"Could something so simple help psoriasis sufferers?" Yes and no.
I have been a psoriasis patient for over 20 years. It is stable now, but I am currently not undergoing any form of treatment for psoriais other than using urea-based moisturising creams; instead, I am concentrating on other issues (e.g. diabetes) which may have been the cause of the flareups. I underwent narrow-band UVB therapy for a number of years during the winter months, then the specialist put me on a few months of UVA as UVB did not seem to provide any improvement. I haven't been under the "tubes" now for over two years (this will be my third winter - I hope I don't have to undergo any more therapy). The thing about UVB therapy, at least in my case, is that it promises immediate improvement initially, then it peters off. Subsequent years, it appears one needs more and more - almost like an addiction, for the same level of improvement. For some, it might be a "cure", for others, especially if psoriasis is as a result of adult chicken-pox (which I had at age 36) or other skin "trauma" like constant chaffing (those permanently on crutches, for example), psoriaisis will not go away. As a result of using various steroidal creams over the years in the past, the skin on my shins has become so delicate that it only needs a slight abrasion for it to bleed. My suggestion to any readers suffering from psoriasis is to keep use of such creams to an absolute minimum. Gabriel. ----- Original Message ---- From: Con Menezes <[email protected]> To: Goanet <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 23 May, 2009 8:24:11 PM Subject: [Goanet] How Light Fights Psoriasis Could something so simple help psoriasis sufferers? Con http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429175930.htm Need a Holiday? Win a $10,000 Holiday of your choice. Enter now.http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJxN2x2ZmNpBF9zAzIwMjM2MTY2MTMEdG1fZG1lY2gDVGV4dCBMaW5rBHRtX2xuawNVMTEwMzk3NwR0bV9uZXQDWWFob28hBHRtX3BvcwN0YWdsaW5lBHRtX3BwdHkDYXVueg--/SIG=14600t3ni/**http%3A//au.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline/creativeholidays/*http%3A//au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/%3Fp1=other%26p2=au%26p3=mailtagline
