On and On!

Q: Do people die from psoriasis?
Yes. About 400 people die from complications caused by psoriasis each year. Primarily, such complications occur in relation to a severe, extensive form of psoriasis, such as generalized pustular psoriasis or erythrodermic psoriasis, where large areas of skin are shed. The skin plays an important role in regulating body temperature and serving as a barrier to infection. When a person's skin is compromised to such a great extent, secondary infections are possible. Fluid loss is a complicating factor in these serious forms of psoriasis, and a great strain is also placed on the circulatory system.

VERY TRUE! This statement failed to mention the terriable mental stress a person must deal with. I have personally heard from and helped about a dozen people who told me of there intent to take there own life if they could not get real help as the medical community could not provide serious help, cure or even remission!

Also, approximately 400 people receive social security disability due to psoriasis each year.

TRUE, even more daily! Your tax money is paying these people as the medical community "And Other's" prefer greed over your health!

Q: Is psoriasis associated with other diseases?
Approximately 10 percent of people who have psoriasis also have psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis is generally mild in nature and generally affects the hands and feet, but other parts of the body can be affected as well. In some cases, psoriatic arthritis can be disabling.

TRUE, but PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS can also be resolved and has been!

Q: Can people with psoriasis function normally?
For the most part people with psoriasis can function normally. Sometimes people experience low self-esteem because psoriasis is unsightly. Psoriasis is often misunderstood by the public, which can make social interactions awkward. This may lead to emotional problems such as anxiety, anger, embarrassment, and depression. Psoriasis can affect the type of work people do if it is visible.

TRUE, but PSORIASIS can and does effect all aspects of a persons WORK and SOCIAL LIFE!

Q: What is the economic impact of psoriasis?
The cost of medications and visits to the doctor are ongoing because psoriasis is chronic. Severe cases may require periods of hospitalization. It is estimated that 56 million hours of work are lost each year by people who suffer from psoriasis and over one billion dollars are spent annually on treatments.

TRUE! Who is getting the "BILLION'S OF DOLLARS" spent, and continues to do so? Why on earth would any of the drug companie's develope a cure with that level of money being paid out? Drug Company Executives, Doctor's, Drug Store's and "OTHER'S" are getting rich from you and this disease, "WHY BOTHER FIX-IT and STOP A GREAT CASH FLOW"?

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Have psoriasis? Ask yourself (Psoriasis Treatment)

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If you have psoriasis, you know it’s about more than itching and flaking. Psoriasis can test your emotions, impact your social life, and complicate everyday decisions.



1. - Did you take harsh chemical medicines which worked only till you took them?

If you have suffered with Psoriasis, you may have taken several chemical based medicines which are conventionally prescribed by the doctors. Initially, you thought that they worked, but you soon realized that Psoriasis came back on stopping the usage of such medicines.

Question in your mind is, ‘How long can I keep taking such chemicals into my system?'

Answers may be found here:

Homeopathy offers an alternative to the conventional medicines for Psoriasis. Homeopathy is absolutely safe and very effective in most cases to bring about a long remission.

2. - Did you already realize that Psoriasis cannot be ‘cured' by lotions and ointments?

Most patients who have just developed Psoriasis tend to think that by using some local ointment or lotions, Psoriasis will go away! They soon realize after using such ointments for three or four instances, that, Psoriasis cannot be cure externally.

Psoriasis is a deep seated, immunological disease, which needs to be treated at the immune level.

Homeopathy treats Psoriasis at the immune level.

3. - Did you take steroids which temporarily helped but caused serious side-effects?

When your doctor feels desperate about your Psoriasis, he would prescribe steroids or cortisone. Some may prescribe it routinely. However, it may be noted that the use of steroid is indicated only as a life saving measure in the most severe cases of Psoriasis.

Now, those who have used steroids in any form, either local application or oral, may have figured out that Psoriasis does come back after initial improvement. Not only that, the relapsed form of psoriasis is more difficult to treat with milder medicines, as the body calls for stronger medicine, as the immunity is suppressed with the use of steroids. In other words, your Psoriasis has now become ‘resistant' to milder medicines!

Solution to such a problem is offered by homeopathic treatment, which helps patients to keep away from the use of steroids.

4. - Did your doctor consider genetic factor while deciding your treatment?

You probably have someone in the family (father, mother, grand parents, uncle, aunts, etc) suffering from Psoriasis or Rheumatoid arthritis or Thyroiditis or alopecia or Cancer or Ankylosing Spondylitis or the like; suggestive of genetic predisposition in the development of Psoriasis.

