Pustular psoriasis advice needed

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Hi - I’m sorry to hear your struggle to see a dermatologist, I remember it took me ages to convince my gp to refer me.

But I’m not that surprised the gp doesn’t know all about it, unless they have dermatology training. Which is why it’s so stupid that they resist referrals. I don’t think they can imagine the impact it has on your life, they look at your skin and think, oh that doesn’t look nice but they just don’t grasp the chronic pain, itching, lack of sleep etc.

Have they tried you on prednisolone (steroid) tablets yet? Whilst it’s not ideal to be on it, it saved me from a bad outbreak of psoriasis which went red and hot, I believe it was erythrodermic.

I was on that a few months whilst waiting to go on more standard psoriasis treatment. I actually went private for that outbreak, paying for one consultation with a derm. who then transferred me back to the nhs for the actual treatment. I was already under the nhs derm at the time, but they had dismissed my severe symptoms with a tube of eumovate, and I was desperate.

I hope you get help soon, at least they have now referred you.