From the aspect of immunity, immune complexes are still deposited in the epidermis after the lesions have faded, and T lymphocyte defects still exist; from the aspect of microcirculation disorders, although the microcirculation at the fading lesions has improved, it has not yet returned to normal, and it usually takes 3-6 months to recover, so it is easy to relapse once winter and spring seasons come. Therefore, it is also important to consolidate the healing process and not to stop all treatments once clinical cure is achieved. Due to the individual differences of patients, post-cure consolidation also varies from person to person, some only need to maintain one or several drugs in a targeted manner; some need to take pills for a certain period of time. The prevention and consolidation of psoriasis should also pay attention to the following issues.
1, pay attention to keep warm and avoid cold
Patients with psoriasis are afraid of getting cold, and there are more patients with psoriasis induced by wind and cold, and the facial rash is also mostly stimulated by cold wind, so pay attention to keeping warm and avoiding cold. Winter to wear thick cotton clothes and pants, summer do not greedy cool, not blowing air conditioners, fans, but also to keep warm, to achieve the ideal sweating effect every day; living environment is cold and humid, can trigger the disease or aggravate the disease, patients should try to avoid large cold and hot stimulation, living room to keep ventilation, dry, warm, so that the body in a long-term warm state.
2, adhere to exercise, often sunshine
Exercise should be adhered to over the years, every time you exercise to feel the body wants to sweat, we should suspend the exercise, and then continue after the feeling of sweating disappears, adhere to the exercise, sweating 2 ~ 3 hours a day; because the lower body is not easy to sweat, you can wear thicker, and strive to achieve the effect of synchronized sweating with the upper body. Exercise in a way to maintain low intensity for a long time slightly sweating state, to the whole body evenly, slightly sweating is the most ideal, sweat to pay attention to the cold, can no longer wear sweat after the wet and cold clothes.
Sunbathing should be done frequently, especially in summer, when sunbathing makes the body sweat and the lesions can disappear. Patients who usually do not sweat too easily or those who do not sweat easily in the lower part of the body, sunbathing can achieve a very good sweating effect. It is clinically found that the parts that are easier to sunbathe, such as the limbs, are also the parts that have the best effect; the parts that are not so easy to sunbathe, such as the waist and back, also have a poor effect.
3.Avoid mental stimulation
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the disease can be triggered by internal injury of emotion, depression and fire, and poisonous heat in the camp blood. Therefore, patients should try to control their emotions, usually be optimistic and cheerful, keep a relaxed mood, establish confidence to overcome the disease. In the event of an irresistible natural or man-made disaster, the first thing to do is to treat it correctly, and if necessary, take sedatives in moderation. In short, a positive attitude is conducive to the recovery of the disease.
4.Prevention and treatment of colds
Especially after the cold is complicated by tonsillitis, pharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, you need to actively treat it and try to shorten the course of the disease, otherwise it will cause a relapse. If the tonsils are repeatedly inflamed and closely related to the onset of psoriasis, tonsillectomy can be considered, which is especially important for adolescent patients because bacterial and viral infections often cause the recurrence of psoriasis. Prevention of colds and removal of frequently inflamed tonsils are beneficial to the treatment and prevention of psoriasis.
5.Prevention and control of infection
Local infection foci are an important cause of psoriasis, so avoid trauma, such as scalding, frostbite, chemical burns or animal and insect bites; prevent excessive scratching, needling and strong stimulation, hair dyeing, etc., so as not to induce or aggravate the disease; pay attention to environmental hygiene and personal hygiene, often take a bath, need to wear clean and soft clothes, and change underwear and bed sheets regularly to prevent skin infection.
6.Prevent food or drug allergy
Due to diet or taking drugs, or contact with a substance and allergic, can often induce psoriasis, so patients each relapse or aggravation, need to carefully recall what they have eaten recently, what drugs, or contact with the kind of chemical substances, for substances that cause aggravation should try to avoid contact; prohibit strong alkaline soap, shampoo bath; to use warm water bathing, do not use hot water scalding, otherwise it will make the skin lesions The skin lesion will be aggravated.
7.Apply olive oil appropriately
Psoriasis lesions tend to be dry and the scales are silvery, so you can apply olive oil or fragrance oil, which is beneficial to the improvement of the disease. Try to use less or not to use strong hormonal drugs, such as Jin Nur ointment, etc.
8.Pay attention to the dry and cold climate
The average annual temperature is closely related to the annual incidence of psoriasis. The flow of gas can stimulate the human body, especially when the warm airflow suddenly flows to the cold airflow, and the human body is in the airflow at the junction of hot and cold, which requires a high regulatory function of the body.
In addition, the total annual precipitation and humidity can reduce the incidence of morbidity, but on the contrary, dryness is easy to increase the incidence of morbidity. The northern part of China has a cold winter, short spring and autumn, and large temperature changes, plus dry air and low precipitation, so the disease rate is higher in the north than in the south. In contrast, the southern spring and autumn seasons last for a long time, with moderate temperature changes, more precipitation and moist air, so the disease rate in the south is obviously lower than that in the north.
In conclusion, after the clinical healing of psoriasis, its immune function, microcirculation and metabolism are still not completely restored to normal. Therefore, patients should continue to consolidate 2-3 courses of treatment after clinical healing; they should also go to the hospital for regular routine checkups for a certain period of time after healing to avoid recurrence.