Skin diseases are usually manifestations of internal problems of the body: impaired immunity, diseases of the vital organs, poisoning, stress. Therefore, the treatment lasts for several years, and such diseases as psoriasis, is still considered incurable. However, there is good news...
When we talk about the impossibility of a complete cure of the disease, which means that it occurs in varying degrees throughout life. So these symptoms are rare and not causando serious discomfort, modern medicine is quite a force.
What determines the choice of treatment of psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease, which can be a variety of reasons. It is diagnosed at any age in people of both sexes, although most often it is observed through: 16-22 years and 57-60 years (the so-called age of the top). According to the world health organization are suffering from psoriasis 4% of the population of the globe.
Other name of psoriasis — psoriasis. The disease manifests itself in the form of itchy spots or plaques of pink color, covered with silvery scales. The rash is localized to knees and elbows, scalp, hands, feet. Advanced forms of psoriasis affects the nails.
Unlike other types of lichen, psoriasis does not spread from one person to another, and presumably is autoimmune in nature. Its treatment should be based primarily on a diagnosis of the reasons why the body begins to attack its own skin cells. Such reasons may be:
- genetic predisposition (about one-third of cases);
- allergies;
- endocrine diseases;
- reaction to drugs or overdose on them;
- damage to the skin injuries or infections;
- stress;
- infectious disease (flu, sore throat);
- alcoholism;
- Smoking.
About 30% of patients develop psoriatic arthritis (PSA), which often leads to disability. To avoid such serious complications, to diagnose psoriasis and begin the necessary treatment as early as possible.
Modern approaches to treatment
Treatment is individual and complex and can not be universal for all the system, due to the occurrence and development of psoriasis can be involved too many factors, including the psychological state of the patient. Usually need to use several methods, ranging from the most gentle and superficial and gradually increasing the therapeutic effect of the various systems of the body. However, this does not solve the problem, it is other diseases are detected more than 50% of patients with psoriasis and worsen the clinical picture, such as inflammation of different parts of the gastrointestinal tract, ENT organs, urinary tract, as well as hypertension, diabetes. Requires experience and knowledge of doctors from several medical fields, but often show a high efficiency of individual methods of alternative treatment. This popular approach of Tibetan medicine, which seeks to optimize all the vital processes in the body from the first procedures.
The methods are effective in the treatment of psoriasis
Psoriasis has been known since ancient times, so its treatment is based on lengthy observations of patients. It is reported that relief from their position to promote the dosed exposure to sunlight, eating right, reducing stress, and prompt treatment of infections, cleaning large damage to the lichen. This data has found its application in the development of various types of treatment.
Medication
Take at least six weeks, and is mainly external. Basically, the medications prescribed for psoriasis are powerful and they have a number of side effects. The appearance of nausea, vomiting, visual impairment, dizziness and other symptoms should immediately seek medical treatment.
- Medicines, vitamins, D3, A and E Lotions, which is dermatotropic and anti-psoriatic activity include analogues of vitamin D, calcipotriol , tacalcitol, calcitriol, and also A vitaminum-sicut funds. Contraindicated in children and pregnant women should not exceed 20-35% of the skin surface. Combination of drugs with each other and vitamins can increase their therapeutic effect and adverse reactions. When this is taken into account, developed a balanced combination of external financing, which contains a complex of retinol palmitate (vitamin A), alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), ergocalciferol (vitamin D2).
- Immunosuppressive agents (immunosuppressants). These include drugs such as methotrexate , ciclosporin and leflunomide. Side effects can affect the kidneys, pancreas and liver, and also expressed hypertension, tremor, weakness, headache, skin reactions. Anti-inflammatory effect, reducing the autoimmune disease the effects.
- Corticosteroids. Hormone therapy in the form of ointments, creams, emulsions, gels. Is a powerful anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and antiallergic action. Assigned to a single-component external preparations containing glucocorticoids and long-acting III–IV class-action — clobetasol, betamethasone , triamcinolone, mometasone, methyl prednisolone and in combination with other active substances, antibiotics, salicylic acid and urea. The administration of steroid drugs inside psoriasis is not determined, because of the high probability of effect of the cancellation: first, there has been a significant improvement in the health of the patient, but when the medication it is worse than before treatment. The idea is glucocorticoid treatment is to achieve a maximum therapeutic effect to the smallest possible dose.
- Innovative products. Primarily used abroad and are of high cost. You need to understand that the immune system suppression usually leads to frequent respiratory infections and diarrhea, nausea and chronic headaches, so that has not improved after five months of use of the above drug pour.
Physiotherapy
The effects of light, sound and electricity power to different frequencies is widely used in the treatment of psoriasis and gives a minimum of side effects.
- UV-a radiation. Efficient simulation of the sun, which can be arranged in the clinic, the Solarium or in the home. It is important to harmonise the duration and frequency of treatments with your doctor individually and that it does not exceed them. Side effect of skin aging, the appearance of malignant tumors.
