Psoriasis (from the Greek "psora" - "skin disease, crust") is a chronic non -infectious disease. Lichen scales (so that they also call psoriasis) mainly affect the areas of the skin in the joints of the elbow and knee, head and lower back. But there is also psoriasis of nails, joints and external genitalia, but these forms are extremely rare.
The causes of psoriasis
This disease is due to a short life cycle. The fact is that in a healthy person, skin cells are updated every 30 days, ie the cycle of their division and ripening occurs in about 4 weeks. Psoriasis is, it can be said that an abnormal reaction of the body to various types of external stimuli, as a result, in some places, the upper layer of the skin dies in just 4-5 days, leaving behind the keratinized areas.
To date, psoriasis is considered a multifaceted disease, ie the disease is based on the whole set of reasons: immunological changes, metabolic disorders, various neurological and endocrine disorders concomitant.
The exact reasons for which a person has psoriasis was not finally established. There are several theories in this regard. According to one of them, two types of psoriasis are distinguished:
- The cause of type I is inherited from breaking the immune system. This form of the disease, which affects the skin, is tired of about 65% of people and, most of the time, aged 18 to 25 years;
- II The type of psoriasis appears in people over 40, is not inherited and is not associated with violations in immune system cells. Unlike the first type, the second includes nail psoriasis and joints.
According to another theory, psoriasis occurs only due to impaired immunity, whose causes may have infectious diseases, stress, alcohol, malnutrition, cold climate. Gramps, pepper and vinegar foods can cause exacerbation and worsen psoriasis. Psoriasis, according to this theory, is a systemic disease. And this means that with serious immune systems, the process can spread from skin to other tissues and organs, for example, to joints, as a result of which psoriatic arthritis develops.
Psoriasis symptoms
Symptoms of scalp psoriasis, knees, elbow joints and lumbar are inflamed peeling papules of red or pink. They are covered with silver scales (hence the name "Scamous Lichen"), which when hairstyle disappears easily. Over time, the spots increase in size, merge into large formations (plates) and affect more large areas and damaged skin bleeding and bleeding.
Nail psoriasis is manifested a little differently. First, nail plates are darkened, spots and time recesses appear on them. Often, with psoriasis, nails thickens and bend.
The symptom of psoriasis in the form of rash is accompanied by severe itching, especially on papules, but applies to nearby areas.
Depending on the seasonality of exacerbation, three types of psoriasis are distinguished: summer, winter and uncertain. Most of the time, a type of winter is found - its symptoms under the influence of sunlight weaken and sometimes completely disappear. In summer -shaped patients, on the contrary, the course of the disease worsens under the influence of the sun.
Treatment of psoriasis
Psoriasis treatment, depending on its type, is performed by various medications and methods. Anyway, therapy should be complex.
The drug treatment of progressive stage psoriasis usually includes:
- Anti -histamines;
- Medicines that house hypensions;
- Vitamins A, C, B6, B12;
- Sedatives;
- External funds.
At the stationary stage of psoriasis, self -therapy (treatment method with their own blood), antifagin or anatoxin injections (in the presence of chronic infection foci), as well as ultraviolet irradiation. For external use, Ictiol, sulfuric ointment with tar and naphtalane is prescribed with the addition of corticosteroids.
Often, psoriasis of the scalp and skin of other parts of the body is treated with a laser. Leisure rays activate live fabric molecules, providing photo-mechanical, photochemical and other positive effects.
For the treatment of severe forms of psoriasis, photo chemotherapy is used, which implies the effect on the skin of long wave UV rays and the use of special medications. Thanks to photochemotherapy, you can get rid of about 80% of the plates and with regular use - about 95%. In a severe course of the disease, corticosteroid hormones and cytotoxic immunosuppressants are indicated.
Also for the treatment of psoriasis, radiotherapy, ultrasound, ultraphonophoresis, electrotherapy, cryotherapy, magnetic waves, talassotherapy, plasossorption and hemorruscation.
All patients show a diet with a carbohydrate and animal fat limitation except acute dishes and alcohol. In addition, patients with psoriasis are recommended by resort treatment - bathing, sunbathing, radon and hydrogen sulfide springs.
Treatment of psoriasis with folk remedies
Folk recipes also help get rid of the symptoms of psoriasis. However, it is worth remembering that the cause of this disease can be a break in the immune system and impaired immunity due to chronic diseases. For this reason, the treatment of psoriasis with popular remedies, first, should be agreed with the assistant doctor and, secondly, should only complement basic therapy. Ignoring either the inappropriate treatment of such a severe disease is full of its transition to a severe form, characterized by joint damage. They will start to swell, lose mobility and get sick. In addition, psoriasis reduces the standard of living of a person-patient patients complain about the instability of the emotional and psychological state.
So popular recipes:
- Infusion of flowers and leaves of the Black Aldueiro: 2 teaspoons. The subjects -prime pour 0, 5 liters of boiling water and insist for one hour. Strain the decoction, take 1/3 cup three times a day;
- Seafood Oil: Take 1 teaspoon inward. once a day;
- Mustard ointment: Mix 1/2 teaspoon. Dry mustard, 5 tablespoons. Hot broth of St. John's must, 1 teaspoon of melted butter. Place the mixture in the affected areas, after a few minutes wash with cold water, apply a moisturizer. Perform procedures once a week.
It is very useful for psoriasis of a bath, with the addition of an infusion of a series, Celandine, St. John's Wort, Fir Extract and Sage.
Unfortunately, today, it is completely impossible to cure psoriasis, relapse can occur at any time; Therefore, people with this diagnosis need to be constantly observed by a dermatologist.