As any psoriasis sufferer knows only too well, psoriasis is not simply a physical disease. By that I mean, its effects are not limited to our flesh. True, the outward manifestation of psoriasis appears in our skin, but the disease reaches farther into our being than our skin. It affects our mental and emotional being as well.

Interestingly enough, we may feel that this effect on our mental and emotional being, from outward appearances, goes unnoticed. But is this really the case? Let me present an unrelated hypothetical example, and then we can analyze how this example relates to psoriasis, and our search for a more complete healing.

Suppose a woman keeps telling herself, “I’m not attractive to men. They don’t enjoy talking to me or being in my company.” What is she going to do, without even realizing it? Her body is going to obey her mind! When she is in a group of people, and men are present, her body will act out exactly what she keeps telling herself it should! Her body language will indicate that she is not approachable or a good communicator. She may turn slightly away or fold her arms across her body. She may ‘put on’ a phony smile, or not look men in the eye when she speaks to them or they to her. She may not really pay attention to what they are saying. She may jokingly make cutting remarks, or put people down when she speaks. What happens? Men notice this, avoid her and don’t engage her in conversation! Just like she keeps telling herself! This just keeps the vicious cycle going and reinforces in her mind how unattractive she thinks she is! This in turn, affects her actions even more, which again reinforce the negative thoughts, and on and on…

How does this example relate to the psoriasis sufferer? More importantly, what can be done about it?

The point is that both the conscious and subconscious mind affect the actions of the body. In the example above, the woman’s conscious mind (”I’m not attractive to men”) acts like a command to her subconscious mind. In turn, her subconscious mind carries out this command. This is manifested in the body language and actions of the woman. The woman, though, is totally unaware of the mind-body connection. She may even think she is acting in an outgoing approachable manner!

It can be the same with the psoriasis sufferer. He or she may feel self-conscious about psoriasis, and develop a self-condemnatory or negative attitude. This manifests itself in body language that, while unnoticed by the individual because of months or years or negative reinforcement, is clearly noticed by others — job interviewers, prospective clients, supervisors, etc. The sufferer may conclude that he lost the job, sale or promotion because of the psoriasis, when in reality, it was his own body language that failed him!

What, then, is the solution? Quite simply, any program aimed at healing, clearing or curing psoriasis should involve more than relieving the physical manifestation of the disease. It needs to reach into the inner being. Here is where most current therapies, and programs fail. There is no pill, lotion, herb, ointment or other psoriasis medication available that can do this.

There is a program, however, that is designed to heal both the physical and mental aspects of psoriasis. The link to this program, “4 Keys To Clearing Psoriasis” may be found in the link below.

Thank-you
-Chris

Stress is when our body or nervous system is in a distress resulting from different unfavorable factors, such as any kind of a mental trauma, physical trauma, bad news, feeling cold or being hungry, etc.).

Human’s nervous system is directly connected with the activity of the human’s brain. The brain is a very important organ, which maintains control over numerous functions of the human body, brain controls the emotions and the intellect. Emotions express the individual attitude of a person toward all sorts of experiences, including the sad and the happy.

When human being experiences negative emotions, our body starts to experience various chemicals, for example, the amount of adrenaline levels in the blood may start to rise, when we feel fear or anger.

Such emotions used to appear in people for many millennia, at the time of a real danger. Wise mother-nature supplied us with strong protective reactions. Increasing adrenaline in the body immediately leads to the increased blood coagulation, as well as it starts to contract the blood vessels. Such reactions were vital for our remote ancestors, to lessen the blood loss with injuries, to come to be more alert at the time of threat, and so on.

The 20th century brought major changes to such situations. Nowadays, a person would hardly ever “fight or flight” in any kind of a negative situation, unless it was life threatening. Instead, people do their best to look calm within the negative event, only to afterward think that event repeatedly.

The socially accepted behavior has gone through changes, but our genetic makeup practically did not change. Stress still makes our bodies to excrete adrenalin into the blood.

However, the excessive blood adrenaline isn’t being used up alongside the “fight or flight” reaction. Adrenalin stays in the blood and starts deteriorating internal organs of a human. This eventually leads to various disorders of the internal organs (e.g., kidneys, liver, intestines, and so on), and also it leads to the nervous system disorders.

Stress eventually triggers the pathologic psoriasis mechanisms, and that’s the nature of stress-psoriasis interconnection. Thus, learning to manage your stress is essential for effective psoriasis management.

Honestly, though we hear a lot of claims and success stories regarding successful diet-based treatment of Psoriasis, the fact remains that very minimal scientific researches have been done to substantiate those claims. The challenge is in alienating a psoriasis diet amongst the various factors responsible for occurrence as well as the cure of psoriasis. Yet it may be beneficial, from a statistical point of view, to know what  diet can alleviate or aggravate the skins’ diseased condition.

Psoriasis – as we know it – is the raised, red patchy, and lesion covered state of the skin. Statistically, 2% or 3% of world population (approximately 125 million people) suffer from this non-contagious condition. Over 7.5 million people in America are affected. Psoriasis diet is not the only approach to treating this condition but it is not harmful to try it out as long as it does not affect the overall well being of the body. Apart from genetics being the reason, it may also be caused owing to metabolic disorder.

