Statistics show that people with psoriasis have a significantly worse quality of life. This disease can be compared with other severe ailments of important organs. Given the clinical picture, stage, we can say that patients experience not only physical suffering, but also psychological. For such people, social and professional adaptation is very difficult. Therefore, the prevention of psoriasis in our society is very relevant today. We’ll talk about this.
About the disease
The ailment in question is also called scaly lichen. The disease is provoked by chronic inflammation of the skin, accompanied by formations in the form of rashes. At the same time, they are constantly peeling. Statistics show that the disease is one of the most common skin diseases. About 4% of the world's population has experienced a problem called psoriasis. Diet, treatment, prevention of relapse is becoming an integral part of the lives of many men, women and children.
Ailment can manifest itself both in infancy and in old age. However, most patients encountered it at middle age (20-42 years). It can be argued that the most severe forms of the course affect patients in whom the disease was discovered in childhood or adolescence. They have to deal with frequent relapses.
Causes of the disease
Despite advances in medicine, today there are still void in research. For example, doctors still do not have clear information about the causes of psoriasis .
The ailment can manifest itself at any moment, it can be treated for a long time and grueling, but still it will remain for life. And there were situations when the disease went away on its own, leaving no traces.
Numerous studies have allowed only a series of patterns. And the most important conclusion was the understanding that in many respects the course of the disease and the frequency of relapse depend on the state of the body and the patient’s lifestyle.
How is the disease manifested?
The ailment under consideration is due to the rapid death of the upper layers of the skin. If in a healthy person this cycle lasts for a month, then in a patient with psoriasis it takes 5 days. The disease manifests itself in limited areas of the body, having winter and summer forms of the disease. Most commonly affected:
- Hair growth area on the head.
- Bend and elbow joints
- Sacral region.
The onset of the disease is characterized as acute inflammation. Red or pink papules appear, which are covered with light scales. Lesions have clearly defined edges. Flakes can be easily removed. After this, the affected area increases, papules merge with each other, forming plaques.
Exposure to sunlight leads to a weakening of the manifestation of the disease. Sometimes plaques can even disappear completely. But in the colder period, psoriasis manifests itself again. Diet, treatment, prevention allows patients to improve their condition and increase the duration of remissions.
Risk factors
Studies have highlighted some situations that can provoke the manifestation of the disease in question.
- Injuries to the skin.
- Frostbite tissue.
- Changes in hormones during pregnancy or lactation.
- Periods of adolescence and menopause.
- The disease can develop against the background of severe allergic reactions to chocolate or citrus fruits.
- Alcohol abuse and overdose of antibiotics.
- Sunburn or prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays without protection.
- Uncontrolled long-term use of drugs (from antibiotics to vitamins).
- Change of climatic conditions (more humid climate, scorching sun).
Stages of the disease
The disease in question has three stages, which are characterized by their signs and characteristics. The disease manifests itself in progressive, stable and regressing forms. Treatment and prevention of psoriasis, nursing care depends on the stage.
A feature of the progressive state is the appearance of peeling on the tissues of healthy skin (scaly form). They are able to quickly grow in size, covering a new area. Flakes turn red. This stage causes the appearance of itching and pain.
The characteristic of a stable form is the measured course of the course of the disease. Scales gradually increase in size, merging into plaques. The patient does not feel strong pain during this period.
A feature of the regressing stage is the fact that papules are able to independently disappear.
Giving help
The treatment and prevention of psoriasis will depend on many factors. The choice of methodology is influenced by the form, stage, features of the course of the disease and the general condition of the patient himself.
Modern methods of treatment can successfully fight even the most advanced forms of the disease. The choice of method for helping a sick person also depends on the location of the lesion.
In many cases, doctors seek to reduce the size of the lesion by their actions. An integrated approach to treatment helps to avoid complications.
Treatment and prevention of psoriasis, nursing care can achieve positive results. As a rule, the scheme includes a visit to the physiotherapy room. Specialists prescribe medications that have a local effect. The use of externally various creams, ointments, decoctions enhances the effect.
Drug treatment involves the use of corticosteroids. Also, the patient is prescribed psychotropic and hormonal therapy. Prevention of psoriasis involves the use of alternative methods of stabilizing the condition of a sick person.
Good results are achieved as a result of hydrotherapy treatment in specialized institutions (motels, boarding houses). There, the patient receives additional procedures in the form of massage, sulfur baths, the use of drugs on a phytobase.
Prevention of exacerbations of psoriasis
Compliance with certain rules and recommendations allows you to make the treatment of the disease in question more effective. Also, these factors can affect the timing of recovery.
It is necessary to try to avoid negative impact factors, given the seasonality of the disease. The summer form of the disease involves limiting the patient's exposure to the sun. Specialists recommend carefully hiding affected areas with clothing. The winter form of the course of the disease involves the prevention of hypothermia. Especially you need to monitor the condition of the limbs. They should be kept warm.
Prevention and rehabilitation of rheumatoid psoriasis involves dietary changes. It is necessary to exclude the use of all easily digestible fats and carbohydrates. Experts categorically forbid eating spicy and salty foods too often. Doctors also warn that patients should completely eliminate alcohol and coffee from their diet. This will prevent the transformation of the disease into a chronic form.
Sick people have to carefully observe the rules for the care of affected and healthy skin. Bathing too hot, rubbing with a hard washcloth or hands is strictly prohibited. Even if burning or itching occurs. It is necessary to eliminate these symptoms by treating them with special ointments, creams, lotions.
