luv1another
June 20th 2005, 11:25 AM
I have psoriasis and I know for me nothing has really ever helped get rid of it... do any of you have things that have made it go? or other stuff you would like to discuss on it?
Psoriasis is a chronic, genetic, noncontagious skin disorder that appears in many different forms and can affect any part of the body, including the nails and scalp. Psoriasis is categorized as mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the percentage of body surface involved and the impact on the patient's quality of life (QoL). Although psoriasis may affect any area of the body, it is most commonly found on the scalp, elbows, knees, hands, feet, and genitals. Plaque psoriasis, the most common type of the disease, is characterized by raised, thickened patches of red skin covered with silvery-white scales. Other types of psoriasis are characterized by different signs and symptoms. For example, pustular psoriasis is characterized by pus-like blisters, erythrodermic psoriasis is characterized by intense redness and swelling of a large part of the skin surface, guttate psoriasis is characterized by small, drop-like lesions, and inverse psoriasis is characterized by smooth red lesions in the folds of the skin.
Although psoriasis may be almost unnoticeable in its early stages, patients often report an itching and/or burning sensation as the disease progresses. In particular, plaque psoriasis usually begins with small red bumps on the skin that progress to bigger, scaly patches that may become itchy and uncomfortable. As the scales accumulate, pink to deep red plaques with a white crust of silvery scales appear on the skin surface. The pictures below depict various types of psoriasis.
some links to find out more on psoriasis...
http://www.medicinenet.com/psoriasis/article.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/psoriasis.html
http://www.aad.org/public/News/NewsReleases/psoriasis.htm
http://www.skincarephysicians.com/psoriasisnet/whatis.html
http://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/
Psoriasis is a chronic, genetic, noncontagious skin disorder that appears in many different forms and can affect any part of the body, including the nails and scalp. Psoriasis is categorized as mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the percentage of body surface involved and the impact on the patient's quality of life (QoL). Although psoriasis may affect any area of the body, it is most commonly found on the scalp, elbows, knees, hands, feet, and genitals. Plaque psoriasis, the most common type of the disease, is characterized by raised, thickened patches of red skin covered with silvery-white scales. Other types of psoriasis are characterized by different signs and symptoms. For example, pustular psoriasis is characterized by pus-like blisters, erythrodermic psoriasis is characterized by intense redness and swelling of a large part of the skin surface, guttate psoriasis is characterized by small, drop-like lesions, and inverse psoriasis is characterized by smooth red lesions in the folds of the skin.
Although psoriasis may be almost unnoticeable in its early stages, patients often report an itching and/or burning sensation as the disease progresses. In particular, plaque psoriasis usually begins with small red bumps on the skin that progress to bigger, scaly patches that may become itchy and uncomfortable. As the scales accumulate, pink to deep red plaques with a white crust of silvery scales appear on the skin surface. The pictures below depict various types of psoriasis.
some links to find out more on psoriasis...
http://www.medicinenet.com/psoriasis/article.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/psoriasis.html
http://www.aad.org/public/News/NewsReleases/psoriasis.htm
http://www.skincarephysicians.com/psoriasisnet/whatis.html
http://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/