The treatment period for psoriasis is relatively long, and during the recovery period patients must visit the hospital for regular follow-ups and actively communicate with the doctor about the development of their condition. This helps in the recovery process and facilitates the doctor to accurately grasp the changes in the condition and then make corresponding adjustments to the treatment plan.
During the specific treatment and rehabilitation process, what are the specific tests that need to be done, the conditions that need to be reviewed when they occur, and what are the follow-up notes? Let’s take a look.
First, what examinations need to be done during the follow-up of psoriasis?
1.Blood routine: For patients with psoriasis caused by cold or infection, a review of blood routine after treatment can check whether these causative factors have been effectively treated, and can also indicate the development of the patient’s condition.
2, skin biopsy: skin biopsy of psoriasis patients can clarify whether the type of skin lesion of the patient has been transformed and see whether the type of drugs needs to be adjusted.
3.X-ray examination: psoriasis patients with repeated skin damage will have symptoms such as swelling and soreness of the joints of the extremities, and joint invasion may occur, causing arthritic psoriasis, and X-ray examination can be done during the follow-up examination after treatment to clarify whether the joint lesions have improved.
Second, when psoriasis patients are under treatment, what conditions need timely review?
If fever and sore throat appear again after treatment; if small red spots appear on the body, or red spots with clear boundaries and different shapes and sizes, surrounded by an inflammatory red halo, and the surface is covered with multiple layers of silvery white scales, and the scales are easy to scrape off and other typical psoriasis manifestations, it is necessary to go to the hospital for review in time.
In addition, if rheumatoid arthritis-like joint damage occurs at the same time, which can involve large and small joints throughout the body, but with the most characteristic terminal interphalangeal joint lesions, and the affected joints are red, swollen and painful, and the skin around the joints is often red and swollen, etc., consider that it may be arthritic psoriasis caused by the progress of the disease, and need to immediately consult a doctor to improve the relevant examination, and after the diagnosis is confirmed, treatment is carried out according to the specific situation.
Third, how often do psoriasis patients follow up?
How often the psoriasis treatment process is reviewed depends on the specific condition, and it is best to communicate with the follow-up doctor and timely review at the hospital according to the doctor’s instructions.
At the same time, daily care work and consolidation treatment should be done to better facilitate the recovery of the disease. During the treatment process, it is necessary to pay attention to the adverse drug reactions, and it is also necessary to follow up at any time when abnormal performance occurs, so that the doctor can change the treatment plan according to the situation.
In addition, for special psoriasis patients such as the elderly, children and pregnant women, the frequency of follow-up visits and the testing items at follow-up visits need to be strictly carried out in accordance with medical advice, so as to avoid aggravation of the disease and untimely treatment, which may have adverse effects on health.
References
[1]Chinese psoriasis treatment guidelines (2018 short version) [J]. Chinese Journal of Dermatology,2019(04):223-230.
[2]Zhang XC et al. eds. Clinical testing techniques and clinical applications [M]. Shanghai:Shanghai Jiaotong University Press,2018(06):88-90.