Statistical data show that people with psoriasis have a significantly reduced 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. Let's talk about that.
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 constantly peel off. Statistics show that the disease is one of the most common skin diseases. Approximately 4% of the world's population has a problem called psoriasis. Diet, treatment, prevention of recurrence is becoming an integral part of the lives of many men, women and children.
The disease can manifest itself both in infancy and in old age. However, most patients encountered it in middle age (20-42 years). It can also be argued that the most severe forms of leakage 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, there are still gaps in research today. For example, doctors still do not have clear information about the causes of psoriasis.
An ailment can manifest itself at any moment, it can be treated for a long and exhausting time, but it will still remain for life. And there were situations when the disease passed by itself, leaving no traces.
Multiple studies have only made it possible to draw a number of regularities. And the most important conclusion was the understanding that the course of the disease and the frequency of relapses largely depend on the state of the body and the patient's lifestyle.
How does the disease manifest itself?
The ailment in question is due to the rapid death of the upper layers of the skin. If in a he althy 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:
- The area of hair growth on the head.
- Knee and elbow joints in bends
- Sacrum area.
The onset of the disease is characterized as acute inflammation. Red or pink papules appear, which are covered with light scales. Lesions have well-defined edges. Scales can be easily removed. After that, the affected area increases, the papules merge with each other, forming plaques.
Exposure to sunlight leads to a weakening of the manifestation of the disease. Sometimes plaques can even completely disappear. But in a colder period, psoriasis reappears. Diet, treatment, prevention allow patients to improve their condition and increase the duration of remissions.
Risk factors
Research has identified some situations that can provoke the manifestation of the disease in question.
- Skin injury.
- Frostbite of tissues.
- Changes in hormones during pregnancy or lactation.
- Adolescence and menopause.
- Severe allergic reactions to chocolate or citrus fruits can cause the disease.
- Alcohol abuse and antibiotic overdose.
- Sunburn or prolonged exposure to UV rays without protection.
- Uncontrolled long-term use of drugs (from antibiotics to vitamins).
- Change in climatic conditions (wetter climate, scorching sun).
Stagesailment
The disease under consideration 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 is largely dependent on the stage.
A feature of a progressive condition is the appearance of peeling (scaly form) on he althy skin tissues. They are able to quickly increase in size, covering a new area. The scales are painted red. This stage causes itching and pain.
The characteristic of a stable form lies in the measured course of the course of the disease. Scales gradually increase in size, merging into plaques. The patient does not feel severe pain during this period.
A feature of the regressing stage is the fact that papules are able to disappear on their own.
Giving help
Treatment and prevention of psoriasis will depend on many factors. The choice of technique 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 deal with even the most chronic forms of the disease. The choice of method of helping a sick person also depends on the location of the lesion.
In many cases, doctors seek to reduce the size of the focus by their actions. An integrated approach to treatment helps to avoid complications.
Treatment and prevention of psoriasis, nursing care can achieve positive results. Typically, the scheme includesvisiting a physiotherapy room. Specialists prescribe medications that have a local effect. The use of various creams, ointments, decoctions externally enhances the effect.
Treatment with medication is the use of corticosteroids. Also, the patient is prescribed psychotropic and hormonal therapy. Prevention of psoriasis also involves the use of alternative ways to stabilize the condition of a sick person.
Good results are achieved as a result of hydrotherapy treatment in specialized institutions (sanatoriums, boarding houses). In the same place, the patient receives additional procedures in the form of massage, sulfur baths, and the use of phyto-based preparations.
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 recovery time.
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 stay in the sun. Experts recommend that affected areas be carefully hidden with clothing. The winter form of the course of the disease involves the prevention of hypothermia. Especially it is necessary to monitor the condition of the limbs. They must be kept warm.
Prevention and rehabilitation of psoriasis of the rheumatoid type involves changes in the diet. It is necessary to exclude the use of all easily digestible fats and carbohydrates. Experts categorically forbid eating spicy and s altyfood too often. Doctors also warn that patients should completely exclude alcohol and coffee from their diet. This will prevent the transformation of the disease into a chronic form.
Sick people will have to carefully follow the rules for the care of affected and he althy skin. Taking too hot baths, rubbing with a hard washcloth or hands is strictly prohibited. Even if there is a burning sensation or itching. It is necessary to eliminate these symptoms by treating them with special ointments, creams, lotions.