Therefore, many dermatologists begin by prescribing psoriasis diet to help cleanse the overall body. They also suggest weight-loss as weight gain flares up psoriasis.

In the core diet, dietitians suggest to avoid acidic and gluten-producing foods like caffeine, coke, sugar, white flour, and alcohol as they worsen the situation. And they ask to increase the intake of water and fiber items like leafy vegetables, carrots, beet, and cucumbers serve well as psoriasis diet. Similarly psoriasis diet comprising of raw vegetables, lettuce, sprouts, and coconut milk do well to improve the itchy skin condition. As a rule of thumb, any food item that is difficult to be digested by the body – like butter, red meat, eggs – should be avoided. Also, Gluten free diet helps to improve the condition. Hence, food items like pasta, beer, barley, and white flour items should be avoided. Needless to say, this demands a high degree of self-discipline and radical change in the patients lifestyle.

‘Supplementary diet items’, as psoriasis diet items, have varying results. Supplementary items include essential nutrients like vitamins, minerals, proteins, and herbal supplements. Fish oil usage has demonstrated mild to moderate improvement in the ailing condition. Shark cartilage has anti-inflammatory attributes and has shown positive results in treating psoriasis but comes with nausea and rashes.

Turmeric, doctor prescribed multi-vitamin tablets and zinc-based tablets also work towards improving psoriasis. With psoriasis, the levels of vitamin B, C and E drop low and therefore Granular Lecithin is important part of psoriasis diet.

Finally, it should be realized that there is nothing is magic psoriasis diet or one food item that cures psoriasis. Dermatologist will suggest different food items to different patients based on their body condition, history, food allergies, and other factors. Psoriasis diet just reinforces meaning of well balanced diet in life.

Psoriasis is a significant problem for dermatologists in the US. Over 7 million people suffer from this chronic skin condition and it affects both women and men of all ages.

Recent research indicates that Psoriasis may be caused by liver dysfunction and may also be related to immune system functions. Generally patches of inflamed red skin called plaques characterize symptoms. While these are the most visible symptoms Psoriasis causes significant discomfort due to pain, itching, limited joint mobility and depending on the affected area, it may also cause emotional distress.

Human blood contains T-cells, which normally protect the body against disease. Research indicates that in Psoriasis victims these T-cells are over-active and become responsible for excessive skin cell reproduction resulting in the plaques.

Symptomatic treatment of this disease results in destroying the excessive skin production caused by malfunctioning T-Cells. This is done by use of Ultra Violet light, which can destroy these excessive growths. The process of destroying these skin cells is called Apoptosis and is included by many doctors as a treatment option.

Many alternative therapies are also available and widely publicized. These include the use of Dead Sea salts and soaps with high salt content to purging liver treatments. None of these have been proven conclusively effective in removing the symptoms entirely. Because of the chronic nature of this condition and its often painful symptoms, patients often tire of non medical intervention and seek help from doctors.

Phototherapy treatments for Psoriasis can be done using UVB and UVA light. For most mild to moderate cases doctors generally elect to use UVB Narrow Band Spectrum treatments. Current knowledge of these treatments suggests that these Narrow Band UVB (NBUVB) treatments have better results than Broad Band treatment options.

When UVA light is used, doctors include topical and oral administration of a drug called Psoralen. This drug improves skin sensitivity to UVA light and improves the effectiveness of the treatments. While the disease may not be entirely curable, such treatments provide significant symptomatic relief to patients suffering from Psoriasis.

Psoriasis appears as raised, red patches or lesions covered with dead skin cells on the skin. Scalp psoriasis can be mild, with fine scaling or thick with crusted plaques, covering the entire scalp. The areas of the skin grow very rapidly and form red, scaling patches. Patients experience severe itchiness, a feeling of tightness and soreness, accompanied by hair loss. Scalp psoriasis is a common form of psoriasis affecting over 50% of patients.

Treatments for scalp psoriasis are generally temporarily effective and continued over a long period. Moderate exposure of the scalp to sunlight and regular washing of the head helps reduce the spread of the condition. Certain shampoo treatments control the spread of psoriasis. Other treatments prescribed by doctors include coal tar, dithranol, salicylic acid, cortico-steroids and Vitamin D derivatives.

The correct method of application of the treatment is important. The hair is parted into sections and the medication is rubbed into the exposed area. It is necessary to comb and brush the hair regularly in order to remove scaling. Shampooing with a coal tar based shampoo followed by a cortisone lotion rubbed into the scalp is recommended. A frequent break in the regimen ensures that the psoriasis does not become resistant to treatment.

Topical medications like corticosteriods are effective against scalp psoriasis. They are available in solutions, gels, creams, lotions and ointments. A two-week cycle of treatment is commonly recommended for strong steroids.

In cases of mild scalp psoriasis, doctors inject the scalp lesions with steroid medications. The medication is absorbed into the system and is therefore sparingly used.

Systemic medications or prescription medications are administered to patients with moderate to severe scalp psoriasis. Biologic drugs that are made from living human or animal proteins block or eliminate various immune system cells involved in scalp psoriasis.

Since psoriasis is known to be a waxing and waning condition, it usually subsides with regular treatment. It is unusual for anyone to suffer extensive scalp psoriasis for a long time, especially if they seek medical help and use treatments as directed. Any medical regimen for psoriasis needs to be closely supervised by a dermatologist.