help for psioris

[happytohelp]

hey i dont know howe to spell it and im not sure it is the right thin but my cousin who is 12 suffers horribly from it. If it is the tright thing im talking about her has a crusty build up all over his head and in his hair, recently it has spread and covers his entire body, i know if causes terrible discomfort, it takes months to be seen by a doctor here. i was just wonderingif any one out there knew anyother things that may help, cause its heartbreaking to see, thankyou everyone xxx

[natalie_1982]

I don't know where you are but here I know people that use dermovate and eumovate, also have heard of some fish that are quite expensive and you sit in a bath of them and they eat the skin away.  I'll have a look for you :)

[natalie_1982]

http://www.psoriasis-therapie.com/

Try this site, I don't know if it''ll be any use it has been translated I'll keep trying to find more info.

 

[CHOPS'R'US]

Blimey sounds a bit drastic natalie_1982 lol...

There are alot of creams out there you can get these days, best to speak to your GP i know you can get bath stuff to put in which helps as my mate has it but not as bad your cousin.

Dead sea salts are brilliant for dry skin conditions and sitting with a scoop of them in the bath for 20mins(they are real cheap too) regularly really does work to help with it. I'm a bit rusty on my aromatherapy as it's been a while but i know there are also certain essential oils that are good to bathe in or apply within a cream as they will need to be mixed, try a good health food shop i know holland and barratt do both but other than that your GP would be best to ask.

 

[natalie_1982]

Kangalfishes live in a well with Selenium holding water near Kangal in Turkey. These fishes eat the scales from people with skindeseases. Especially patients who suffer from eczema, fungi or psoriasis benefit.
Since the 1950�s there is a (I don�t know the word: a place where you can go to for therapy, litery translated in dutch we call it cure-place) at these wells.
The accomodations are simple and are difficult to reach for west-Europeans (and even harder for Americans I think). Since 2001 Class-reizen organizes group travels from Holland to Kangal (www.a-class.nl)

�It is no holyday. For 3 weeks you soak in the well for 4 hours at the time during mornings and afternoons, in the meanwhilke drinking 4 litres of water with selenium. But after 3 weeks everybody was �clean�, a wonderfull experience,� sais R.P. Reyer, secretary of the Dutch Psoriasis association.

Efes Doner and his son suffer from eczema. They benefited a lot from the therapy. The eczema stays away for a long time afterwards. Back in the Netherlands they maintain with ointments. � There are 3 types of fish: biters, nudgers and grazers. All with there own specific task.�

Since a while there are Kangalfishes in Germany as well. They live in the cure hotel Walschbachtal in Z�schen, near Winterberg, Sauerland. They swim an a bath of 1 m2
Where patients who suffer from psoriasis or eczema can take a bath. After bathing for 1 hour, patients get an ointment treatment.

 

 

[natalie_1982]

1 year old Pia Wolf stopped itching after 7 baths with the Kangalfishes, and her face is practically free of eczema (I myself think especially the last bit hard to believe. I don�t think they put the face of a 1 year old child under water for the fish to nibble it??). She used to cry virtually every night. �It�s a miracle. My child changed in a weeks time. She is a very sweet child, now she stopped itching.�

5 days of treatment in Walschbachtal helped 9 year old Gerhard Sikkens from Geleen, but after a few weeks the eczema has returned completely. �We were on a holyday and saw the advertisement of the treatment in the hotel. We could start immediately. Gerhard suffers from severe eczema, because he is allergic to a variety of things. At first it worked great. Gerhard got mudwraps in addition to his baths, and his hands were very clean. But we couldn�t finish the treatment, because Gerhard had to go back to school. But we really want to go back, even though the insurance company won�t pay anything. German patients do get compensation from there insurance.
A bath costs �40,- per adult and �20,- for children (prizes 2002, of course)

The above text was from this website:

http://www.ichthyosis.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000053.html

[natalie_1982]

Lavender is also supposed to be good, and eating lots of fish.

[nicola_red]

Bio-oil is supposed to be quite good although I've never tried it, they have a website and it's available in most pharmacies.  I used to have bad psoriasis when I was a teenager and the doctor would just prescribe coal tar products which did work eventually, although they took months to have any effect and i smelled revolting.  Health food shops also sell various creams which might help, but I've tried a couple to little effect.  Nowadays I get the odd patch of psoriasis and I just moisturise it well and it goes away of its own accord after a few weeks.

[andy hughes]

Try adjusting your diet. Cut out all dairy produce and sugar, this may well reduce the symptoms. There are plenty of substitutes these days for dairy and sugar, and you need to eliminate them totally to see the benefit.

