How to protect psoriasis patients in autumn and winter?

  Psoriasis is seasonal and some patients are prone to relapse or deterioration in autumn and winter, how can psoriasis patients cope with this?  (1) Seek medical treatment as early as possible before the arrival of autumn and winter For those patients who develop psoriasis in autumn and winter, some preventive prevention and treatment should be carried out under the guidance of doctors before the arrival of the season.  (2) Improve immunity and prevent various infections Bacterial or viral infections such as colds, fever and tonsillitis can aggravate or induce psoriasis. After the weather becomes cold in winter, the human body is more likely to suffer from corresponding respiratory diseases due to the low immunity. At this time, it is necessary to actively prevent and try to avoid the occurrence of cold and other symptoms. Psoriasis can appropriately increase the amount of exercise to promote the body’s blood circulation and enhance cardiorespiratory function, so that the respiratory system can also be beneficial exercise. And entering the season of high prevalence of flu, psoriasis treatment patients can also be injected with flu vaccine to protect the health of the body.  (C) keep emotional optimism, avoid mental tension Mental factors are also a very important aspect of psoriasis condition, lift the mind concerns, establish confidence to overcome the disease has an important impact on the prevention of psoriasis occurrence and development. In the cold winter, people’s emotions are also prone to problems. This is due to the obvious reduction in sunlight hours in winter, the brain pineal melatonin secretion began to increase, while causing the level of thyroxine and adrenaline secretion to decline, thus making people feel low mood, mental discomfort and lazy. Psoriasis seasonal affective disorder usually has a tendency to gradually worsen the symptoms of depression with age and prolongation of the course of the disease. This requires psoriasis to learn to self-emotional regulation, more sunshine and so on to help depressed mood relief.  (iv) Prevent dry or broken skin The skin is a very sensitive organ of the human body, especially at the lesions of psoriasis. In the cold winter, psoriasis skin blood vessels are often in a contracted state, and the secretion of sweat and sebaceous glands is obviously reduced, many will appear itching, redness and swelling of the skin, and in serious cases, irregular cracking and peeling, such phenomenon is most obvious in the lower limbs. This requires psoriasis to do a good job of skin care, pay attention to the rules and frequency of bathing, the number of baths should not be too frequent, once a day is enough, the water temperature should not be too high, and do not repeatedly scratch, and it is best not to use soap or shower gel, before the treatment of psoriasis try to use a bath containing moisturizing ingredients, after the bath should be applied moisturizing cream containing moisturizing ingredients.