What to do if your teenager has psoriasis

Teenagers with psoriasis can use topical medication, physical therapy, and systemic therapy to improve symptoms. Psoriasis, the scientific name for psoriasis, the cause of the disease is still unclear, but mostly related to the body’s immunity, the main manifestation of the surface of the skin with scaly red spots or plaques. 1. Topical medication: for those with mild symptoms, mainly topical medication can be used, such as topical glucocorticoid ointment, such as mometasone furoate cream, etc.; topical vitamin D3 derivatives, such as carbotriol ointment, etc., and also topical tazarotene gel and tacrolimus ointment. 2. Physical therapy: local irradiation of ultraviolet rays and laser therapy can accelerate blood circulation, promote tissue regeneration and improve metabolism, which have certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on psoriasis. 3. Systemic therapy: patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and arthropathic psoriasis can also use oral drugs or biological agents and other systemic therapies. Oral drugs include methotrexate tablets, cyclosporine capsules, Avicenna capsules and so on, and the biological agents include Skuticilumab and so on. All of the above drugs have adverse reactions and are recommended to be used under the guidance of a doctor. Teenage psoriasis patients must follow the doctor’s instructions for daily use of drugs, and at the same time need to closely monitor the changes in the condition, once there is discomfort, such as the emergence of new rashes or pustules and other special rashes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to consult a doctor for treatment.