Health Boards
Sun-18-09-2011, 19:13 PM
Lostintranslation Wrote
Ok so we all know what psoriasis looks like, we know it itches, we know when it cracks, splits and gets scratched it hurts. But what about what people don't see, the mental torture of it? Luckily for us things are changing, dermatologists are starting to understand the psychological damage it can cause and now use things such as 'quality of life index' to check just how much patients are affected. Studies have revealed high incidences of depression among sufferers and also suicidal ideation (basically meaning we think/have thought about it even though deep down we probably wouldn't do it) higher even than among groups with terminal diseases. Treatment plans are drawn up taking this into account to a degree but in the end it's down to each individual to discover how to cope with the emotional aspect of it, the road to acceptance is a long and often difficult one for many of us. There are numerous different approaches to this and it's interesting to hear how others cope so lets get the ball rolling and share some tricks and stories folks, I'll be brave and go first
Ok so we all know what psoriasis looks like, we know it itches, we know when it cracks, splits and gets scratched it hurts. But what about what people don't see, the mental torture of it? Luckily for us things are changing, dermatologists are starting to understand the psychological damage it can cause and now use things such as 'quality of life index' to check just how much patients are affected. Studies have revealed high incidences of depression among sufferers and also suicidal ideation (basically meaning we think/have thought about it even though deep down we probably wouldn't do it) higher even than among groups with terminal diseases. Treatment plans are drawn up taking this into account to a degree but in the end it's down to each individual to discover how to cope with the emotional aspect of it, the road to acceptance is a long and often difficult one for many of us. There are numerous different approaches to this and it's interesting to hear how others cope so lets get the ball rolling and share some tricks and stories folks, I'll be brave and go first