TalkPsoriasis

Hi I'm new here. I'm a mother of a 13 year old girl who was just diagnosed with pustular psoriasis. The soles of here feet are so raw and broken she has a difficult time walking. We just started Enbrel injections because she didn't have a good enough response to metheltrexate. It's breaking my heart to see her suffer. She's a dancer and it's all she wants to do. Does anyone have experience ... Read More

Hi everyone. I finally got my foot psoriasis under control with diet and supplements. Last week I broke out with hives and red welts all over my legs and arms. I went to the urgent care today to see if it was just hives or a rash from a virus. She said it was a combo of hives, eczema and psoriasis. Food and nutrition cleared my feet, now what am I supposed to do? Has anyone cleared ... Read More

I am really feeling despondent. I have been treated for spondyloarthritis/and or psoriatic arthritis for over 30 years. My back is totally wrecked as are my knees, wrists and thumbs (confirmed by MRI and other radiological studies).Psoriasis has never been an issue - appearing late and rarely present. Recently my rheumatologist told me to stop taking Cimzia, saying my back complaints ... Read More

I'm new to this support group. I am 43 years old and diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis 4 years ago. I am curious to get some feeback on how others cope with the extreme fatigue. Just daily day to day routines are difficult to accomplish. I would love to hear how you manage this and live productively ... Read More

About 7 or so years ago my Dermatoligist said I had some psoriasis on my scalp. He gave me some samples of tar shampoo and Tsal To use alternately cleared it up compleatly Fast forward to now, Now I have what has been diagnosed as mild psoriasis, some on left elbow but none on right elbow until recently, some on left leg (where it first appeared ) very little on right leg, over the ... Read More

Hi all: I will describe my symptoms and I hope you can make some recommendations for products to use: 1. Face: combination skin (dry and oily), eyebrows get red and scaly. and face in general sort of blotchy with red. 2. Ears: really crusty/flaky. 3. Arms: a red patchy of itchy skin and thickened white patch on one arm. 4. Eye lids: bletheritis? lids look inflamed, doctor says warm ... Read More

I have such intense itching all the time, I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions to help calm the itching? I have tried all the usual, i.e., Benadryl, Eucerin, CeraVe, Sorion, etc., but I continue to itch to the point that I scratch until I bleed and am miserable! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated ... Read More

They say vitamin D deficiency does not cause psoriasis, but it might limit the body's ability to keep skin healthy. Especially, in the winter, when there is less available sunlight, vitamin D deficiencies and psoriasis symptoms often get worse. Now I take vitamin D3 (5000 units) and no sign of psoriasis whatsoever. I pick it up at my local pharmacy for 10 bucks ... Read More

PSORIASIS- A PARASITIC DISEASE OBJECTIVE: Demonstration of the connection between psoriasis and parasite, and the mechanism of plaque formation. Introduction "Psoriasis, a disease that affects approximately 2-3% of humanity in all countries. Psoriasis existence is surveyed since the clay tablets of Assyrians and Babylonians 3.000-5.000 years ago, thru the middle ages, the renaissance ... Read More

Six months ago I developed plaque psoriasis on my forehead above my right eyebrow, next to my right eye and the right side of my neck. My doctor had previously prescribed steroid creams which did no good at all so I went looking for a safer approach. I found a psoriasis relief cream by Gold Bond at Walmart which helped with the itching and kept the areas moisturized. A few weeks later ... Read More