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Sat-09-04-2016, 15:43 PM
Hi there Dyorke
Welcome!
I'm a plaque psoriasis sufferer myself although I've had had some lumps and bumps under the skin in the past which were once designated as pustular, by my GP but not by the dermatologist that I was referred to.
I found this forum just over a month ago and have discovered it to be a brilliant resource. I've learned much more here about Psoriasis than I have from any other source and that includes the medical profession.
Dovobet - I have been prescribed that it the past and it did give me relief from itchiness but more importantly it really helped to flatten my skin and reduce the inflammation. But it has always been a temporary solution for me. P. always comes back if I stop using it.
I hope you hook up with someone on this site who has experience of your kind of P. and that you find the info you need to help you and your Dermatologist (when you get to see one of course!) decide upon your best treatment path.
Jim mentioned raw coconut oil. I endorse that 100%. Rub it on the skin and as it reaches your body temperature is melts in and soothes and softens. (It's almost a solid at room temperature.) Brilliant stuff. Used alongside other prescribed lotions and potions as a general moisturiser it works wonders.
Well, it does for me anyway. I got mine on Amazon.
I'm now being treated with a drug - pill form, taken internally, called Fumaderm. You need to be suffering from moderate to severe P. before they prescribe that stuff - and I'm making a journal of my "journey" on this treatment in this forum. I was inspired to do it by other members who were already doing the same thing.
I hope you manage to get a definite diagnosis soon and look forward to hearing how you get on.
Cheers
Kit
Welcome!
I'm a plaque psoriasis sufferer myself although I've had had some lumps and bumps under the skin in the past which were once designated as pustular, by my GP but not by the dermatologist that I was referred to.
I found this forum just over a month ago and have discovered it to be a brilliant resource. I've learned much more here about Psoriasis than I have from any other source and that includes the medical profession.
Dovobet - I have been prescribed that it the past and it did give me relief from itchiness but more importantly it really helped to flatten my skin and reduce the inflammation. But it has always been a temporary solution for me. P. always comes back if I stop using it.
I hope you hook up with someone on this site who has experience of your kind of P. and that you find the info you need to help you and your Dermatologist (when you get to see one of course!) decide upon your best treatment path.
Jim mentioned raw coconut oil. I endorse that 100%. Rub it on the skin and as it reaches your body temperature is melts in and soothes and softens. (It's almost a solid at room temperature.) Brilliant stuff. Used alongside other prescribed lotions and potions as a general moisturiser it works wonders.
Well, it does for me anyway. I got mine on Amazon.
I'm now being treated with a drug - pill form, taken internally, called Fumaderm. You need to be suffering from moderate to severe P. before they prescribe that stuff - and I'm making a journal of my "journey" on this treatment in this forum. I was inspired to do it by other members who were already doing the same thing.
I hope you manage to get a definite diagnosis soon and look forward to hearing how you get on.
Cheers
Kit