Prevention of psoriasis involves refusing to wear too tight clothing made of synthetic materials. Experts recommend choosing free-cut models made from natural fabrics.
A patient suffering from the disease in question should not self-medicate. You can’t take any medications without consulting a doctor. They can provoke an exacerbation of the disease.
Can psoriasis be treated with alternative methods?
Doctors say that the disease is considered incurable today. Prevention of psoriasis at home is, of course, possible. However, the specialist should give his recommendations. Traditional medicine is often combined with the use of various folk recipes in treatment.
It is worth noting that sometimes it is necessary to try several methods on yourself before you have the opportunity to determine what works well in a particular case. At the same time, experts advise to complete each course.
Prevention of psoriasis folk remedies involves the use of several types of drugs. For example, the patient will be internally treated with infusion, and externally use the ointment.
To achieve a quick positive effect at the time of the use of medicines, experts recommend a strict diet. You can also add the use of immunomodulating agents: tinctures of ginseng, eleutherococcus, and golden root.
In conclusion, it remains to add that getting rid of bad habits is a prerequisite for prevention and treatment to be effective.
Recipes
1. Tincture to cleanse the body. To prepare it, you need to brew one tablespoon of flax seeds with a glass of boiled water. Insist this tool is convenient in a thermos. Leave it in him for the night. And in the morning, on an empty stomach, you need to drink the prepared infusion.
Before going to bed, take activated carbon in the amount of two tablets. Using this method of cleansing the body, after a few weeks the patient can see the result. The removal of toxins will help cleanse the skin from rashes.
2. Treatment with tar. Prevention of psoriasis involves the use of external agents. Consider another traditional medicine technique. To lubricate the plaques, you need to purchase birch tar at the pharmacy. An hour after application, it must be washed off. Next, tincture of celandine process all affected areas. After drying, it is not washed off the body.
Applying such treatment for a crescent, many patients have achieved a good effect. The disease did not bother them for several years. The only drawback of this treatment method is the unpleasant pungent odor of tar.
Disease in children
Features of the course and prevention of psoriasis in children has some differences. They are expressed in the initial signs of the manifestation of the ailment. The symptoms of psoriasis in infants are especially different.
Often in the folds redness is formed with a slight degree of detachment of the stratum corneum. To some extent, the ailment resembles diaper rash, candidiasis.
The foci are localized in completely different places than in adult patients. It can be the genital area, face, skin folds. Therefore, the prevention of psoriasis of the scalp and other areas should be familiar to every parent. An integrated approach is important in this matter.
It is worth noting that all procedures must be carried out under the supervision of a specialist. Only he is able to correctly diagnose the form and stage, determine the course of treatment. It often includes traditional medicine recipes. However, when prescribing this or that remedy, the specialist understands with which drug it can be combined.
Separately, lesions of the nail plates
As we have said, it is impossible to get rid of an ailment. Having appeared once, it manifests itself again. Such remissions can significantly degrade the quality of human life. And he can only direct all his efforts to reduce the frequency of manifestations of relapse and prevent the transformation into a more severe form.
- Prevention of nail psoriasis is an integrated approach. Strict adherence to a diet in which the use of alcohol is excluded. Also, you can not abuse fried, fatty, sweet foods. Smoked, spicy and salty dishes are recommended by doctors to be excluded from the diet.
- Organization of spa treatment on the coast.
- Maintaining the state of the immune system by taking vitamin and mineral complexes.
- Specialists draw the attention of patients to the importance of timely elimination of all infectious processes in the body.
- It is necessary to prevent hypothermia of the limbs and protect them from the smallest injuries.
Considered the prevention of psoriasis (photos, affected nails below) will reduce the incidence of relapses.
Therapy of lesions of the nail plates
This process cannot be called simple. Examining the picture of the disease, degree, severity, frequency of manifestations, individual characteristics of each patient, the doctor creates a treatment plan. Often it is not possible to pick it up the first time.
- If the disease proceeds in the primary stage, then therapy can begin with drugs for local use. Pharmaceutical companies produce many ointments, creams with corticosteroids. Such drugs are called the basis of treatment. They can be used to relieve mild to moderate severity of the manifestations of the disease.
- To eliminate the symptoms of psoriasis, the following drugs can be prescribed: "Triacort"; "Tricycinolone"; "Prednisone ointment."
- For external use, experts recommend daily use of the drug, which includes vitamin D 3 (Maskcalcinol, Dayvoneks, Calcitriene, etc.). The use of coal tar or tar can replace the use of the above funds. Only its effect is much weaker than preparations with vitamin D 3 .
- What will the doctor prescribe from dermatotropic drugs? These can be Antralin, Ditranol, and Mikanol preparations. These medications cause a slowdown in the reproduction of cells that damage the tissue. In this way, stable remission can be achieved.
- If the form of nail disease is not severe, then treatment with external retinoids, for example, Tazaroten, Tazorak, gives a good result.
- The use of salicylic acid will reduce itching, helps to remove plaque and upper stratum corneum from the nail plate.
After the doctor uses all the options for local treatment, and if it turns out to be ineffective, a systemic therapy plan is developed. In any case, you need to understand that the healing process is a difficult, thorny path.
Instead of a conclusion
In conclusion, it remains to draw attention to the fact that the disease is most often caused by various changes and malfunctions in the work of internal organs. This point requires proper diagnosis of the problem. Correct treatment can be prescribed only by an experienced specialist.
And even if all conditions are met, the result of the therapy may be unpredictable. It is also necessary to understand that the information in the article is for informational purposes only. After all, independent uncontrolled treatment most often leads to a deterioration in the patient's condition.