Prevention of psoriasis involves avoiding wearing too tight clothes made of synthetic materials. Experts recommend choosing loose-fitting models made from natural fabrics.
A patient suffering from the ailment in question should not self-medicate. Do not take any medications without consulting a doctor. They can provoke an exacerbation of the disease.
Can psoriasis be treated with traditional methods?
Doctors say that the disease is considered incurable today. Prevention of psoriasis at home, of course, is 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 techniques on yourself before you can determine what works well in a particular case. At the same time, experts advise completing each course.
Prevention of psoriasis with folk remedies involves the use of several types of drugs at once. For example, a patient would be treated internally with an infusion and externally treated with an ointment.
To achieve a quick positive effect at the time of the use of medicines, experts recommend following a strict diet. You can also add the use of immunomodulating agents: tinctures of ginseng, eleutherococcus, 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 for cleansing the body. To prepare it, you need to brew one tablespoon of flax seeds with a glass of boiled water. It is convenient to insist this remedy in a thermos. Leave it in it overnight. And in the morning, on an empty stomach, you need to drink the prepared infusion.
Before going to bed, take activated charcoal 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 method of traditional medicine. To lubricate the plaques, you need to purchase birch tar at the pharmacy. It must be washed off an hour after application. Next, all the affected areas are treated with tincture of celandine. After drying, it is not washed off the body.
Applying this treatment for half a month,many patients achieved good results. The disease did not bother them for several years. The only drawback of this treatment method is the unpleasant pungent smell 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 disease. The symptoms of psoriasis in infants are especially different.
Often reddenings are formed in the folds with a slight degree of detachment of the stratum corneum. To some extent, the disease is similar to diaper rash, candidiasis.
Foci are localized in completely different places than in adult patients. It can be areas of the genitals, 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 recipes of traditional medicine. However, when prescribing this or that remedy, the specialist understands with which drug it can be combined.
Separately about lesions of the nail plates
As we have already said, it is impossible to get rid of the disease. Having appeared once, it appears again. Such remissions can significantly worsen the quality of human life. And he can only direct all his efforts to reduce the frequency of manifestations of relapses and preventtransformation into a heavier form.
- Prevention of nail psoriasis is an integrated approach. Strict adherence to a diet that excludes the use of alcohol. Also, you can not abuse fried, fatty, sweet foods. Doctors recommend to exclude smoked meats, spicy and s alty dishes from the diet.
- Organization of spa treatment on the sea 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 minor injuries.
The considered prevention of psoriasis (photo, affected nails below) will reduce the frequency of relapses.
Therapy for lesions of the nail plates
This process cannot be called simple. By examining the picture of the disease, the degree, severity, frequency of manifestations, the 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 occurs in the primary stage, then therapy can begin with drugs for topical use. Pharmaceutical companies produce many ointments, creams with corticosteroids. Such drugs are called the basis of treatment. They can be used to relieve mild and moderate symptoms of the disease.
- To eliminate the symptoms of psoriasis canthe following drugs should be prescribed: Triacort; "Trimycinolone"; "Prednisolone ointment".
- For external use, experts recommend daily use of the drug, which includes vitamin D3 (Maskacalcinol, Daivonex, Calcitrien, etc.). The use of coal tar or tar can replace the use of the above remedies. Only its effect is much weaker than preparations with vitamin D3.
- What will the doctor prescribe from dermatotropic drugs? These can be drugs "Antralin", "Ditranol", "Mikanol". These medications cause a slowdown in the reproduction of cells that affect the tissue. In this way, sustainable remission can be achieved.
- If the form of nail disease is not severe, then treatment with external retinoids, for example, Tazarotene, Tazorak, gives a good result.
- The use of salicylic acid will reduce itching, help remove plaque and upper keratinized layers from the nail plate.
After the doctor uses all the local treatment options, and if it turns out to be ineffective, a systemic therapy plan is developed. In any case, you need to understand that the process of recovery is a difficult, thorny path.
Instead of a conclusion
In conclusion, it remains to pay attention to the fact that the disease is most often caused by various changes and malfunctions in the internal organs. This point requires a competent diagnosis of the problem. Correct treatment can only be prescribed by an experiencedspecialist.
And even if all conditions are met, the result of therapy can be unpredictable. It is also necessary to understand that the information in the article is provided for informational purposes only. After all, independent uncontrolled treatment most often leads to a deterioration in the patient's condition.
