Psoriasis: The At Your Fingertips Guide

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Author(s): Mitchell
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publisher: Class Publishing
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 177

Cover......Page 1
Comments on Psoriasis – the ‘at your fingertips’ guide......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 1859591175......Page 5
Contents (with page links)......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 What is psoriasis?......Page 18
A family connection?......Page 20
Psoriasis and other diseases......Page 24
Miscellaneous......Page 27
2 Different types of psoriasis......Page 29
Types of psoriasis......Page 30
Psoriatic arthropathy......Page 34
Cause or effect?......Page 38
3 What triggers psoriasis and what makes it worse?......Page 41
Diet......Page 42
Stress......Page 43
Other triggers of flare-ups......Page 46
4 First-line treatments......Page 49
What sort of treatment?......Page 52
Moisturisers......Page 56
Coal tar......Page 61
Steroids......Page 62
Vitamin D......Page 65
Different treatments for different areas......Page 66
Practical aspects......Page 70
Treatments for psoriatic arthropathy......Page 75
5 Second-line treatment......Page 77
In hospital......Page 78
Ultraviolet light treatment......Page 80
Methotrexate......Page 85
Vitamin A......Page 88
Ciclosporin......Page 90
Other tablet treatment......Page 93
Treatments for psoriatic arthropathy......Page 94
Other treatments......Page 98
6 Complementary therapy......Page 101
Choosing a safe practitioner......Page 102
Aromatherapy......Page 104
Chinese herbs......Page 105
Other herbal remedies......Page 106
Other approaches......Page 107
7 Children and psoriasis......Page 110
Babies and psoriasis......Page 111
Childhood infections......Page 112
Children and psoriatic arthropathy......Page 113
School problems......Page 114
8 Feelings, family and friends......Page 116
Relationships......Page 117
Feeling ‘different’......Page 120
Feeling embarrassed......Page 123
Feeling fed up......Page 125
9 Lifestyle and looks......Page 127
Clothes......Page 128
Staining......Page 129
Cosmetics and personal appearance......Page 130
Swimming......Page 133
Other considerations......Page 135
Money questions......Page 137
Jobs......Page 139
The future......Page 140
More help and information......Page 143
Glossary......Page 146
Useful addresses......Page 150
Useful publications......Page 155
Tables of products and their if bought over the counter......Page 156
Fact sheet on psoriasis......Page 158
The Psoriasis Association......Page 160
The Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance......Page 161
A......Page 162
C......Page 163
D......Page 165
F......Page 166
G,H......Page 167
M......Page 168
N......Page 169
O,P......Page 170
S......Page 171
T......Page 173
U,V,W,Y,Z......Page 175