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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye

The Psoriasis is a common skin disease it characterized by very thickened red skin covered with thick, patches of inflamed, and silvery scales. The knees and elbows are the up most common areas affected by the psoriasis. Also it will often appear in the same place on the both sides of body.

Patches can range in the size from very smaller than a dime to larger than a hand. So whatever the case is, the treatment for is exactly needed.

The ‘Acitretin’ is a retinoid with properties that is very similar to vitamin A used as the treatment for psoriasis. For most patients, it does not appear to be as much effective as methotrexate or cyclosporine in the treatment of plaque psoriasis. However, in fact it works quite well for pustular psoriasis. Also various side effects of such treatment for that include dryness of the skin, lips, eyes and nose, elevation of the cholesterol and liver toxicity and the bone changes to a great extent.

generally, it takes about a month for new skin cells to move from the lowest layer of the skin, where they first form, up to the outermost layer, where they die and scale off in flakes in the treatment for psoriasis. In psoriasis, the life cycle of skin cells also speeds up, also resulting in a multitude of dead cells on the skin’s outer layer. Actually the skin disease is not a contagious. Doctors believe that to be an inherited disease and it is influenced by many factors.

Lymphocyte is considered for immune activation of the white cells. Other types of lymphocytes called T-cell lymphocytes produce chemical mediators called cytokines. Actually these cause the cells within the epidermis to grow very quickly. Human skin is active in the identified immunological organ that also explains why we develop to skin rashes as a result of some allergic reactions to multiple substances including medications.

Treatment is characterized by a few isolated raised patches, also begins with the skin care, which also includes keeping your skin moist and being some lubricated. Other basic treatment approaches often involve the combinations of some other therapies and products that can be purchased without a prescription of doctor, including creams, lotions and ointments to lubricate the skin and it is also most shampoos, oils, and sprays, to treat the of the scalp. As there are a range of ointments, as treatment for the of the nails and exposure to tender sunlight also help healing the problem.
Some topical treatment for psoriasis

-Vitamin D compounds such as the calcipotriene.

-Topical corticosteroids.

-Retinoids such as tazarotene.

-Anthralin and tars.