Definition :
- It is a chronic inflammatory condition of the skin which causes red, elevated patches of skin that can surface anywhere of the body.
Causes :
- Poor diet
- Abnormal small intestine permeability
- Emotional stress
- Hormonal changes
- Difficulty digesting protein
- Genetics
- Vitamin d deficiency
- Poor liver function
- An increasing number of T cell in the blood, dermis and epidermis
- Smoking
- Cold weather
- Heavy alcohol consumption
Types of psoriasis :
Plaque psoriasis :
- Most common form
- Causes red scaly skin patches
- Nail or scalp psoriasis
- Affect the nail beds and head
- Causing dryness and detached nail
- Causes less severe psoriasis symptoms than other form and might be mistaken for eczema or even dandruff
- Severe psoriasis
- A term is usually given to a painful form of psoriasis including pustular and guttate psoriasis
- Pustular psoriasis
- Cause pus-filled inflamed blister on the skin that are usually painful
Guttate psoriasis :
- Most common among children and teens
- Usually causes small red bumps or patches that can be triggered by low immune function stress or infection
- Inverse psoriasis
- Bright red shiny lesions that appear in the area when skin fold
Erythrodermic psoriasis :
- Cause the red skin scales to peel off in sheets which can lead to severe sunburn or infection
Symptoms :
- Itching of skin
- Burning of skin
- Soreness of skin
- Cracked discoloured skin
- Easily bleed and bruises
- Nails that detach from the nail beds and can be painful or bloody
- Loose skin or lesions that can be sensitive itchy and painful
- Dandruff on the scalp
- Plaques of red skin
- Sometimes also covered with a crust of scales that tends to be sliver or white
- Discolouration in the finger and toenails
- Fungus growth of the toenail
Homoeopathic medicine for psoriasis :
- Sulpher
- Phosphorus
- Arsenicum album
- Ignatia Amara
- Hydrocotyle
- Arsenicum iodatum
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