COMMON SKIN DISEASES: PSORIASIS

The cause of psoriasis has not yet been determined. Many theories have been proposed relating the condition to the diet, to infection, to glandular disturbances, or constitutional disorders, but not one has yet been established. Psoriasis begins with flat, symmetrical reddish-brown spots or plaques on the skin, covered with silvery-white scales. Usually the condition is dry, without blisters or exudation. The spots are seen usually around the elbows, on the scalp, on the lower part of the back, and the upper chest. About four per cent of all the cases of skin diseases that come to doctors’ offices are psoriasis.
Psoriasis is a chronic condition and once established tends to get better and worse and to disappear entirely for a while. For this reason innumerable techniques have been announced as cures, only to be followed by subsequent disappointment when the condition recurred.
Many patients with psoriasis do well when put on a meatless diet. Some improve when treated with the appropriate sex gland extracts. Instances have been reported of psoriasis clearing up when treated by ultraviolet light, thiamin and other vitamins. Drugs taken internally, particularly derivatives of arsenic, have been reported helpful. Most recent in the treatment is the use of ACTH, the adrenal cortex tropic hormone, derived from the pituitary gland. This substance causes profound changes in the actions of various cells of the body and may act in that way to disturb the basic mechanism responsible for psoriasis.
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