“I am suffering  from  psoriasis  for  the  past fifteen years! I had  treatment with all  sorts of  medicine. No cure. Doctor! Tell me, do I have to  live  with this ugly  patches lifelong?” A very common question  from  the depressed  victims.
What is psoriasis?
              Psoriasis is a skin disorder  rather  than  a  disease, where  angry red  lesions  appear  on  the  skin, multiply and results as scales  with  silvery  patches. Ofcourse, it is a over simplification. Sometimes people experience low self-esteem because psoriasis is unsightly and ugly. Psoriasis is often understood  by the public as contagious, which can make social interaction awkward. This may lead to emotional problems such as anxiety, anger, embarrassment and  depression.

              There  is  a general  belief  that  psoriasis is an incurable skin  disease. It is estimated  that  four  percent  of  the nation’s  population are affected  with  this  skin  disease. Psoriasis  is  a puzzle  to all physicians  because  the  treatment that works for one victim will have no effect or benefit on another.
How does it occurs?
              In normal  growth  pattern,  the skin cells  are  created  in the  basal  layer  and  then  move up  to  the  outer  layer  of  the  skin. The dead cells  are  shed  from the  skin  at  the  same  rate  as  new  cells  are  produced   maintaining  a  balance. The  normal  course of this phenomenon  is  about  28 days  from cell birth  to  death.
              In  psoriasis,  the  affected  areas switch from  normal  growth pattern. More cells  are  created  and  pushed  to  the  surface  very  fast. The  skin  cannot shed  as  fast  as growth occurs. The  excessive  skin  cells  builds up  and  form  elevated scaly  lesions.  The  white  scales  that  usually  cover  the  lesion  is a component  of dead  skin cells. The  redness  is  caused  by  the  increased blood  supply to the  affected  area.
What causes it?
              Psoriasis  is  a non-contagious, inherited, auto-immune  disease.
It  may  flare up  with  climate, infection, stress  and  drugs.
Heredity  plays  major  role  in  aetiology  of  the  psoriasis  cases.The  disease  tends to  run   in  families.
Many  patients will have  a  relative  who  suffers  from this  illness.
Clinical  studies  should be  made  to  study  the  genetic predisposition in psoriatic families, thereby  the  HLA antigens.
Clinically, this  disease  may  be  associated  with  some  other  ailments such  as  diabetes mellitus, thyroid  disorders, AIDS and  endocrine  disorders.

              Recent research studies indicate that psoriasis is a disorder of the Immune system. This system includes a type of White cells called T-Cells which normally help to protect the body against infection and disease. Researchers believe that abnormal immune system ceases the activity of the T-cells on the skin. These T-cells trigger the inflammation and excessive cell  reproduction seen in some psoriatic patients. Since the cellular activity is abnormal to the  natural phenomena, it is considered as an auto-immune disease.

              Normally, Psoriasis flares up  with  the  chemical  medication  for  the  common illnesses  like  Arthritis,  Blood pressure, Migraine, or any other pain. Psoriasis commonly gets  worse  during  winter and less severe in summer. Emotions certainly aggravates the condition.
   
How does it affect?
              Psoriasis  most commonly  appears  on the scalp, knees, elbows, hands,  feet  and  nails. It  rarely  affects  the  face.  However, no area  of  the  skin  is  exempted  including  the  genital  area. Most  of  the  patients  ignore  the   scales   on  the  scalp, which are often  misinterpreted   as  dandruff. It  can be  well  differentiated  by  the enormous  scaling  and  red base  which  indicate  psoriasis.  Itching  is a rare  symptom  of   psoriasis .  However, there  are  some  exceptions. 

              Itching  differentiates  Eczema, an allergic  skin  disorder   where  the  patients  have  intolerable  itching  and  oozing.

              Psoriasis comes  in  different  forms  and  degrees of  severity. Different  types  of  psoriasis  display  the  characteristics  such  as  pus-like blisters, sloughing of  the  skin, drop-like dots and smooth inflamed lesions.

               Psoriatic Arthritis is a specific type of Arthritis that occurs in a few patients of  psoriasis.
 
Diet for Psoriasis
              Research  has been  done  on  fat  metabolism  in psoriatic patients. This  led  to  the  conclusion  that  the  lesions depend  on fat  metabolism. It is better  to  avoid  the  animal  and  vegetable  fat. The  study  has  revealed no flare  up  with  the  carbohydrate  and protein metabolism. Some  psoriatic patients  live  happily as vegetarians. They could control the ailment with  diet. Click here to know Diet for Psoriasis

              Some  practitioners  feel  that  fish  oil  has  effect  in  controlling  the scales.  Early  morning  sunbath is beneficial.  If  you have severe itching, allergic diathesis  may be associated  in such conditions and you have to follow Diet and regimen to control the “Allergic foods."   Low  sodium diet  is advised  to  avoid  much  exfoliation and itching.
 
Is it curable?
              Permanent  cure  is  possible only  with Homoeopathy, because it  treats  the  patient as  a single, whole entity. Local applications with lineaments or ointments appear to help the patient, heal the ailment, but this smoothening lasts for a shorter period. After sometime no lineament or ointment however strong helps the patient. Now if an indepth study is done we find the ailment is dynamic and genetically predisposed and is amenable to a similar dynamic remedy which is HOMOEOPATHY!

              Homoeopathy  believes  that  "Psora"  is  the  prime  cause  for “Psoriasis.” It is  multiheaded or  hydraheaded   with  skin  lesions, patient`s emotions and other ailments.  The  suitable  Homoeopathic medicine  is  selected  on the basis of constitutional approach, that  is, the complete  study of  patient’s  behaviour  and  detailed  study  of  the  lesions.

              Normally  when  a  well  suitable  remedy  is  administered  to  a patient he will have  improvement  soon . It  may  have  remissions  after  sometime  which  doesn’t mean  that  Homoeopathy  is  not  suitable  for  treatment. If  you observe  carefully, the  intensity  of  the  lesions  would  be lesser  than  before. The long-time illness cannot be eradicated in a short span. The  dynamic  disease   has  to  be  eliminated from the  body, layer-by-layer to  establish a permanent  cure.

              I have  treated many cases of psoriasis. Many patients showed instant vanish of symptom in a single  attempt. I had a case whose suffering lasted seven years but without recurrence even after ten years of cure. Some patients had remissions  after  few months or  years. Recurrence shows that the disease force is still  existing in your body  and  does not  mean the  suppression. You can differentiate this by the less intensity. It can be  eliminated  from your body completely  to bring permanent cure! I had used the same potencies which helped them to recover.



 

 



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