Psoriasis

Psoriasis: More than just dull skin.

Psoriasis is a skin disease that may cause itchiness and distress. The most common type of Psoriasis is Plaque Psoriasis, which causes thick and scaly patches on the skin.

We understand how important it is to take care of your skin. Psoriasis diseases affect your skin. We have the latest Psoriasis therapy for our patients in our clinic.

What is Psoriasis?

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease. It means the skin condition is permanent and doesn’t go away. People with Psoriasis have dry skin, thick pink patches with white silvery scales. The thick scaly patches are called plaques.

Psoriasis affects which part of your body?

The rashes can appear in any part of your body. Psoriasis can make you feel discomfort, itchy. Any part of your body can be affected by Psoriasis plaques. It may develop on:

• Elbows
• Scalp
• Knees
• Face
• Palm and feet
• Fingernails and toenails

Causes of Psoriasis

What Causes Psoriasis? Psoriasis is an immune system issue. It happens when your immune system, which generally attacks infectious germs starts attacking your immune healthy cells.

Common Psoriasis triggers may involve:

• Skin injury
• Emotional stress
• Infections that affect the immune system
• Cold Weather

Symptoms of Psoriasis

• Itching
• Scaly Scalp
• Cracked and dry skin
• Swollen joints
• Pitted or crumbled nails

Remedy of Psoriasis

• Light Therapy
• Oral Retinoid
• Methotrexate
• Cyclosporine

Prevention of Psoriasis

There are no ways to cure Psoriasis but there are things to reduce the symptoms of Psoriasis.

• Take bath daily.
• Daily apply moisturizers on your skin.
• Keep your body hydrated.
• Take a little amount of sunlight.