Health Boards
Wed-15-01-2025, 14:44 PM
My two cents..
I consider UVB treatment as a dead-end street… I’m sorry.
But… it does help, only it is a very symptom driven treatment. You treat the skin, while the real problem is in your immune system.
It really is scientifically proven that too much sunshine, so too much UVB, can lead to skin cancer.
In the dutch magazine of the psoriasis association once was an article interview with an oncologist about this subject.
In another edition of the magazine there was an article of a very “light” treatment with UVB, so called Low-dose treatment.
That article tells about research that shows that daily low-dose treatment with UV, does not damage the skin and gives the skin each day time to recover. Allthough this research was very positive it was ignored by the Dutch dermatology society and never had a breakthrough.
Still I have such a unit in my house, it is a Dermasun machine, which is in my shower. So basically while showering I can switch it on and have a 3 or 4 minute treatment. (You need to wear protecting goggles).
I have Psoriatic Arthritis, but a higher dose of vit D, also works positivefor Psoriatic Arthritis, for the simple reason that vit D has an influence on the immune system, explains that effect.
Still I do think that the biologics are the way to go for the treatment of severe psoriasis. Biologics work fundamentally on the immune system, that is one step less symptom driven. Still they do not work on the cause.
As biologics are there for already quite some time and as severe side effects do not occur, I think it is a safe way to go.
I consider UVB treatment as a dead-end street… I’m sorry.
But… it does help, only it is a very symptom driven treatment. You treat the skin, while the real problem is in your immune system.
It really is scientifically proven that too much sunshine, so too much UVB, can lead to skin cancer.
In the dutch magazine of the psoriasis association once was an article interview with an oncologist about this subject.
In another edition of the magazine there was an article of a very “light” treatment with UVB, so called Low-dose treatment.
That article tells about research that shows that daily low-dose treatment with UV, does not damage the skin and gives the skin each day time to recover. Allthough this research was very positive it was ignored by the Dutch dermatology society and never had a breakthrough.
Still I have such a unit in my house, it is a Dermasun machine, which is in my shower. So basically while showering I can switch it on and have a 3 or 4 minute treatment. (You need to wear protecting goggles).
I have Psoriatic Arthritis, but a higher dose of vit D, also works positivefor Psoriatic Arthritis, for the simple reason that vit D has an influence on the immune system, explains that effect.
Still I do think that the biologics are the way to go for the treatment of severe psoriasis. Biologics work fundamentally on the immune system, that is one step less symptom driven. Still they do not work on the cause.
As biologics are there for already quite some time and as severe side effects do not occur, I think it is a safe way to go.