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Suggest Treatment For Psoriasis On Skin
My mom has psoriasis for 4 years , there are some redness on her skin. she went to doctors and used defferent treatments, they are going to be better and worse I mean get dry a day but some days after get wet and smooth. What should she do to get rid of that?
Tue, 26 Aug 2014
Hi..
As you said your mother suffers from psoriasis.Psoriasis is a chronic relapsing and autoimmune disease. She may be having scaly plaques on various parts of the body,scaly lesions on the scalp and joint pain due to psoritic arthritis. Exact cause is not known. Genetic tendency,autoimmunitity,stress,dry wheather...etc may be responsible for precipitation and exacerbation of the disease.
You consult dermatologist for firm diagnosis and treatment.
I usually recommend cap acitretin 10 mg twice a day along with methotraxate 15 mg weekly in three devided doses 12 hourly. This may be taken for long time till good response. Blood tests may be done to monitor the treatment.
She may apply mild steroid cream or calcipotriol oint on the lesions. For scalp psoriasis,tar shampoo may be done. She may apply moisturiser to improve the skin texture. Tell her to avoid soap bath for few weeks..She shoul avoid stress and worries as that might worsen psoriasis. Your mother might get good result.I hope you got my answer.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
As you said your mother suffers from psoriasis.Psoriasis is a chronic relapsing and autoimmune disease. She may be having scaly plaques on various parts of the body,scaly lesions on the scalp and joint pain due to psoritic arthritis. Exact cause is not known. Genetic tendency,autoimmunitity,stress,dry wheather...etc may be responsible for precipitation and exacerbation of the disease.
You consult dermatologist for firm diagnosis and treatment.
I usually recommend cap acitretin 10 mg twice a day along with methotraxate 15 mg weekly in three devided doses 12 hourly. This may be taken for long time till good response. Blood tests may be done to monitor the treatment.
She may apply mild steroid cream or calcipotriol oint on the lesions. For scalp psoriasis,tar shampoo may be done. She may apply moisturiser to improve the skin texture. Tell her to avoid soap bath for few weeks..She shoul avoid stress and worries as that might worsen psoriasis. Your mother might get good result.I hope you got my answer.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
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