What is Psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes skin cells to grow 10 times faster than average. This allows the skin to build up into bumpy red patches covered in white scales. They can develop anywhere, but most of them occur on the scalp, elbows, knees, and lower back. Psoriasis cannot be transmitted from person to person. It occurs often in members of the same family.
Psoriasis typically occurs in early adulthood. It impacts only a few places and most people. Psoriasis can cover large areas of the body in extreme cases. Patches will recover and then come back all the way through a person’s life.
Symptoms of Psoriasis
Symptoms may include white, red, or silvery raised patches of scaly skin that may occur everywhere on the body, including the genital area; rough, flaky, cracking skin that may bleed; burning or itchy skin; pussy-filled blisters; pitted, wrinkled, or yellowish-orange toenails or fingernails.
Types of Psoriasis
There are various types of psoriasis that have different characteristics.
According to the International Psoriasis Council (IPC), there are 5 forms in total. A. Chronic psoriasis plaque, B. Psoriasis Guttate, C. Psoriasis Pustular, D. Psoriasis Erythrodermic, E. Psoriasis Nail.
- Plaque Psoriasis
- Guttate Psoriasis.
- Pustular Psoriasis
- Inverse Psoriasis
- Erythrodermic psoriasis
- Nail Psoriasis, Scalp Psoriasis
- Psoriatic arthritis
Causes of Psoriasis
The precise cause of psoriasis remains a mystery. Researchers conclude that something is beginning in the immune system. But this is potentially a mixture of risk factors and causes.
Genetic influences play an important part in aetiology (7-36 per cent)
How common it is?
The prevalence of psoriasis in India is projected to be between 0.44% and 2.8%.
Treatment options
As per Ayurveda, psoriasis can be broadly referred to kitibha, Eka kushta.
Vatakaphara chikitsa is basically recommended.
There may be remedies such as Phase F clearance formulations, sarvanga takra Phase F clearance formulations, etc.
Pathya (Do’s):—
- Lifestyle improvements, including daily exercise, healthier food.
- Losing weight to help keep hormones in check
- Yoga
- Meditation:
- Pranayama, breathing exercises
- Old rice, barley, green gram, bitter vegetables, and meat from wild animals are good.
Apathya (Don’t):-
- Smoking
- Junk, sticky, packaged, preserved food or coffee beverages
- Sour, salty, heat-producing items like pepper, etc- curd, milk, jaggery, the meat of marshy animals, sesame seeds, black gram are contraindicated
- Sexual intimacy and alcoholic liquor should be prohibited.
- Sedentary lifestyles
- Excess sleep for the day, eating straight after dinner.
- Evite stress
Our Take
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