While determining the line of medicine, did your medicine consider the genetic factor in the back ground?

Homeopathy, probably the only system of medicine, which incorporates the genetic factor, while deciding the medicine for you; hence treating it at a root level.

5. - Why didn't you think of homeopathy so far, which is internal medicine, working at the immune level, safe and based on genetic consideration?

You suffered with Psoriasis for five or more years and did not opt for homeopathy. This is because you had never known of homeopathy as an important remedy for Psoriasis. This is because your doctor was ignorant about the efficacy of homeopathy.

Now is the time for you to consider homeopathy for your Psoriasis, which is effective, safe, individualizing, treating the disease at the roots by considering the genetic patter.


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Monday, December 1, 2008

Causes of psoriasis (psoriasis treatment)

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It is very well understood about what happens to skin in psoriasis but it is very difficult to say why these changes develop. Although cold climate and some form of injury can aggravate the problem they cannot be labeled as the cause of disease. The precise cause of psoriasis continues to elude the medical fraternity. However, ongoing research in this field has improved our understanding of this disease to some extent. The recent discoveries point to an abnormality in the functioning of key white cells in the blood stream triggering inflammation in the skin. Because of the inflammation, the skin sheds too rapidly, every three to four days.

In realism psoriasis stem from internal disharmony of the body (in terms of disturbed immunity and genetic predisposition) topped with some environmental triggers.

Internal factors:

1. Defective immune system: Recent research indicates that psoriasis is likely to be a disorder of the immune system. This system includes a type of white blood cell, called a T cell, that normally helps protect the body against infection and disease. Scientists now think that, in psoriasis, an abnormal immune system causes activity by T cells in the skin. These T cells trigger the inflammation and excessive skin cell reproduction seen in people with psoriasis.

2. Genetics and heredity: In about one-third of the cases, psoriasis is inherited. Often, the person with psoriasis has a parent or grandparent who also has the condition. In terms of probability it has been estimated that a person with one affected parent has about a 10% chance of also being affected. Having two parents with psoriasis increases the chances to about 30%.

Researchers are studying large families affected by psoriasis to identify a gene or genes that cause the disease. (Genes govern every bodily function and determine the inherited traits passed from parent to child.)

External factors:

People with psoriasis may notice that there are times when their skin worsens, then improves. Conditions that may cause flare-ups include:

1. Climate: Studies indicate that cold weather may be a predisposing effect or trigger for psoriasis, in contradistinction to hot and sunny climate that appears to be beneficial.

2. Infections: Both dermatological and systemic infections have been known to trigger the onset of psoriasis or a worsening of psoriasis. Systemic infections that have been associated with triggering include viral upper respiratory disease, streptococcal pharyngitis ("strep throat"), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Staphylococcal skin infections (boils) have been a trigger.

3. Stress: Psychological stress is the cause as well as out come of disease like psoriasis. It is a well-known fact that there is inseparable bond between mind and body and psyche plays vital role in maintaining health or causing diseases. It is a common experience in practice of patient reporting the onset of psoriasis following major stress like divorce, death of close relatives, change of job, unhealthy family relationships etc and this perception of patients that psychological stress can worsen psoriasis has been supported in clinical studies.

4. Certain medicines: Certain medicines, most notably beta-blockers, which are used to treat high blood pressure, and lithium or drugs used to treat depression, may trigger an outbreak or worsen the disease. The drugs may be listed as: lithium, antimalarials, mepacrine, NSAIDs, beta-blockers,alcohol.

5. Physical trauma: People often notice new spots 10 to 14 days after the skin is cut, scratched, rubbed, or severely sunburned. Analysis of patient records has indicated that up to 50 percent of persons with psoriasis have had a "Koebner’s phenomenon" experience—that is, have had a psoriatic lesion develop at the site of an injury or skin condition.

A broad range of skin injuries and skin conditions have been linked with Koebner’s phenomenon:

Skin Trauma:

• Acupuncture

• Bites, Cuts and scrapes

• Bruises, Burns

• Chemical irritation

• Pressure against the skin

• Shaving

• Sunburn and peeling

• Adhesive taping

• Tattoos

• Vaccinations


Skin Conditions:

• Boils

• Dermatitis

• Herpes blisters

• Lichen planus

• Skin parasites (scabies

• Vitiligo

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