Psoriasis of any form is a chronic disease that has a non -infectious nature, and, accordingly, is not contagious.Nevertheless, cosmetically unattractive psoriatic plaques, severe itching, malaise and much more complex symptoms cause considerable suffering to the patient.Disputes about its appearance among doctors and scientists are still underway.However, various hypotheses indicate such factors that can provoke the disease:

- Difficult infectious diseases that influenced the work of the immune and other body systems.
- Constant stressful situations that violate the stable psycho -emotional state of a person.
- A predisposition to allergies.
- Long -term and uncontrolled by doctors to take medications.
- Thyroid function disorders.
The hereditary factor is also noted.So, the probability of getting psoriasis of any form is extremely high among those whose parents or other blood relatives suffered from this ailment.
By mistake, many believe that the first manifestation of psoriasis anywhere is the appearance of papules on the body.However, changes in the body begin to bother a person much earlier.A sense of fatigue, apathy and depression, general weakness and nervous exhaustion - all this is the predecessors of the appearance of psoriatic plaques.
After a week or two, visible signs of psoriasis appear.The first alarming bells that signal the onset of exacerbation of the disease are:
Depending on the general condition of the patient, the initial stage of psoriasis may be accompanied by exudative phenomena.In this case, the scales absorb exudate (serous fluid), become solid and rude.Under the crust, the skin constantly remains wet, and this can lead to the connection of a bacterial infection.
Depending on the form of psoriasis, it can affect various parts of the body, starting from the elbows and knees, ending with the hairy part of the head and nails.Depending on localization, the patient may have various symptoms.
People subject to this disease may encounter him, even at 20 years old.After prolonged treatment, the pathology will pass and may not return, for 10 years, but if there is a cause that activates the disease, repeated therapy is inevitable.
This theory is not fundamental, but it takes place in the list of causes of psoriasis.Hormonal disorders affect the reproduction of skin cells and regulation, which is a sign of failure in endocrine functionality.Conducting research on women with a different menstrual cycle, the period of ovulation and pregnant women, it was noticed that during periods of hormonal restructuring, psoriatic papules:
- Increase in size.
- They begin to cause more intense symptoms.
- Pass after the restoration of the hormonal background.

In some women, psoriasis manifests itself precisely during pregnancy, most often in the late stages.Then the doctor prescribes therapy, but it only reduces symptoms.It is likely that after the birth of the baby and the completion of the lactation period, the papules will disappear as mysteriously as they appeared.
Neuronarations
This theory is under development.
Scientists associate psychological problems with psoriasis, justifying them like this:
- In psychological trauma or failure, vasomotor neurosis appears in the walls of blood vessels and muscles in the hematopoiesis system.
- This provokes narrowing of the vascular walls.
- The skin lacks blood, and psoriatic plaques occur.
Metabolic disorders
This factor allows you to confirm the presence of psoriasis or highlight it among other pathologies.Conducting research, scientists have determined that all patients with psoriasis have the following problems:
- Reduced bodily temperature.Testifies to metabolic disorders.
- Increased cholesterol.Because of this, doctors began to be called psoriasis-cholesterol diathesis.The fact is that an increase in blood cholesterol provokes a violation of lipid metabolism and the appearance of scaly papules.
- Vitamin imbalance, especially groups A, B6 and B12, while with excess.This factor affects the functionality of immune activity, which in turn provokes the occurrence of keratinized skin.
In order to figure out how psoriasis looks at the initial stage, it is important to know the following symptoms of the disease:
- The first rashes most often occur in skin folds, as well as in places of cuts, scratches, abrasions.The spots have a pink or reddish tint, clear boundaries.
- In the center of the spot, peeling is marked, but this does not always happen.For example, there are no scales with harassed psoriasis.Atypical forms of the disease can occur without peeling.
- Psoriatic plaques are initially small and do not merge.

Initially, the patient has a sudden occurrence of reddish rashes on the arms, legs, elbows torso and part of the head covered with hair.With the manifestation of the disease in young children, signs can be mistakenly mistaken for diathesis.Sometimes the baby begins to actively treat from an allergic reaction.Of course, the insidiousness of the disease is that the correct diagnosis does not always occur in a timely manner.Meanwhile, the further outcome of the disease depends on the correct decision of the doctor.With quickly rendered help, psoriasis can subside for a long period.
In the form of the primary element is a pimpling of a red-pink shade that has clear boundaries and a rounded shape.The plaques are covered with gray scales that can be easily separated.In the place of the pathological process, inflammation is noted, edema can be visualized on the skin.Often, the formation of a specific rash is accompanied by severe itching.
In order to accurately diagnose the disease, the papule is injected.With this manipulation, characteristic features called by the psoriatic triad are manifested.
- The phenomenon of the stearine spot.If you scream the plaque, then its surface will be white, and the scales that cover it exfoliate.The processing place will resemble a drop of Starin, which is carefully lost.
- The phenomenon of the thermal film.If the braking is prolonged, then after removing the scales on the skin, a reddish surface is clearly visible.
- The phenomenon of blood dew.Long -term mechanical contact with the papula provokes the formation of very small drops of blood.This feature suggests that the patient has small -point hemorrhages.
In some cases, the manifestation of psoriasis at the initial stage is accompanied by the presence of exudative complications.That is, scales will absorb a grayish liquid and form a rough crust in problem areas.When removing such a defect, a weeping skin island remains.The danger is that through such wounds, bacterial infections of the second type can penetrate.The progress of the disease is characterized by the formation of plaques of impressive size, which affect large areas of the patient's body.
With psoriatic disease in patients, 3 stages of development are noted:
- Progressive.The onset of the disease can be very stormy, unexpectedly the skin is dotted with pitch rashes.The size of their less pins head.On the upper part of each papule, a gray scales are visible.As psoriasis spreads, the rash will begin to grow, an enhanced itch occurs, plaques arise.Due to the possible wet state of the inflamed area, infectious lesion often joins the disease.
- Stationary.After a period of time, inflamed nodules cease to develop.They do not disappear, but the formation of new foci is not noted.A crust may appear on plaques, there is no inflammatory process.
- Regressive.The final cycle of the disease begins, do not confuse it with recovery.The process can manifest itself again as soon as a provoking factor arises.The resorption and reduction of plaques occurs from the middle of the formation, therefore, by the end of the stage in the patient, there may be rings or other strange forms on the skin.Quite soon all the papules will disappear, and there will be no trace of inflammation and itching.

