Modern methods of treatment of psoriasis

Skin diseases are usually a manifestation of internal problems of the body: lowered immunity, diseases of the vital organs, intoxication, stress. So the therapy is often stretched for several years, and such diseases, as psoriasis, is still considered incurable. However, there are also good news...

When talking about the impossibility of complete recovery from any illness, it means that manifests itself in varying degrees throughout life. That these manifestations are sparse and not causando strong discomfort modern medicine is quite a force.

On what depends the choice of method of treatment of psoriasis

Psoriasis — is a chronic skin disease that can have different causes. His diagnosed at any age in people of both sexes, although most often it is detected in the period: 16-22 years and 57-60 years (the so-called age peaks). According to the World health organization, the psoriasis suffer from the 4% of the world population.

The other name of psoriasis — psoriasis. The disease manifests itself in the form of itchy patches or plaques of pink color, covered with silvery scales. Rashes localized on the knee and elbow joints, scalp, hands, arms, legs. The running form of psoriasis affecting the nails.

Unlike other kinds of herpes, psoriasis transmitted from person to person, and reportedly has an autoimmune nature. Its treatment should be based primarily on the diagnosis of the reasons why the body begins to attack its own skin cells. Such reasons may be:

• a genetic predisposition (about a third of the cases);
• allergies;
• endocrine disorders;
• drug reactions or overdose of them;
• skin damage in the event of injuries or inflammation;
• stress;
• moved infectious diseases (influenza, tonsillitis);
• alcoholism;
• Smoking.

Approximately 30% of patients develops psoriatic arthritis (Psa), which often leads to disability. To avoid such severe complications, to diagnose psoriasis and begin treatment, it is necessary as soon as possible.

Modern approaches to the treatment of

Treatment should be individualized and comprehensive, and cannot be carried out on a universal for all mode, because of the emergence and development of psoriasis can be involved too many factors, including the psychological state of the patient. Usually have to use several methods — from the most sparing and surface and gradually increasing a therapeutic effect on different systems of the body. However, it does not solve the problem of associated diseases, which are identified in more than 50% of patients with psoriasis and worsen the clinical picture — as is an inflammation of various departments of the gastrointestinal tract, ent-organs, urinary and genitourinary system, as well as hypertension, diabetes mellitus. Requires experience and knowledge of the practitioners of several branches of medicine, but often a high efficiency show the individual methods of alternative treatment. So, the popular approaches of tibetan medicine, aimed at the optimization of all the vital processes in the body from the first procedure.

Methods for the effective treatment of psoriasis

Psoriasis is known since ancient times, therefore, the methods of its treatment are based on long-term observations for the sick. Found that alleviate their condition contribute dispenses the sun exposure, proper diet, stress reduction, timely treatment of infections, modify the large tabernacle would starve. These data are used in designing different kinds of therapy.

Treatment treatment

It takes at least six weeks, and is mostly external. Basically, a medical means, which can be assigned in psoriasis, are strong and have a number of side effects. When the occurrence of nausea, vomiting, decreased vision, dizziness and other unpleasant symptoms, it is necessary to urgently seek medical help.

• Preparations of vitamins D3 and Thus Ointments, which have a dermatotropic and antipsoriatic action, containing analogues of vitamin D — from calcipotriol , tacalcitol, calcitriol, as well as a-vitaminum-sicut means. Contraindicated for children and pregnant women, should not be applied more than 20-35% of the surface of the skin. Combination of drugs with each other and with vitamins may strengthen both their therapeutic and undesirable effects. Given this circumstance, designed a balanced combination of external funds, which contains a complex of retinol or palmitate (vitamin a), alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E) and ergocalciferol (vitamin D2).
• Immunosuppressive drugs (immunosuppressants). These include for example drugs, such as methotrexate , cyclosporine and leflunomide. Side effects may affect the kidneys, pancreas and liver, and also expressed in arterial hypertension, tremor, weakness, headache, skin reactions. They have anti-inflammatory effects, reduce the autoimmune effects.
• Corticosteroids. Hormonal means in the form of ointments, creams, emulsions, gels. They have a pronounced anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and antiallergic action. They are appointed as a one-component external preparations containing glucocorticoids long action and the III–IV class activity — clobetasol, betamethasone , triamcinolone, mometasone, methylprednisolone, or in combination with other active substances — antibiotics, salicylic acid, urea. The intake of steroid drugs inside with psoriasis is not assigned due to the high probability of the effect of the abolition of: first, there was a significant improvement of the well-being of the patient, but after the end of taking medication he becomes even worse than before treatment. The main idea of the glucocorticoid therapy — to achieve maximum therapeutic effect at the lowest possible doses.
• Innovative drugs. Basically apply abroad and they are characterized by a high value. It must be remembered that the suppression of immunity usually leads to frequent infections of the respiratory tract, but also to diarrhea, nausea and chronic headaches, so in the absence of improvement after five months of use of the above drugs is cancelled.

Physiotherapy

The action of light, sound and electrical current of different frequencies is widely used in the treatment of psoriasis and gives a minimum of side effects.

