1. Psoriasis is a systemic chronic skin disorder characterized by excessive keratinocyte proliferation , i.e. it is a disease in which the immune system becomes overactive causing skin cells to multiple too quickly.
  2.  CAUSES:  Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of skin. (Autoimmune disease is a disease that occurs when body’s immune system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue.) Psoriasis can also result in other inflammatory disorders and conditions like psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and coronary artery disease.
  3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS :Characterized by inflamed, red, raised areas that often develop into silvery scales on scalp, elbows, knees and lower back.
  4.  TYPES OF PSORIASIS: Plaque psoriasis/ psoriasis vulgaris ·    Guttate psoriasis·       Pustular psoriasis·    Localized psoriasis·      Erythrodermic psoriasis·       Inverse psoriasis.
  5. CONVENTIALTREATMENT: Treatment based on symptom severity and lesions aims the use of Corticosteroids, Keratolytics, Retinoid, Tars etc.  for local and or systemic use.
  6. Side Effects of Conventional Mode of Treatment – Long standing use of corticosteroid as a local application leads to skin thinning, hyper or hypo pigmentation, redness. Use of Retinoid and other local application causes skin irritation and redness on surface of   skin.
  7.  ROLE OF HOMEOPATHY IN PSORIASIS: Homeopathy treatment focuses on issues causing the trigger of psoriasis other than psoriasis itself. · Dealing with a gross pathological cases it has been observed on detail case taking that psoriasis is not only derangement on the external surface but has deep internal pathology involved. Homoeopathy  treats the person as a whole, it eliminates the exciting and fundamental cause that triggers the disease and its progression.      In Homoeopathy we do not treat only on the symptom which is visible but focus on the cause to the ailment.

   8. CASE OF PSORIASIS – TREATED WITH HOMOEOPATHY Case of a male patient aged 38 years            came with severe itching over knees since 3 months with scaling, redness and shiny scales or thick        crusts. Took Homoeopathy for 1 year with no new lesions and complete restoration of lesion.              (lesion means damage caused to a part of the body due to injury or illness. )

 
              BEFORE                                                                                                  AFTER 

9.PREVENTION / PRECAUTIONS: To Moisturize Avoid scraping of the lesion ,Avoid Dry Weather Avoid Smoking, Improve Sleep patterns and alter stress with stress Management.

      Article by 

- DR. NIRALI PAREKH 

BHMS, DNYS, CCPH, PGDEMS

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