Psoriasis
Meridian three-combined therapy for treatment of ordinary psoriasis: a multi-center randomized controlled study
CONCLUSION: The meridian three-combined therapy is effective and safe for treatment of ordinary psoriasis.
Effect of combined herbal medicine therapy on the expression of psoriasis-associated antigen-Pso p27 in patients with psoriasis
CONCLUSION: The combined herbal medicine therapy is effective in treating psoriasis vulgaris in both acute and silent stages, which may be resulted from its inhibition of the expression of Pso p27.
Why I like my job.
Yesterday in clinic I had the opportunity to show a series of photographs to a patient that had been taken over the past year and a half, during the treatment of her chronic psoriasis. She had been asking me for them and I was waiting for this brand new macbook (that I just purchased) so that I could edit them easier :-)
Skin diseases in alcoholics
The most common skin manifestations of alcoholism presented in this
review article are urticarial reactions, porphyria cutanea tarda,
flushing, cutaneous stigmata of cirrhosis, psoriasis, pruritus,
seborrheic dermatitis, and rosacea
Relationship between smoking and the clinical severity of psoriasis.
CONCLUSION: Smoking is associated with the clinical severity of
psoriasis and highlights the importance of smoking cessation in
patients with psoriasis.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between different components of
smoking history and the clinical severity of psoriasis. DESIGN: A
hospital-based cross-sectional study.
Alcohol as a risk factor for plaque-type psoriasis.
We recommend that clinicians discourage patients with psoriasis from
consuming alcohol, especially during periods of disease exacerbation.
Psoriais is a systemic disease and should be treated as such!
Well here is another rant about how psoriasis is truly a sysptemic disease, a fact that Chinese medicine has identified for hundreds of years. A recent article published in the British Journal of Dermatology stated that people with psoriasis have an increased risk of heart disease. The authors stated that traditionally western dermatologists mainly focused on psoriasis in the skin and joint level, but failed to view any correlation to other organ systems.
Psoriasis: An Opportunity to Identify Cardiovascular Risk
Psoriasis is highly prevalent and is associated with skin-associated
complaints as well as arthritis, depression and a lower quality of
life. Recently, it has been demonstrated that not only do patients with
psoriasis have an increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors,
but an increased risk of myocardial infarction, and for those with
