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Healing Psoriasis Hypnosis Session – Video

Posted: December 24, 2013 at 7:47 am

Healing Psoriasis Hypnosis Session
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Psoriasis Treatment Medical Course – Video

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For Educational Use Only - Fair Use - Dermatologist Dr. Sonia Batra demonstrates how Levia an at-home phototherapy device is used to treat psoriasis.rnrn.

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Psoriasis – Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Posted: December 23, 2013 at 5:43 am

La psoriasis (AFI:[soja.sis], del griego , picor) es una enfermedad inflamatoria crnica de la piel que produce lesiones escamosas engrosadas e inflamadas, con una amplia variabilidad clnica y evolutiva. No es contagiosa, aunque s puede ser hereditaria, es ms probable que la hereden los hombres que las mujeres.

Puede afectar a cualquier parte de la piel, frecuentemente a las zonas de codos, rodillas, cuero cabelludo, abdomen y espalda. No es raro que produzca afectacin de las uas.Esto se conoce como psoriasis ungueal. Las uas pueden ser la nica zona afectada al principio de la psoriasis. En ocasiones produce complicaciones como la artritis psorisica.

La clasificacin ms utilizada se organiza segn los sntomas, los tipos de lesiones cutneas y la gravedad general del cuadro. Es la clasificacin ms til para la eleccin de su tratamiento y para el conocimiento del pronstico de la enfermedad en cada paciente. La clasificacin est detallada en el apartado de manifestaciones clnicas. En la antigedad era falsamente diagnosticada como lepra, debido a la similitud de sintomatologa.

Se estima que entre un 1 y un 3% de la poblacin sufre de psoriasis.[1][2] Si bien puede aparecer a cualquier edad, suele hacerlo entre los 15 y los 35 aos, con un pico mximo de incidencia en la segunda dcada. Afecta por igual a ambos sexos, aunque es ms precoz en mujeres y en personas con antecedentes familiares. Por otro lado, no existe relacin entre psoriasis y cncer de piel (no maligniza).

La causa de la psoriasis es una velocidad anormalmente alta de mitosis en las clulas epidrmicas que se puede relacionar con una sustancia transportada en la sangre, un defecto en el sistema inmune.

Se cree que no tiene una causa nica, sino multifactorial, en individuos con predisposicin gentica a padecerla y que puede ser desencadenada o exacerbada por diversos factores ambientales.

La herencia de esta enfermedad es posiblemente polignica. Se ha demostrado una importante agregacin familiar,[3] el aumento de concordancia en gemelos monocigotos y la asociacin a determinados HLA.

En este sentido, se asocia la predisposicin a psoriasis con los antgenos HLA-CW6, y HLA-DR7. Adems, existe correlacin entre el tipo clnico de psoriasis y otros antgenos HLA. Por ejemplo, el HLA-B17 se asocia a un inicio ms precoz y un curso ms grave, y el HLA-B27 est relacionado con la forma pustulosa generalizada.

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Aunque est poco esclarecida, hay dos hechos bsicos: la hiperplasia epidrmica por un aumento de la poblacin germinativa, y el infiltrado inflamatorio de la dermis. La inflamacin viene mediada por el Linfocito T CD4+ que libera (junto al queratinocito) citocinas proliferativas, que estimulan la proliferacin de las clulas epidrmicas. La respuesta inflamatoria es de tipo celular, frente a un autoantgeno an desconocido, o frente a un superantgeno estreptoccico en el caso de la psoriasis en gotas postinfecciosa.

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What Is Psoriasis?

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What is Psoriasis?

Psoriasis (sore-EYE-ah-sis) is a medical condition that occurs when skin cells grow too quickly. Faulty signals in the immune system cause new skin cells to form in days rather than weeks. The body does not shed these excess skin cells, so the cells pile up on the surface of the skin and lesions form.

What are the signs and symptoms? The lesions vary in appearance with the type of psoriasis. There are five types of psoriasis: Plaque, guttate, pustular, inverse, and erythrodermic. About 80% of people living with psoriasis have plaque (plak) psoriasis, also called psoriasis vulgaris. Plaque psoriasis causes patches of thick, scaly skin that may be white, silvery, or red. Called plaques (plax), these patches can develop anywhere on the skin. The most common areas to find plaques are the elbows, knees, lower back, and scalp.

Psoriasis also can affect the nails. About 50% of people who develop psoriasis see changes in their fingernails and/or toenails. If the nails begin to pull away from the nail bed or develop pitting, ridges, or a yellowish-orange color, this could be a sign of psoriatic (sore-EE-at-ic) arthritis. Without treatment, psoriatic arthritis can progress and become debilitating. It is important to see a dermatologist if nail changes begin or joint pain develops. Early treatment can prevent joint deterioration.

What causes psoriasis? Psoriasis is not contagious. You cannot get psoriasis from touching someone who has psoriasis, swimming in the same pool, or even intimate contact. Psoriasis is much more complex.

So complex, in fact, scientists are still studying what happens when psoriasis develops. We know that the persons immune system and genes play key roles. In studying the immune system, scientists discovered that when a person has psoriasis, the T cells (a type of white blood cell that fights unwanted invaders such as bacteria and viruses) mistakenly trigger a reaction in the skin cells. This is why you may hear psoriasis referred to as a T cell-mediated disease.

This reaction activates a series of events, causing new skin cells to form in days rather than weeks. The reason T cells trigger this reaction seems to lie in our DNA. People who develop psoriasis inherit genes that cause psoriasis. Unlike some autoimmune conditions, it appears that many genes are involved in psoriasis.

Scientists are still trying to identify all of the genes involved. One of the genes that has been identified is called PSORS1 (SORE-ESS-1). This is one of several genes that regulates how the immune system fights infection.

Scientists also have learned that not everyone who inherits genes for psoriasis gets psoriasis. For psoriasis to appear, it seems that a person must inherit the right mix of genes and be exposed to a trigger. Some common triggers are a stressful life event, skin injury, and having strep throat. Many people say that that their psoriasis first appeared after experiencing one of these. Triggers are not universal. What triggers psoriasis in one person may not cause psoriasis to develop in another.

Who gets psoriasis? People worldwide develop psoriasis. In the United States, nearly 7.5 million people have psoriasis and about 150,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Studies indicate that psoriasis develops about equally in males and females. Research also shows that Caucasians develop psoriasis more frequently than other races. A study conducted in the United States found the prevalence was 2.5% in Caucasians and 1.3% in African Americans.

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How to treat psoriasis | In Good Shape – Interview – Video

Posted: December 22, 2013 at 3:46 pm

How to treat psoriasis | In Good Shape - Interview
Dermatologist Dr. Yael Adler explains how psoriasis develops and what treatments can be most effective in reducing skin irritation and soreness. Read more: h...

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