- The use of narrowband UV-b therapy, with a wavelength of 311 nm. An innovative method is used in monotherapy. The course of treatment is 2.5 months, if the duration of one procedure in a few minutes. The procedure has been shown to three times a week. View of a major clinical response and sustained remission up to 2 years.
- Ultrasound treatment. Anti-inflammatory, resolving, analgesic, antipruritic effect. There are no contraindications, but do not use for psoriasis of the scalp.
- PUVA-therapy. Photochemotherapy effective damage on the scalp, palms and soles of the feet. The amount of 15-25 procedures a local exposure of UV radiation, the duration of 3-4 hours.
- Electrosleep. Nurse, the purpose of which is to improve the condition of the nervous system of the patient in cases where there is a strong stress factor. By exposing the brain to weak pulse current patient artificially immersed in the dream. The course can vary from 12 to 30 sessions lasting 30-40 minutes. Turn off the device immediately, when the patient is asleep, awakening takes place independently and safely.
- The Laser treatment. Course 7-9 procedures lasting up to 3 minutes. Laser radiation normalizes and restores the skin and prevents the formation of new lesions. Remission lasts for at least a year, and in the complex treatment of psoriasis does not necessarily bother the patient for many years.
When you set a course of physiotherapy, it is important not to forget about treatments, not to reduce, but not increase their number at its discretion.
Surgical treatment
Rarely used, because it is an additional stress on the body, but in some cases can significantly improve the patient's condition.
If the appearance of psoriasis is associated with sui lived in the body, running from the colon, subjected to Martynov. Surgically restore the integrity of the particular valve between the small and large intestine, which performs the protective properties, blocking the path of the pathogens. After this plastic surgery marked relief to the patient, not only psoriasis, but also allergy, asthma, atopic dermatitis, peptic ulcer disease.
Also surgical methods used in nail psoriasis: nail removal can solve the problem, and in its place will grow a healthy nail plate.
Climatotherapy
Baths of warm sea or mountain climate of sunny seasons has a beneficial effect on the condition of patients with psoriasis. The most popular on the coast of the dead sea (Israel, Jordan), mountains of the Pamirs (Tajikistan). Particularly effective is the combination of favorable climate and of course the spa.
Diet
Being overweight is one of the trigger factors of psoriasis, in addition, when the disease is often marked cases of fatty degeneration of the liver. Diet number of complete abstinence from alcohol, fatty and spicy foods, reduce the intake of amount of flour and sweets. The main food is milk, meat, plant products, beneficial to the fish. If the patient's whole life, there were even isolated cases of allergic reactions to certain foods, such as chocolate, citrus fruits, honey — these should also be deleted.
The repair way of life
Patients with psoriasis is invalid any intoxication related to lifestyle: Smoking, drinking alcohol, eating fast food, working in hazardous areas, the use of caustic household chemicals. The premises should monitor the frequency of cleaning, dust and pet hair does not cause any allergies. Reduce stress, good sleep, timely rest, walking in the fresh air will do good to patients with psoriasis.
Diet and correction of lifestyle — deceptively simple treatments. If the list of restrictions is too long and works in a depressed patient, is not useful. One should distinguish between domestic drunkenness and alcoholism, ad hoc Smoking and nicotine addiction, promiscuity and food cravings for harmful products, because of hormonal abnormalities. In the presence of a long-term bad habits requires more diagnosis and treatment of the underlying disease.
Traditional methods
Home relieve psoriasis, patients often resort to traditional disinfectant, anti-inflammatory and antiburn means. It is a different creams and ointments on the basis of birch tar, solido l, copper sulphate, warm baths with herbs (celandine, succession) or salts. The ingredients can be purchased separately and mixed according to the selected recipe or buy a pharmacist prepared ointment, herbal or bath. Side effects are usually minor, but the therapeutic effect is pronounced weakly. These methods can be used as an additional complex for the treatment of psoriasis.
Approaches to Tibetan medicine
Tibetan medicine works psoriasis treatment in a number of areas:
- cleaning the lymph nodes, blood, liver, biliary tract;
- the normalization of metabolic processes;
- increased immunity;
- harmonization of psycho-emotional background;
- removing the skin itching and burning.
To achieve these objectives, there are a variety of acupressure therapy (acupuncture, moxibustion), massage (acupressure, vacuum, use hot stones), a complex herbal medicine (teas, ointments, compresses, baths). Unlike Tibetan medicine — soft suspendisse libero effects on the body at a deep level, allowing you to deal with the causes of psoriasis the first procedures, which usually offer the European medicines. Receptive methods of Tibetan medicine the patient can receive in a few weeks the effect is comparable to the long-term, comprehensive care in the European clinics.
Psoriasis is a disease that requires an individual approach, without chase for quick results. Qualified health care provider when the treatment of the control data set and, if necessary, make changes to the frequency, duration, and direction procedures. At different ages, depending on the age, hormonal, chronic diseases, conditions of work and life, some methods may lose their effectiveness and others will come to the fore. Discipline, correction lifestyle and a relaxed trusting relationship with your doctor helps to make the symptoms of psoriasis is rare and limited.