[maurizio]

There is a good diet book specifically for Psoriasis, it's called "Healing Psoriasis". Psoriasis can be an hereditary condition, it can be triggered by stress and by food. Apparently red food such as peppers, tomatoes, prawns, lobsters and nightshades,such as aubergines, potatoes etc are forbidden for the psoriasis sufferers. Also white flour and rice, red meats.There are good things to add to the diet like linseed, slippery elm bark (which is a syrup). Buy this book and you'll get a better  insight as to what psoriasis is. Best of luck to your cousin.

[mullein]

rub the scalp with liquid parrafin which you can get from chemist..put a scarf round head and stay like that till morning then wash it off with coaltar shampoo also from chemist..boots online do a good service..get some aqueouse cream from chemist it is about �3 for 500 ml and use that on the body,,,bathe in epsom salts or dead sea salts..do not use perfumed products at all echinacea and dandelion root is also good for it..but reall with a case as severe as you say then the doctor has got to get a visit as if its that severe it may need hospital treatment..i suffer with it and mine has been so severe i have been in hospital but now its under control as i get dovonex ointment for it off doctor,,if you worry about it then it gets worse i know i have been their...if you want any other help e mail nhs direct as they will help you...mullein

[Tinker]

Psoriasis affects 2% of the population and there is still not a definitive reason behind why people get it. i suffer from psoriasis and there isn't a cure for it, you just have to learn to control it. One thing that definately helped me was using non-soap products. The Sanex shower gel range is quite cheap and mosturises my skin without drying out the nasty bits. Also, i use T-gel on my scalp which keeps it at bay there. Although it's quite expensive (around �5 a bottle), it does work and you only need to use it a couple of times a week. I bought some stuff of the Internet (Dermacinz), but that was quite expensive and although it did help, it didn't 100% clear it. I've also tried to minimise the amount of bread i eat because that can contains yeast which can be a cause in psoriasis sufferers. That's about it really, hope i've been a bit of help. Psoriasis is a bitch, but there's loads of products out there and personally because everyone's skin is different, i think it's a case of trial and error more than anything else.....Good Luck!!!!

[honkytonkman]

My brother has suffered severely with this for about 20 years. He has tried all the coal tar treatments, steroid creams, emollients (really just oily creams).

For his head he uses (about 2/3 times per week) a steroid hair mousse called Betamousse. You just rub it into the scalp morning and night, and it can sting a bit if there are any raw areas. That and the regular use of a shampoo called Alphosyl (available over the counter at chemists) seems to work.

For a while he was given intense sun-lamp treatment at the hospital, only shorts bursts of light/heat . You can only receive a dozen or so treatments but it really does work and can give relief for a good few weeks.

At present he takes a mild dose of a chemotherapy tablet called Methotrexate. It was found by accident, that one result of this cancer treatment is that it actually stops the psoriasis in its tracks. So for now his skin is completely clear and he once had all over body coverage. The major side effect being that it makes your immune system less effective so he is carefully monitored and is given mega-doses of antibiotics if he gets a cold or flu, as a preventative measure.

If his psoriasis is very bad most home treatments will give only limited relief so your cousin really needs a referral from his local doctor to a consultant dermatologist at a hospital. The range of treatments is increasing all the time. I wish him all the best. :)

[mullein]

everyone that has posted here have been full of good advice but the person with psoriasis is only a 12 year old child and should get medical attention as soon as possible...its not safe to rely on our prescriptions as the doctor or skin specialist in that childs area may have other ideas,,some times people delay going to the doctor and the condition can the spiral out of control ...mullein

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[jenniew]

I agree with the comments about getting your cousin proper medical advice regarding this condition. However I thought I would post this as it may be helpful for your cousin alongside proper medical advice and may be useful for other sufferers.

I have suffered from psoriasis in the past and still get the occasional recurrence when tired, run-down stressed etc. The doctor prescribed me various types of steriod based creams and ointments (such as eumvate etc) which didn't seem to make any difference at all. Someone suggested that I try aloe vera gel which I duly did, mixed with a couple of drops of a gentle skin oil. I also started taking aloe vera tablets but was informed that this was not the most effective way to take aloe internally and was recommended to try aloe vera juice (available from most health food stores - now in a couple of more pleasant flavours). It's not horribly unpleasant and can be diluted with water. It certainly did the trick for me though.

My father who also suffers from occasional outbreaks has followed the same advice and it does work wonders.

I also know of people who have taken echinacea to combat psoriasis as this is supposed to boost the immune system and is helpful for various skin complaints.