Psoriasis
By krrymarie, 28th Jul 2010 | Follow this author
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I have Psoriasis which is not a nice illness to have and can affect people in all different ways.
Psoriasis
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease which mainly affects the skin but can affect the bones too. This is then called psoratic arthritis which is very painful to have.
With Psoriasis the skin is red, flaky, itchy as well as being painful if the skin drys out too much.
The main parts it affects or start to affect fisrt is the knees or the ellbows or both, then can spread to other parts of the body, no where can excape it once it starts to spread. Sometimes it can spread really quickly and other times quite slowly.
What causes psoriasis no one really knows, some say its a genetic disorder, some say they got it through strep throat or other illnesses, and some it just appeared and there seems to be no reasons or courses for it to happen.
Psoriasis is made worse through stress and the cold. So the winter can be a living nightmare for some, as it just gets worse and spreads faster than ever.
So most sufferes look forward to the summer as the sun can make it so much better and in some cases can make it disappear altogether.
The treatment for psoriasis is, creams, medication, light treatment as well as biologicals. The sufferer should always use moisturizers which is one of the most improtant creams and should be the sufferers best friend also it should be applied as often as possible through the day,
Diprobase is the best one to use though dermol is prescriped too, also some over the counter moisturizer can be just as good if not better but they have to be perfume free.
Same as soaps best things to use is none soap products or not to use soap at all just plain water.
Psoriasis is not just a skin complaint it affects people in all sorts of ways, physcal, emotional, mental. some sufferers just want to hide their skin all the time and also they find it hard to form relationships. So yes it does ruin the life of the sufferer, unless the person is very strong mentally and doesn't let it bother them at all, but most sufferers are not as it can knock the confidence and self eesteem too.
Also it affects other parts of the body and can lead to other life long conditions.
There is no known cure for it, so people that say there is, or this or that will cure it for life it is not true.,
I have seen loads of advertisments on the net to say this really works but they want your money and then you find it don't work after all. These companys or people shouldn't be allowed to put things like this on the net as it is so misleading.
I am a sufferer and have been for about ten years, I am under going light treatment for the second which at the moment is working. I suffer from lack of confidence, low self eesteem, and deppression.
Most of this started when I was diagnosed with it.
Psoriasis doesn't just affect the sufferer it also affects the whole family and your friends too like mine has done.
So if you see some one with flaky scaly skin don't stare at them cos it could just be psoriasis and you could make that person feel even worse then they all ready do.
krrymarie
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