Psoriasis - Ashwin Kumar

Oral and injected medication for Psoriasis

Oral and injected medication:
A patient will normally only be prescribed tablets or injections if psoriasis is severe and is resistant to other treatments. Oral medications can be very effective in treating psoriasis but they all have potentially seriously side effects - so they are only used for short periods of time.
Methotrexate:
methotrexate is a medicine that [...]

Written on July 1, 2009 | Posted in Psoriasis

Complications of Psoriatic arthritis

COMPLICATION:
Between 10% and 20% of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis, which causes tenderness, pain and swelling in the joints and connective tissue with associated stiffness. It commonly affects the ends of the fingers and toes. In some people it affects the lower back, neck and knees. About 80% of those affected develop psoriatic arthritis [...]

Written on July 1, 2009 | Posted in Psoriasis