Hey Everyone!

[Bob-Carcass]

Hi Bob and I'm glad you have registered and made your first post so   to the club, where you will find a friendly group of sufferers ( some more sane than others ) you will find ...but we do all support each other through this disease and advise what works and what doesn't in a non judgemental way.

You are very young to have to suffer with this and as you say it's the foot pain and not being able to walk on them which must be the hardest thing to deal with,

You say you have only just been diagnosed ....was it a GP or a dermatologist that diagnosed it . A dermatologist should have steered you onto a path of treatment, if they haven't I suggest you get back in touch with them and tell them how it's affecting your quality of life and you need to be treating it with something

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Hope to hear more from you and if you have any questions just shout there is often someone close by to answer

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the response, I was misdiagnosed twice by a GP, I went to a Podiatrist who suggested it could be psoriasis, I then happened to come in contact with a Doctor while taking my sister to A&E and on first glace he said Psoriasis, this prompted me to see a dermatologist yesterday who confirmed it was Psoriasis. As far as treatment goes she put me on a long list for some ultraviolet treatment for the nails and prescribed an acid based cream to be applied every night for two weeks. 

I know myself that stopping smoking, limiting stress and changing my diet may all help but of course it's all very difficult and will take time, for the short term just to be able to manage my feet and start doing the things I want to do again would be ideal.