Information for psoriasis patients

  1.Can psoriasis be cured?
  At present, psoriasis cannot be cured and cannot be guaranteed to be 100% non-recurring. Therefore, patients should not believe in the advertisements of the Internet or private hospitals that can cure psoriasis, and should be sure to seek medical treatment in regular hospitals.
  2. Is psoriasis contagious?
  There is no contagiousness in psoriasis, only a certain chance of heritability.
  3.Does psoriasis need to be treated until normal skin is restored?
  Due to the current incurability of psoriasis, patients may still have sporadic rashes after long-term treatment. As long as the rash is stable for a long time without change or aggravation, and patients have no obvious itching symptoms, they can also be left untreated and maintain the status quo.
  4.What is the cause of psoriasis and do we need to do examination and laboratory tests to clarify the cause?
  The cause of psoriasis is still unclear, so there is no need to do more tests.
  5.Does psoriasis run in families? If I have psoriasis, do I need to be cured before I consider having children?
  Demographic studies show that the likelihood of psoriasis occurring in children of parents with psoriasis is 41%, and the chance of a child developing psoriasis in one parent is 14%, and because psoriasis is currently incurable, there is no need to dwell too much on this matter.
  6, psoriasis need to pay attention to what, what situation will lead to the aggravation of psoriasis relapse?
  There are currently four main causes that can lead to the aggravation of psoriasis.
  One keyword is dryness, including dry skin and dry weather, patients need to pay attention to skin moisturizing, do not bathe frequently, can be used externally Vaseline, glycerin, conditions can be used Stave moisturizing lotion adhere to the daily external rub.
  The second keyword is diet, rest, patients should eat less or do not eat spicy stimulating food, including many Chinese medicine that hot food, such as mutton, dog meat, chili peppers, tobacco and alcohol must be prohibited, beef, donkey meat, pepper, leek, ginger, garlic, mustard, pepper should also be eaten less, you can properly supplement fish food to increase the intake of unsaturated fatty acids, in addition, patients should also rest regularly, overexertion can also lead to aggravation of the disease.
  The third keyword is emotion, keep a relaxed mood, less angry and less excited, do not take everything to the extreme, do not pursue perfection too much, be able to give up and put down, do not think every day how others look at you when you have psoriasis, etc., which is of great significance to psoriasis.
  The fourth keyword is upper respiratory tract infections, colds, many patients often aggravated by this disease, the prevention of colds, active exercise is very important.
  7, winter psoriasis often relapses aggravated patients, what should pay attention to in general?
  (1)Keep warm.
  (2)Reduce outdoor exercise appropriately.
  (3)Keep a certain humidity indoors.
  (4) Prevent colds and flu, and take oral anti-inflammatory drugs in time once upper respiratory tract infection occurs.
  (5) Bathing should be warm water, and dry skin after washing should be supplemented with moisturizer in time.
  (6) More fruits and vegetables with complex vitamins and less meat.