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GRAB THE RECIPE ONLINE AND
WELL, FOR PEOPLE WITH
PSORIASIS, SOMETIMES THEY
HAVE ITCH THAT WON'T STOP
LITERALLY EVEN WHEN THEY
ITCH IT SOMETIMES IT MAKES
IT WORSE.
SO TODAY, WE HAVE BARD
CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST
DR. BENDER HERE WITH GULF
COAST DERMATOLOGY AND SKIN
CARE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT PSORIASIS AND THE
TREATMENTS, THE CAUSES ANY
THING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
AND FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN SOMEONE'S BODY WHO HAS
DETERMINE TOLL LE GIST, WHAT
CAUSES THAT?
WELL, PSORIASIS IS
ACTUALLY CAUSED BY THE I
UNION EVER MUNN SYSTEM.
THE CELLS ARE NOT DOING WHAT
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING WHICH IS PROTECT FROM
INFECTION.
THEY TURN ON CERTAIN
RECEPTORS AND BASICALLY
MAKES IT WHERE THE SKIN
DOESN'T REGENERATE OURSELF
IN THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF
TIME.
OKAY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
ANYBODY CAN GET, RIGHT.
YES.
IT IS SOMETHING ANYONE CAN
GET CERTAINLY KNOW THERE ARE
SOME GENETIC SITUATIONS
WHERE PATIENTS HAVE A
HISTORY OF IT IN THEIR
FAMILY SO IT CAN BE
HEREDITARY AND BUT YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF MY PATIENT, THERE
IS NO FAMILY HISTORY AT
ALL.
IT CAN BE SEEN ON THE
ELBOWS, ON THE KNEES, BUT
REALLY ANYWHERE.
IT CAN BE EVEN ANYWHERE
THE MOST COMMONPLACES ARE
ELBOWS, KNEES, SCALP AND THE
SOULS CAN BE INVOLVE.
CERTAINLY OTHER PATIENTS WHO
COULD HAVE IT HEAD-TO-TOE AS
WELL.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT ARE NOT EVEN
SUPERFICIAL, JOINT UNDER
FINGERNAILS.
YES.
YOU CAN HAVE NAIL PITTING
AND CERTAINLY SOME PATIENTS
THEY DON'T HAVE THE RASH OF
PSORIASIS THEY TONIGHT HAVE
THE RED PLAQUES WITH SILVERY
SCALE WE SEE.
THEY MAY HAVE THINNING.
THEY MAY HAVE JOINT PAIN SO
WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF
THE OTHER SYMPTOMS THAT ARE
GOING ON AS WELL.
AND AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER.
SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, IF WE
HAVE ANT ABOUT IT OR
MOSQUITO BITE, WE CAN ITCH
IT AND VIDE TEMPORARY
RELIEF.
FOR THESE PATIENTS THEY ITCH
AND IT WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
WHY IS THAT?
THEY DON'T GETTISHY.
THEY DON'T GET ITCHY.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ITCHY WE
DON'T KNOW WHY.
WE THINK AGAIN OF SOMETHING
TO DO WITH CELLS AND
CERTAINLY THAT IS WHAT US
CASS.
WHAT ABOUT TREATMENT INTO
WELL, THE GOOD NEWING ABOUT
PSORIASIS IS WE HAVE
TREATMENTS THAT WILL
MITIGATE IT.
THE BAD NEWS WE DON'T HAVE A
CURE YET.
RIGHT.
SO YOU KNOW PATIENT HAS
SOMETHING SKIN PROBLEMS ON
THEIR SKELP, HE'LL BEERS
KNEES IF THEY HAVE A LIMITED
TYPE OF PSORIASIS WE CAN
GIVE THEM SOMETHING TOP CALL
TO USE.
I LOVE TREATMENT TOPICALLY
OR WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE
A LASER TREATMENT FOR
PSORIASIS THAT IS APPROVED.
THERE MAY BE THERAPY.
I LIKE BOTH OF THOSE.
THERE IS VERY, VERY LITTLE
RISK WITH THOSE TREATMENT
OPTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS
STARTING TO GET MORE OF THE
ARTHRITIC CHANGE, OF
PSORIASIS OR THEY GOT SERRIE
SIS ON GREATER THAN 15-20%
OF THE POD I DY IT IS HARD
TO TREAT THAT TOPICALLY.
WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT
THERAPIES WHICH PATIENTS CAN
INJECT THOSE AT HOME OR
NEWER OUT THERE AND NEWER
TREATMENTS THROUGHOUT WHERE
WE INJECT THEM EVERY THREE
MONTHS IN THE OFFICE.
THAT IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE
IT USED TO BE THE ONLY
OPTION FOR PSORIASIS WAS TOP
CALL CREAMS YOU HAVE TO
SLATHER YOUR WHOLE BODY FROM
HEAD-TO-TOE WITH CREAMS AND
NOW WE HAVE MEDICATIONS YOU
CAN INJECT EVERY WEEK OR
ONCE EVERY QUARTER.
THERE IS A POINT IN A
PERSON'S LIFE IT USUALLY
STARTS?
AN AGE RANG INTO AM WE SEE
IT IN YOUNG LADIES IN THE
20s-3Os THAT SEEMS TO BE
WHERE IT WILL START
USUALLY.
I DON'T GIVE PATIENTS THAT
KIND OF PREDICTOR BECAUSE I
SEE IT IN ALL AGE RANGE.
SOMETIMES IT WAITS UNTIL
LATER IN LIFE TO START.
SOMETIMES, FOR EX AND PELL,
THE TEARDROP-SHAPED
PSORIASIS CAN START AFTER
UPPER RESPIRATORY
INFECTION.
BOOM, YOU POP OUT WITH A
RASH.
IT IS PSORIASIS.
WHAT WE THINK IN THAT
SITUATION IS, IT IS SITTING
THERE AND HAS TO ARE SOME
KIND OF STARTER SO TO
SPEAK.
THEY GET INFECTION.
PSORIASIS POPS UP.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY
TIME.
THERE COULD BE A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT TRIGGERS IF.
EXACTLY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO OF COURSE, IF YOU THINK
YOU MAY HAVE PSORIASIS YOU
WANT TO MUCK SURE YOU FIND A
BOARD CERTIFIED DETERMINE
TOLL LE GIST.
DEFINITELY.
IT MAKES SENSE.
FINE SOMEONE WHO HAS
EXPERIENCE WITH TREATMENTS
IN THE SKIN AND
DERMATOLOGIST IS PART OF THE
TRAINING.
MOST OF THE TIME WE CAN
DIAGNOSE IT BY LOOKING AT
IT.
IF IT IS NOT THE TYPICAL
PRESENTATION PERHAPS WE
MIGHT NEED BIOPSY TO CONFRM
IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS.
YOU WILL BE IN BETTER HAND
FUSS SEE A BOARD CERTIFIED
DERMATOLOGIST FOR THAT
TREATMENT.
IF YOU NOTICE ANY ITCHY
FLAKY PATCHES OF SKIN ON THE
BOD I.
IT COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO
CHECK OUT A BOARD