Health Boards
Wed-29-08-2018, 09:25 AM
Hi Imapsomum,
My niece was covered as a little kid. Her dermatologist used a coal tar preparation which can be made at a pharmacy: It took a number of weeks, but it was eventually effective. My sister tells me this story with the inference that I did not manage my psoriasis properly. This narks me and I tell her that the topicals I used were excellent, but they failed because as my disease had worsened they were no longer up to the job. This became very apparent to me when I started systemic fumaric acid esters and reduced my disease by 90% within a few months.
Having had psoriasis for nearly thirty years, many of those years with a severe illness, I can assure you that I am only interested in treatments that work. Having the great fortune of being on a really effective treatment for nearly six years, I now view alternative therapies and dietary management with the contempt that they deserve. As for steroids I would not touch them.
My advice is to keep following the advice of your dermatologist. Psoriasis is not a disease to be on the wrong side of. It is certainly not a disease that you can treat unconventionally (true for at least 99% of sufferers). Find something that works!
Good luck.
My niece was covered as a little kid. Her dermatologist used a coal tar preparation which can be made at a pharmacy: It took a number of weeks, but it was eventually effective. My sister tells me this story with the inference that I did not manage my psoriasis properly. This narks me and I tell her that the topicals I used were excellent, but they failed because as my disease had worsened they were no longer up to the job. This became very apparent to me when I started systemic fumaric acid esters and reduced my disease by 90% within a few months.
Having had psoriasis for nearly thirty years, many of those years with a severe illness, I can assure you that I am only interested in treatments that work. Having the great fortune of being on a really effective treatment for nearly six years, I now view alternative therapies and dietary management with the contempt that they deserve. As for steroids I would not touch them.
My advice is to keep following the advice of your dermatologist. Psoriasis is not a disease to be on the wrong side of. It is certainly not a disease that you can treat unconventionally (true for at least 99% of sufferers). Find something that works!
Good luck.