Conventional medicine looks at psoriasis as a skin condition, but it's important to know that it actually starts under the skin and is a chronic disease of the immune system (like other autoimmune conditions).
Psoriasis is a disease that accelerates the life cycle of your skin cells. It is an autoimmune disorder. While psoriasis symptoms show up on your skin, it is not simply a cosmetic problem. Rather, the real reason is that your immune system has gone rogue and attacked your own tissues. 1 , 2 , 3 Your T cells mistakenly target healthy skin cells in the same way they try to fight off an infection or inflammation from a wound. Overactive T cells lead to increased production of other T cells, neutrophils, and skin cells. This can cause redness and dilated blood vessels in the affected area. In a healthy body, this skin renewal process can take weeks, but with psoriasis, your body gets over it within a few days. This leads to skin cell buildup and thick, scaly, red patches on your skin. If you're not familiar with psoriasis, you may not understand how difficult it can be to live with. Most people assume it's just dandruff, rash, or eczema. There's more to it than that, though. Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition of the skin that causes inflammation. Skin cells rise faster than normal, causing buildup on the surface, creating the appearance of dandruff and scaling. Most often, psoriasis results in patches of thick, red (inflamed) skin covered with silvery scales. These patches, sometimes called plaques, are often itchy or painful. They most often appear on the elbows, legs, scalp, back, face, palms, and soles of the feet, but can occur anywhere on the body. The disease can also affect the soft tissues of the fingernails, toenails, genitals, and mouth. Often the skin around the affected joints begins to crack. Some people with psoriasis experience joint inflammation that produces symptoms of arthritis, called psoriatic arthritis.
Types of Psoriasis
There are several types of psoriasis:
Plaque psoriasis: This can be itchy and painful. It is the most common type, characterized by dry, raised and red plaques that may form. They can appear anywhere on your body.
Nail psoriasis: This type can affect your fingernails and toenails. It can lead to discoloration, abnormal nail growth, loose nails, and splitting nails.
Guttate psoriasis : This type is found mainly in children and young adults. It is characterized by small, waterdrop-shaped, scaling lesions triggered by a bacterial infection. It often goes away on its own after infection.
Inverse psoriasis: This usually occurs in your armpits, groin, under your breasts, and around your genitals. It is characterized by red, inflamed skin that can be triggered by fungal infections.
Pustular psoriasis: This type is rare. It can quickly develop into pus-filled blisters accompanied by itching, fever, chills, and diarrhea.
Erythrodermic psoriasis: This type is the most common, characterized by red, peeling, and itchy rashes on your body. p>
Psoriatic arthritis: This form is characterized by inflamed, scaly and red skin, as well as painful, swollen joints. Psoriatic arthritis is generally less painful than other forms of arthritis, but it can still lead to progressive joint damage and pain.
Heal psoriasis with these strategies
Although psoriasis is often linked to gluten intolerances, this is not always the case. The three biggest culprits:
Gluten sensitivities
Intestinal yeast overgrowth
Exposure to heavy metals
RULE 1: ELIMINATION DIET (Must be planned with a Functional Medicine Dietitian.)
RULE 2: Herbs and spices such as garlic, thyme, ginger, rosemary, holy basil and turmeric, and green tea Increase consumption.
RULE 3: Use the right supplements. Nutrients such as fish oil, vitamin D, zinc, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin A and probiotics can help eliminate psoriasis. Also contains quercetin, grape seed extract and routine Also increase anti-inflammatory foods.
RULE 4: Regular exercise. Regular exercise is a natural anti-inflammatory. One study found that increased physical exercise along with dietary intervention reduced the severity of psoriasis in systemically treated overweight or obese patients with active psoriasis.
RULE 5: Get 8 hours of sleep each night. Studies show that patients with psoriasis experience more sleep disturbances.
RULE 6: Protect your liver: Optimize liver function. The many things your liver can do include filtering and removing toxins, producing thousands of chemicals including enzymes and hormones, and keeping blood sugar at moderate levels.
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