A fairly widespread disease is psoriasis, the treatment of which, in frequent cases, is carried out in dermatology clinics. This disease is observed in 3% of people, regardless of their gender, racial characteristics and place of residence. Most often, the disease is observed in people aged 25 years, but 10% of patients are children.
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease due to which scaly lichen is formed that covers the skin and causes itching, and biochemical, vascular and immunological changes occur in the epidermis, as well as in organs and systems of the human body. Psoriasis, the treatment of which must be started at its first sign, is not an infection. However, diseases tend to cause psychological discomfort in humans.
Psoriasis can be inherited, but it is not one of the hereditary diseases, as a person can be affected by the disease during life due to provoking factors that are:
1. External. This includes various skin lesions, the effects of drugs and toxic substances on the skin, as well as various skin diseases that damage the epidermis.
2. Internal. This group of factors includes various infectious lesions of the body, stressful situations, as well as hereditary diseases.
Thus, psoriasis, the treatment of which can last a long period of time, develops as a result of rapid cell division of the skin, disorders of the immune system, stress, and is often inherited.
We can say that psoriasis symptoms, treatment has, depending on the forms of its development. So, scaly lichen can spread to the joints, while they begin to hurt, the skin acquires a bright red color, itching appears. One of the first symptoms of this disease is the formation of red spots on the knees and elbows, which can spread to the extremities, face, head, nails and peeling, cracks and blisters appear on the skin. People with psoriasis have disorders of the nervous system, metabolism, digestive system and kidneys.
Psoriasis, being a chronic disease, can either worsen or subside, depending on the time of year. So, at a progressive stage of development, this disease is characterized by the appearance of a new rash that spreads rapidly. At the stationary stage, new rashes are not formed, and in the regression stage, which usually falls in the winter season, the disease worsens.
For many years, doctors have been trying to find a cure for psoriasis. However, today there are no drugs that treat this disease, it is possible only to control the development and course of the disease, as well as improve the condition of patients. We can say that the new in the treatment of psoriasis is a multitude of methods of therapeutic effect, due to which the disease can disappear, but only for a certain period of time, while the quality of life of sick people after treatment becomes improved.
It should be noted that the methods of treating the disease should be selected individually, depending on the age category, gender, state of mental and physical health, the degree of lesion with scaly lichen, and also on the duration of the disease. Attention should be paid to factors that can trigger the manifestation of a disease, for example, allergies or skin damage. Doctors also resort to psychotherapy.
Thus, psoriasis treatment involves one that leads to remission, which would last a long time period.
In all cases of treatment of psoriasis, drug therapy, phototherapy, external therapy and alternative methods of treating the disease are used.