PSORIASIS NEWS

Jane Robinson questioned: People with psoriasis delight in sun tanning just as much as people without psoriasis, and usually even more. Not only the sun gives your skin a nice golden color but if you have psoriasis – the sun also helps you to temporarily get rid of your psoriatic plaques. Some of us are [...]

Eddie Hudd questioned: Psoriasis is a physical skin condition that affects around two percent of all adults and can cause noteworthy mental distress to those that endure from it. Although psoriasis manifests itself as a skin condition, clinical studies have concluded that the actual cause emanates from the immune system. It has also been found [...]

Jane Robinson questioned: Psoriasis as a word consequential from the Greek word “psora” – “itch”. Psoriasis is the most wide spread chronic dermatitis. According to statistics, about 2-3% of the total population of the Earth has psoriasis – approximately 120 – 180 million people! For instance: Canada – about 1 million people, Splendid Britain – [...]

jackb son asked: Plaque Psoriasis, aside from being the most common type, is just psoriasis. Let me explain. Prior to being called this, it was psoriasis and before this, was thought to be leprosy. For example… psoriasis on the scalp came to be scalp psoriasis. This began to get descriptive names many decades ago according [...]

Sharon Bell questioned:   The more potent the steroid, the superior potential for skin hurt. That’s why steroids should be used with caution, especially if you have psoriasis. To guide you in this topic, here are more tips on steroid use: When stopping steroid therapy, taper off gradually. Stopping suddenly can cause a flare. Steroids [...]

Jane Robinson questioned: Form the beginning of humankind hundreds of thousands of human beings – from common people to stars, from kings to vital modern politicians – suffered and do still endure from psoriasis today. Psoriasis is even cited in the writings of ancient healing. Back in the late classic times there was a known [...]

Jane Robinson questioned: What do we know about the influence of the sun on psoriasis? Does the sun improve or worsen  psoriasis? Is the affect of the sunlight same in all the people with psoriasis? The majority of the people with psoriasis (about 95%) report that the exposure to the sun helps them in their [...]

Jane Robinson questioned: Nowadays psoriasis still remains a riddle both to experienced dermatologists and to the psoriasis sufferers. It’s believed that at the base of psoriasis, there lays a genetic predisposition. Some lucky person may live for her/his entire life without ever developing psoriasis. In the less lucky persons under the influence of a provoking [...]