than 4% of world's population suffer from psoriasis, every year the number of patients increases.
Psoriasis is a chronic noncontagious disease of skin. Still it is called scaly it is deprived. At psoriasis first of all skin suffers, on it there are rose-red rashes with the white peeling scales. The complexity of a disease is that it is impossible to recover from it. The medicine still did not solve the cause of psoriasis. According to dermatologists, the disease can be transmitted on genes or even through several generations.
Mechanical injury of skin, some infectious diseases (flu, SARS, tonsillitis) and stressful situations can become a push to development of a disease. Both the wrong clothes, and a bad ecological situation, and an allergy to certain products, and even a sting of a mosquito can provoke psoriasis.
Prevention of psoriasis
Prevention of psoriasis is the set of simple rules. Usually the disease arises against the background of emotional meltdowns. Therefore the main thing at treatment of psoriasis is less than a stress and concern.
- Not to worry!
Usually people inclined to psoriasis, very emotional. And as psoriasis results in many psychological difficulties, the vicious circle turns out. The most effective medicine against psoriasis – good mood. You need to calm down and learn to live with psoriasis.
In difficult situations to be nervous less, it is possible to accept natural sedatives (glycine, a valerian, motherwort infusion).
- Correct clothes.
The clothes have to be from soft fabrics of a light shade. During aggravations on light clothes scales are not so noticeable. It is impossible to carry synthetics, especially underwear at all. Woolen things should not adjoin to skin. Feather and down pillows should be replaced with hypoallergenic.
- Correct food.
At psoriasis the liver therefore it is necessary to exclude fried, fat and smoked products strongly suffers. Also it is necessary not to use products allergens: citrus, chocolate, carrots, tomatoes, eggs, mushrooms, nuts, coffee, chocolate and honey.
- Correct way of life.
It is very important to spend time in nature and to walk more often. Active movements and fresh air are very important at prevention of psoriasis.
To people who suffer from psoriasis it is necessary to play three times a week sports, to do gymnastics of the house or to go to the pool. It is useful not only for a figure, but also against a stress.
- Correct treatment.
It is necessary to treat all drugs with care. All diseases, even those which seem trifling at first sight it is nepromedlitelno necessary to treat not to bring them to a chronic form.
- Correct skin care.
It is extremely important to show consideration for health of skin. In warm season, cool douches and air bathtubs are useful. Are also very useful at psoriasis a bathtub and massage.
Besides, it is necessary to use special skin care products which can be bought in drugstore.
Methods of treatment of psoriasis
There is an opinion that the later psoriasis began, the it is easier to treat him. But it not so. The disease can be shown both in 5, and in 20, and in 40 years.
The causes of psoriasis are still unknown, but dermatologists claim that this disease can pass from father to son and also through generations.
Scientific research shows that this system disease. Joints – psoriatichesky arthritis can sometimes be surprised. Also there can be under blow of a kidney, a liver and a cardiovascular system. But at first skin always suffers.
If on skin small rashes and their area it is small, in treatment it is possible to use external medicines. These are the ointments with tar, salicylic acid moisturizing and softening means and also medicines with corticosteroids.
If the area of damage of skin is more than 10%, a disease it is necessary to treat systemically: by means of drugs and injections. The most perspective medicines – biological. They purposefully influence psoriasis. Skin is purified, inflammation decreases. The truth such medicines cost expensive.
One more way of treatment – phototherapy. These are cabins with an ultra-violet radiation of a certain wavelength. The ultraviolet dose with each session increases. Do not confuse such cabins with a sunbed. These are different things. It is necessary to be treated only in medical institutions with the trained personnel and the certified equipment. Trips to the sea and sanatorium treatment are also very effective.