• The UV-radiation. Effective imitation tanning, which can be arranged at the clinic, the solarium or in the home. It is important to align the duration and frequency of treatments with your doctor individually and not exceed them. Side effect — aging of the skin, the formation of malignant tumors.
• The use of narrowband USE-therapy with a wavelength of 311 nm. An innovative method is used as monotherapy. The course of treatment is 2.5 months in the duration of one procedure in a few minutes. Treatments are intended three times a week. Celebrates the visible clinical improvement and long-term remission up to 2 years.
• Ultrasonic therapy. It has anti-inflammatory, resolving, analgesic, antipruritic action. Has no contraindications, but it can be used with psoriasis on the scalp.
• PUVA. Photochemotherapy, effective in skin eruption on the scalp, palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The course is 15-25 procedures a local exposure of uv radiation, the duration of 3-4 hours.
• Electric. Treatments are aimed at improving the condition of the nervous system of the patient in cases where is present a strong stressful factor. By the action of the brain weak impulse current, the patient artificially plunged into sleep. The course can be 12-30 treatments in duration of 30-40 minutes. The device turning immediately after the patient to sleep, waking up going alone and in peace.
• Laser. The course of 7-9 procedures, which lasted no longer than 3 minutes. Laser radiation normalizes and restores the skin and prevents the appearance of new rashes. Remission lasting at least a year, and in the complex therapy of psoriasis may bother the patient in the course of a few years.

In the appointment of a course of physiotherapy it is important to pass the procedures, not reduce, but even increase their number on their own.

Surgical treatment

Rarely used, because it is more stress for the body, but in some cases can significantly improve the condition of the patient.

In the case that the emergence of psoriasis is associated with sui elites of the body, to achieve the solid from the colon, applies the methodology Martynov. Surgically restored tightness of a special valve between a thin and thick bowel problems, which performs the protective properties, blocking the way of pathogenic microbes. After this plastic surgery is celebrated alleviate the condition of patients not only with psoriasis but also with allergies, bronchial asthma, neurodermatitis, peptic ulcer disease.

Also surgical methods are used in nail psoriasis: removal of the nail may solve the problem, and in its place will grow up healthy will be the nail plate develop a yellowish.

Climatotherapy

Spa treatment in the warm coastal or mountain climate, the sunny season has a beneficial effect on the condition of patients with psoriasis. The greatest popularity of the shores of the Dead sea (Israel, Jordan), mountains of the Pamir (Tajikistan). Particularly effective is the combination of a favorable climate and course the thermal baths.

Diet therapy

Being overweight is one of the provoking factors of psoriasis, in addition, in this disease, often marked cases of fatty degeneration of the liver. Diet therapy prescribes a complete rejection of alcohol, fatty and spicy foods, reduce the intake amount of flour and confectionery products. The basis of nutrition should be milk products, meat, plant products, useful fish. If a patient in the course of life there have been isolated cases of allergic reactions to those or other products — for example, chocolate, citrus fruits, honey — it is also to be excluded.

Correction of lifestyle

For patients with psoriasis tolerated no possibility of intoxication of the organism, associated with lifestyle-smoking, alcohol intake, use of junk food, work in harmful industries, using a sharp consumer chemistry. In the premises it is necessary to follow the cleaning intervals, to clumps of dust and hair of domestic animals not provoke the emergence of allergies. Reduced stress levels, healthy sleep, early rest, walks in the fresh air will go to the benefit of the patient with psoriasis.

Diet therapy and correction of lifestyle — seemingly simple methods of treatment. If the list is too long and operate on the patient depressed, useless. It is necessary to distinguish domestic drunkenness and alcoholism, situational Smoking, and nicotine dependence, nutritional promiscuity and cravings for harmful products, due to hormonal pathologies. In the presence of years of bad habits need further diagnosis and treatment of associated diseases.

Methods of folk medicine

At home to facilitate the condition of patients with psoriasis often resort to the popular disinfectant, anti-inflammatory and antiburn ratios. These are the various ointments and aids on the basis of birch tar, solidol, blue vitriol, warm baths with herbs (celandine, succession), or salt. The ingredients can be purchased separately and combined according to the selected recipe or buy in the pharmacy prepared the ointment, herbal fee or a composition for baths. Side effects like is usually the minimum, but the therapeutic effect is expressed weakly. These methods can be used as an additional in the composition of the complex treatment of psoriasis.

The approaches of tibetan medicine

Tibetan medicine works in the treatment of psoriasis, and in several ways:

• cleansing the lymph, the blood, the liver, the bile ducts;
• normalization of metabolic processes;
• enhance immunity;
• harmonisation of the emotional background;
• removal of skin itching and burning.

To achieve these goals is subject to different kinds of spot therapies (acupuncture, cautery of), massage (spot, vacuum, with the use of hot stones), a complex herbal medicine (teas, ointments, compresses, baths). The difference of tibetan medicine — soft suspendisse libero effects on the body on a deep level, which allows you to do the treatment causes of psoriasis from the very first practice, what usually offers the european medicine. Receptive to the methods of tibetan medicine, the patients can obtain in a few weeks the effect, comparable with the long-standing comprehensive treatment in european clinics.

Psoriasis — a disease that requires an individual comprehensive access, without the hunt for a quick result. A qualified doctor in the appointment course of treatment will be to manage complex data and, if necessary, make adjustments to the frequency, duration, and directional control. In different periods of life, depending on age, hormonal background, chronic diseases, conditions of work and life, some methods may lose their effectiveness, while others — go to the foreground. Self-discipline, the correction of lifestyle and a quiet intimate relationship with the doctor will help you to manifestations of psoriasis is rare and minimal.