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Is a skin condition that causes red, flaky, crusty patches of skin covered with silvery scales....nice


More so.....it can cause arthritis

I have the above, my skin is not so bad at the moment, I use Exorex and it keeps the skin at bay

I have developed arthritis in one wrist, it started at the age of 40, I'm just 50 now

Anyone else have this, what do you do, to help yourself........I know you can not give medical advice.........looking for fellow sufferers

Hi Gins

I have suffered with it from 17 years of age and I am 65 now. All the treatments possible over the years have been tried, but I only seem able to control it by trying to remain stress free.

Yes...you're right

Stress brings it on for me too

x

hi gins,
I have tried everything and nothing works,i have it very bad on my legs,i have been reading about various treatments on line.
I have a major problem with itching but when I scratch it bleeds,yes I know I shouldn't scratch but it drives me mad.


sue

hi

well you are in famous company -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Potter

Dennis Potter wrote probably the best ever TV drama series ( 6 parts ) where the hero also suffered from the malady.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Detective

I had a friend who suffered from psoriatic arthropathy but I haven't heard anything from him in yonks. He got by but some days were obviously tough.

It is a dreadful complaint with no cure, yet it is surprising just how many people suffer with it.

There are different types too, but yours and Sue's sounds the same as mine, with the crusty cell layers.

The most recent cream that the gp has given me is Dovonex, but I only use it when it is really bad. At the moment it has cleared completely on my elbow and hands, but I still have it on the back of both legs. It has spread over the years, yet I have never had a repeat of the start of it when it was on my scalp.

Doublebase cream is quite an effective emollient to soften and soothe it, but it won't clear it up.

My daughter has suffered from it for years. She has tried every pill and potion thrown at her by her GP and many more besides. The only thing that seems to help her is a few minutes a week under the sunbed. GP suggested she tried it and for now it seems to help. Unfortunately there is no cure and she is liable to get Arthritis as it runs in our family.

has anyone tried dead sea salt,it is supposed to be good for psoriasis and the arthritis it causes,
I am thinking about giving it a go.

Gins I have it but not badly. Mine is brought on by stress but also it is hereditary so I was told. My father had it. Mine isn´t so bad just elbows and head but yes I itch and scratch until I bleed at times.
Sadly a bad case is a problem for them. I once employed a barman with it and he was covered. I requested that he wore long sleeves and allowed if the flare up was bad we would alter his shifts, until the customers got used to him, loved him for his personality and forgot the psoriasis until an unknown commented and them my regulars protected their barman. Sadly this doesn´t always happen,

Treatment my father had hospitalized tar treatment don´t think it worked much. I was given a tar treatment shampoo and trust me that was a nightmare. The treatment I was given was enough to tell me that was the onñy one I was going to do.

It might seem like stating the obvious but as I have chronic atopic dermatitis and allergic to the environment i find the antihistamines help a bit with stopping the itching.

my son has this OMG he was so ill when he first had it come up!!

He had a small patch on his head and in 10 weeks he had it full blown with the arthritis...aged 19!
He was told by a large teaching hospital he was the youngest person whom had it hit this hard this quick at his age and will need a new knee and possibly a hip by 30 hes 24 now and the skin is good to okish ......hes under the hospital still and they want him to stay that way!
He does loads of low impact exersise which he thinks helps .....hold the joints in the muscles and keeps its safe ...he says!

I feel for you all its a nasty problem with what seems like little help

I suffered a spell of psoriasis on my scalp and back of my neck following a major operation I had a year ago (to-day actually!) - my GP told me it was probably caused by stress. She prescribed Betamethasone lotion (and a coal-tar shampoo) and it eventually cleared up. It has since started to recur a couple of times, so I've applied the medication again to keep it at bay. I also lost quite a lot of hair, but that has grown back now, but the new hair is curly (I've always had straight hair), which is so annoying! Better than going bald though I suppose :-D

More recently I've experienced it in my armpits, for which my GP has prescribed Fucibet cream (also Betamethasone I think), which helps, but it still recurs (and itches like mad.)

I'm interested in what some of you say about arthritis, because my osteo-arthritis has been much worse over the past few months.

Also interesting what you say about your daughter and the sunbed LaG - I wonder if sunbathing helps in the same way.

Mine is small, perfectly round patches

I'm having injections for the arthritis

She finds it does Wend. She had a good deal of relief when she went abroad last year.

I always find that mine is much improved in the summer months and particularly if I am able to have a holiday abroad (which isn't very often, unfortunately!)

Years ago I went to see a homeopath that specialised in psoriasis. His interest was because his daughter suffered with it, but when she went to live in Saudi Arabia it cleared up completely, only to return when she came back to the UK for a period of time.

My very first treatment at the hospital was for UV sessions, starting with less than a minute's session and building up bit by bit.

I also had to endure the coal tar baths and ointment and wrapping the affected areas in plastic to keep them airtight.

I can't honestly say that it helped much. The only time it ever cleared completely was when I lived in South Africa.

kenalog injections for psoriasis arthritis is what I have

The first lot didn't work......not sure what drug they used? Told some work for some and not for others

My friend suffers with both of these conditions she got it all over and on top of that she suffers from OCD has well

Gins

I had eczema most of my life. One awful patch on my left arm, the doc thought may be psoriosis.

I had used cortisone cream for years on the eczema, but it wasn't working any more, and useless on the new rash/psoriosis.

I am now rash free, no eczema, no scales :-D Except for a few patches on my scalp, that haven't changed for years.

I used honey. It's worth a try. The doc was convinced the "rash" just went away.

Don't slather it on so that you're dripping honey all over the house. I would put on a fine layer (usually on my arms and legs) and leave it on for an hour before having a warm (not hot) shower and a very mild soap (some of the liquids are better). Only problem is you can't move around very much, in case you get honey on things...... don't sit in your best chairs :-D

It might not help, but it can't hurt to try. <3

Honey!

Any particular type of honey?

I have a good friend who gets it very bad. Luckily he can afford to travel to sunnier climes a few times a year, and the sunshine definitely clears it up for a while, so a sumbed session most likely will do the same thing. A very distressing condition.