A few years back I developed silvery, white bumps on my scalp. Along with that, my hair comes out in clumps. I was hoping to find other people with the same or similiar problem.
I'm having a lot of flare ups lately. I'm trying to alter my diet (which right now is a generally healthy diet, but I have 0 dietary restrictions other than no avocados). Does anyone have any recommendations for foods to add to or cut from your diet to help calm scalp psoriasis flare ups? Thanks so much!
I remember feeling so overwhelmed & scared too when I was diagnosed 16 yrs ago
I found reading as much information as poss inc books by Dr Pageano etc helpful. Obe if the best things I did was… read more
The psoriasis on my feet flared up with deep cracks and a lot of pain. During the flare-up I got a lot of swelling in my feet, ankles and shins. I'm trying to determine if the swelling is from the psoriasis or something else. Has anyone experienced this?
Hi everyone have you all managed to hold down a full time job with this awful disease and the medication plus the side effects thanks
It is not easy !! I wore long shirts all the time and working in food industry we had to wear hair nets ,gloves and hard hats so head covered . All goes good if your fellow employees have lots of… read more
I have tried a lot of different medications without help. I have joint pain and joint damage and horrible fatigue.
Seukinumab is now in clinical trials and show that injecting 300 mg of this drug cleared psoriasis on skin for one-half of all the patients and 82% showed significant improvements. Can't wait for it to go on the market!! It's manufactured by Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Wow, there is no "free lunch" where our disease comes into play. Was hopeful but should have realized that all meds catch up with you health wise in the end. Thanks for your input. I'll be very… read more
I received a booster shot in December and all hell broke out after that. I had no issues before but within a week of my booster my arm and leg muscles become very sore and have not gone away. I am thinking the booster put my immune system into overdrive and created these issues. Thoughts ?