1. Is psoriasis really ringworm? Psoriasis is actually not ringworm. Ringworm is a medical condition caused by a fungal infection, such as ringworm of the head, ringworm of the body, ringworm of the hands and feet, ringworm of the fingernails, etc. The localized dander of ringworm can often be found under a microscope as fungal hyphae or fungal spores, and treatment with antifungal medications often has good results. Psoriasis, on the other hand, is not caused by a fungal infection and is medically referred to as psoriasis. It has a complex pathogenesis and treatment with antifungal drugs is often ineffective. Therefore, do not look to the text and take antifungal drugs or use ringworm topicals indiscriminately on your own to avoid wasting money and aggravating the condition of psoriasis. 2. Is psoriasis contagious to others? People suffering from psoriasis, especially the elderly or young couples are very worried about infecting their families and beloved little ones, and some people are worried that psoriasis patients at home will infect each other, which is actually completely superfluous. Psoriasis is not a contagious disease, there is no contagiousness, no matter how close contact will not be transmitted to others. 3. Will having psoriasis affect my life expectancy? There are four common types of psoriasis, namely the common, pustular, arthritic and erythrodermic types. Since psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, it generally does not affect the life expectancy of patients, especially the life expectancy of patients with common psoriasis is almost no different from that of normal people. Although pustular and arthritic psoriasis can be accompanied by joint or liver and kidney function damage, secondary infection, electrolyte disorders, etc., they are rarely life-threatening. It is worth paying attention to erythrodermic psoriasis, which is often caused by the indiscriminate use of hormones and anti-cancer drugs, and there are many reports of leukemia induced by anti-cancer drugs. Since erythrodermic type patients have capillary dilation throughout the body, flushed skin, large amount of skin flakes, impaired regulation of body temperature, etc., fever, edema, enlarged liver, increased heart burden, disorders of water and electrolyte balance and protein metabolism, etc., mortality rate can be as high as 10% or more, which must be brought to the attention of psoriasis patients, who must use drugs under the guidance of doctors, and must not take the initiative to Do not use drugs indiscriminately, so as not to cause serious consequences. 4.Can psoriasis patients get pregnant? At present, there is no prenatal diagnosis of psoriasis for the fetus carried by the pregnant woman, that is to say, it is not yet possible to accurately predict the onset of psoriasis in the children of psoriasis patients, so psoriasis patients who want to get pregnant should fully understand the knowledge about psoriasis heredity, weigh the pros and cons from the perspective of eugenics and finally make their own choice. Generally speaking, if a single parent suffers from psoriasis, the chance of their children suffering from the disease is about 16%, while if both parents suffer from psoriasis, the chance of their children suffering from the disease is about 50%, and there are no legal provisions about psoriasis patients not being able to get pregnant. 5.What are the treatment methods for psoriasis? Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory and recurrent disease. There is no treatment that can prevent the disease from occurring in advance or cure it without recurrence. However, there are many safe and effective therapies available for doctors to choose according to different types and severity of the disease, so as to bring relief, ensure the physical and mental health of patients, and improve the quality of life of psoriasis patients. (1) Systemic systemic therapy: It refers to the administration of drugs by oral, intramuscular or intravenous injection. It is generally used for patients whose rash involves a large body area or whose condition is more serious. Oral administration is convenient and safe, and there are many kinds of oral drugs for the treatment of psoriasis, and new drugs are still being researched and developed. Injectable administration is fast and highly effective. However, it is more troublesome, requires certain medical conditions, and is not suitable for long-term use. (2) Topical topical drugs for rashes: skin diseases are mostly grown on the surface of the human body, and psoriasis is a disease that mainly damages the skin, which is very suitable for topical drug treatment. Topical drug treatment is characterized by convenient use, fast efficacy, small side effects, and easy to observe the efficacy and side effects. However, for patients with severe disease and large rash areas, topical topical medication alone is not effective enough and should be used in conjunction with systemic systemic therapy. The disadvantage of topical topical medication is that it sometimes affects the aesthetics and can easily soil clothing. The skin is a more sensitive and allergenic organ, so some drugs should be used topically in a gradual manner, starting with a small area and a small number of times to give the skin a stage of adaptation. Some drugs for systemic treatment can be made into topical dosage forms. At present, there are many kinds of topical drugs for the treatment of psoriasis, and they are still being developed and innovated. However, there are many old drugs that are still retained after years of clinical use, and experience has proved that these old drugs have the characteristics of exact efficacy, high safety and small side effects. Therefore, do not believe in new drugs. Under the guidance of experienced professional dermatologists, appropriate treatments and drugs should be selected scientifically and reasonably. (3) Physical therapy: there are light therapy, photochemotherapy, bath therapy, mineral bath therapy, etc., are relatively safe and effective methods. As long as the proper use of the rash can make a large area as soon as possible to subside, and is not easy to recur. With the improvement of equipment and economic level, more and more patients can receive physical therapy nearby. (4) Chinese herbal medicine therapy. Chinese herbal medicine has a unique style of treatment for chronic skin diseases, and although the treatment is slow, except for individual anti-tumor herbs, the side effects are generally small, which is conducive to long-term treatment. However, the efficacy of some herbs needs to be further studied to determine. 6.What are the treatment principles of internal medicine for psoriasis? Psoriasis is a disease that mainly affects the skin, especially the common type which rarely involves internal organs. The internal drugs need to be absorbed by the body first, and then distributed, metabolized, transformed and excreted in the body, and this series of processes will affect various organs. As the saying goes, “medicine is toxic in three parts”, any medicine not only has the side of treating diseases, but also has the side of possible toxic side effects. The so-called “poison” refers to these toxic side effects. Although the possibility of toxic side effects is very small, before using drugs, we must weigh the pros and cons and think twice before doing so, and only when the benefits significantly outweigh the disadvantages, then use internal drug treatment. For psoriasis there is no drug to stop the disease from recurring, any drug or therapy is only to relieve the disease, it is difficult to fundamentally cure the disease. Therefore, the first thing to consider is the safety of any drug. You should not be eager to seek medical help and use drugs with large side effects at will, which will damage your body and make you regret it. Experienced regular physicians should decide the treatment plan and choose the treatment drugs based on the following information, such as the gender of each patient, age, the trigger of the current attack, the area of rash involved, the degree of erythema hypertrophy, the amount of flaking, the location of the rash, the previous treatment, the general health condition, the recent and long-term efficacy of the drugs, the side effects and toxicity of the drugs, the economic burden of using the drugs, etc.