Modern ideas about psoriasis and its treatment

Psoriasis also called psoriasis. He is one of the most common skin disease and is chronic. Psoriasis lasts for long years and is accompanied by periods of exacerbations and remissions.
Epidemiology In this research suffers from psoriasis for about 2 percent of the people.

Clinic In psoriasis, skin is covered with patches of size of 1-3 mm in diameter, but they may be more, reaching 2-3 inches. They are pink in color, the surface is covered with scales of gray. Combing spots observed phenomenon of "blood dew" stearin spot and so on. The beginning of the disease occurs in different patients in different ways. As a rule, early plaques are on the same ground, they are sufficient enough, the spots gradually grow under the influence of certain circumstances (the abolition of dietary restrictions, trauma, pregnancy, etc.). After  Systemic treatment of Aromatic retinoids. This medication is used to treat skin diseases and psoriasis, specifically more than 20 years. The drugs are based on the normalization process of cell division, and their keratinization.

Atsetrin is the drug of new generation and has been developed over the last few years.
His predecessor etretinate has several disadvantages in comparison with the above drug - it accumulates in the body, during its partial removal is 100 days (while atsetrin output for 50 hours). Neotigazon - one of the drugs, consisting of atsetrina. The duration of treatment is about 6 weeks and gives excellent results in the fight against psoriasis of the scalp, psoriatic arthritis and nail lesions.
Studies show that the cure (clinical) occurs in 12% of cases, a significant positive effect of notice of 41% and 47% were just talking about improving the condition. It's only the treatment with this drug. However, if you combine it with therapy based on irradiation with ultraviolet rays, the healing occurs in 84%, a significant improvement in 12% and 4%, just better. When ultraviolet light is contraindicated acceptable combination of retinoids with psorkutanom, then the effect is amplified to 67%.

Cyclosporin A. This drug acts on the inflammation, removing it, and also reduces the activity of T lymphocytes. This drug is recommended for use only when others do not have the desired effect. It is designed to combat severe forms of the disease.

Metrotreksat. Has, so to speak, antifolievym effect, and therefore prevents the formation of DNA and cell proliferation. To the greatest extent it affects the cells of the epidermis. Apply this medication only in the most severe cases.

PUVA therapy. Often the treatment beams UVA (long wave rays is the length of 360-365 nm) combined with the reception of photosensitizers. For the treatment of major importance is the interaction of a photosensitizer and ultraviolet rays. The course of treatment lasts usually until they are made of 20-30 procedures.

SFT or selective phototherapy. In this case, the treatment produced beams with an average wavelength - UVB, a length of 315-320 nm. The course of treatment is about the same as with PUVA therapy.

Climatotherapy. Treatment at the Dead Sea or the Black Sea gives good results. This is due to natural conditions of these places, namely a combination of ultraviolet therapy, the specific humidity of air pressure. The Dead Sea is about 400 meters below sea level, which offers some advantages. This creates a good combination of UVA and UVB rays.

Another feature of the resort at the Dead Sea is a very high pressure and high levels of oxygen in the air. Water also has healing properties - it has a high concentration of mineral salts and minerals.

Treatment at this resort is a combination of sun bathing, sea bathing. Topical treatment is continued and used oils of natural origin, moisturizing creams and ointments on the basis of the already mentioned tar, sulfur and salicylic acid. Duration of treatment for at least 28 days.

Improved point almost everyone who passed this treatment. Deterioration was not anybody. Climatotherapy at the Dead Sea is more effective than treatment in the Black.