How to treat psoriasis?

Psoriasis - individual disease, so treatmentshould be individual. Accordingly, the difficulty of the doctor is to choose a personal treatment for each patient, which would be effective, convenient and affordable. Decide, how to treat psoriasis, the doctor and patient should together, after allthere is no universally recognized method of treatment. Numerous methods are used to improve the patient's condition and reduce the severity of the disease. To treat psoriasis can be throughout life and to no avail, the disease can disappear itself - without treatment.

The onset of psoriasis remains a mystery for many years. Psoriasis can be hereditary, against a background of metabolic disorders, as a result of an allergic reaction, a violation in the endocrine system, and so on. Long-term studies indicate that psoriasis occurs as a result of experienced severe stress or psychoemotional disorder.

A common place of origin of lesions of psoriasis are skin on the elbows, knees, also it affects the nails, scalp, can appear on any part of the skin.

Thus, you can maintain your body in a tone of adherence generally accepted rules for patients with psoriasis:

• Exclude from the diet the following products: coffee, cocoa, chocolate, citrus.


• During treatment restrict to a minimum the use of confectionery products, inwhich contains citric acid, baking powder, vanilla and other chemical additives, canned food, sauces containing vinegar, yogurt and dairy products, with increased concentration of vitamin C, honey, sweet soda water, juices in packets.


• Reduce consumption of eggs.


• Be patient without fatty meat, lard, dumplings from the store, all fatty.


• Do not drink during treatment of alcoholic beverages, beer.


• Before you treat psoriasis, keep in mind that You are not allowed vegetables and fruits are red and darker, as well as the products that they produce (ketchup, juices, jam).


• Eat as many vegetables and fruits of white, yellow and green. Carrots in small quantities in the first dishes.


• To the best of eat spicy, salted, fried.


• Provide your body with fish oil and vitamins.

In order not to get confused, how to treat psoriasis, you should always consult a doctor. No self-treatment! In addition to drugs and homeopathic remedies, the doctor can advise special therapies by which your condition will improve noticeably.

The most common in the treatment and prevention of psoriasis - phototherapy. It has several types: sunlight - you need to control the time spent in the sun, because you can damage your skin; ultra-violet rays - in the treatment of this type of therapy, eventhe disappearance of psoriasis, but it should also be used only under the supervision of a doctor, an overdose can adversely affect both affected and healthy skin.

PUVA-therapy - an innovation in the field of psoriasis treatment and one of the most effective methods of treatment. This is a complex of application of long-wave ultraviolet rays and psoralenes (special preparations that promotethe action of PUVA-rays), which are taken as a drug. After 15-20 sessions of this therapy, patients noticeably improve the skin condition, and 80% - complete purification.

And one more innovation - laser therapy. But it is worth noting that this method is suitable only for patients with mild disease.

There is a number of folk remedies for the treatment of this disease.

Also you should stick several rules, which patients sometimes neglected, relying on the action of the drug or on a random:

• Take care about the skin, constantly keeping it hydrated.


• Soften foci with cream, gently remove the crusts.


• Protect your skin from trauma, inflammation.


• Keep track of for the scalp, use the means that do not overdry, nourish it.


• Short shear Nails to prevent the spread of psoriasis.


• Control the time spent in the sun, short-term sun baths have a positive effect on the skin, and excessive - can cause cancers.

Of course, this is not enough for a complete cure. Since treating psoriasis is not an easy thing. This takes a lot of time. Do not give up, you need to try all sorts of ways, while not forgetting to consult a doctor.