At the initial stage, local drugs are mainly used.They allow you to quickly reduce itching, stop the pathological process of cell division and relieve inflammation.But most importantly, the use of hormonal drugs and cytostatics, which have a lot of side effects, is not required here.
The main methods of therapy are as follows:
- Local treatment (ointments, cream, tinctures) to relieve symptoms of the disease and restore the dermis;
- Elimination of psoriasis root causes.For example, if the disease was provoked by allergies, antihistamines are prescribed.A patient who is depressed or experiences severe stress - sedative, etc.
- Diet therapy;
- Folk remedies (baths, tinctures, compresses) - remove itching, restore affected areas.
Medical remedies
The initial stage of psoriasis of any localization is easily treated with local drugs.Most often, patients are prescribed:
- Ointments developed on the basis of tar;
- Keratolic pharmacy products;
- Solidol -based drugs.
In therapy of the initial stage of psoriasis, creams with the addition of vitamin D3 have proven themselves well.If treatment with local preparations of the initial stage did not give results, but it happens extremely rarely, prescription products are prescribed.

Folk methods
Folk recipes for psoriasis sometimes have the most amazing results in the disease.Consider several popular recipes:
- A decoction of bay leaf.To reduce unpleasant symptoms of pathology, a decoction of bay leaf is used.To do this, 10 middle leaves are placed in enameled dishes, pour 500 ml of boiling water, boil for 7 - 10 minutes.After cooling with the decoction, plaques are washed.
- Sophora Japanese.The fruits of the plant are poured with alcohol in a ratio of 1: 2.The product is insisted for at least a month, taken by a spoon three times a day.
- Herbal baths.Mix a tablespoon of chamomile, series, nettles, elderberry, calendulas and yarrow.Pour the resulting mixture with a liter of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes.The decoction is filtered, added to the bathroom,
- Ointment from propolis.Propolis is widely used for skin diseases.The product has a nutritious, healing, anti -inflammatory, immunomodulating effect.To prepare the ointment, 100 g of propolis, a tablespoon of petroleum jelly, 10 drops of sea buckthorn oil are mixed.The mixture is stored in the refrigerator, applied to the lesions 2 - 3 times a day.
- Egg ointment.Mix a tablespoon of medical solidol, 2 raw proteins, 5 drops of celandine juice.Mix the ingredients thoroughly, lubricate the spots several times a day.
- Celery.To eliminate unbearable itching, the root of the plant is thoroughly crushed, the porridge is applied to the damage to the dermis.
- Using onions.Onions are passed through a meat grinder, applied to gauze or bandage, the resulting compress is applied to rashes.
- Tincture of nine.The root of the plant is crushed, insist on alcohol for 20 days.The resulting tincture is lubricated.You can take the product inside a teaspoon 2 times a day.
- Compress from potatoes.Peel fresh potatoes, pass through a meat grinder.Apply the resulting porridge to the area of rashes.
- Sea buckthorn oil.The oil has useful properties for the skin, nourishes vitamins, moisturizes, promotes regeneration.The product is applied with a thin layer, carefully lubricating plaques.After 15 - 20 minutes, washed the oil.
You cannot cure psoriasis.Faced with pathology, people are forced to suffer from the disease all their lives.The quality of life will be curtained from compliance with the rules for the prevention of the disease and literacy of treatment of pathology.When fulfilling all recommendations, it is possible to maintain a period of remission for many years.
As folk remedies that relieve inflammation and support immune activity, they are applied:
- Sea buckthorn, olive, peach oil.It moisturizes the skin well and does not overstate with liquid.
- Chamomile, oak bark, needles.It is useful for removing the inflammatory process.It is supposed to make lotions based on these ingredients.
- Lemon broth and rosehip tincture.Clean the digestive system, and restores normal processes.
It is much more difficult to treat psoriasis, which has appeared in the hands or other body of the body than to prevent the prevention of the disease.To reduce the risk of this ailment, it is necessary to avoid stress, diseases of an infectious, immune and viral nature, regularly moisturize the skin with creams and abandon bad habits.
Using shampoos
Treatment of the scalp with psoriasis is carried out using shampoos.Modern pharmaceuticals offers a wide selection of shampoos.

Sometimes shampoos are used not only for the head, but also for the whole body.After the procedure, the body is necessarily rinsed with clean water, lubricated with a nutrient cream.
Prevention
Compliance with the following measures will help to avoid exacerbations and re -appearance of psoriasis:
- The Pegano diet is based on limiting meat, fat, smoked meats, sweets and introducing dishes into the diet that form an alkaline environment and create acidity (cereals, vegetables, fruits, sour -milk products, herbs);
- increased water consumption;
- a complete rejection of bad habits;
- Healthy sleep, lack of stress;
- sunbathing;
- moisturizing hands, avoid contact with detergents, toilet soap;
- Beware of cuts, wounds, abrasions.