PSORIASIS
- Eka kushta and Kitibha Kushta may be correlated as Psoriasis.
- Triggering of immune system → inflammation → resulting in formation of new skin cells repeatedly and quickly
- Normal skin replacement happens in 10 to 30 days.
- With psoriasis, new cells grow every 3 to 4 days.
CAUSES
- Unknown, it’s an autoimmune disorder
ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA
- Consumption of unwholesome foods
- ,Virudha ahara – like fish + curd etc
- Improper regimen
- Prolonged intake of meat of Aquatic animals
- Suppression of natural urges like vomiting,urination etc..
- After of ‘Bad Karma’ – wrong doings
TYPES
- Plaque psoriasis
- Nail psoriasis
- Guttate psoriasis
- Inverse psoriasis
- Pustular psoriasis
- Erythrodermic psoriasis
SYMPTOMS
- Reduced or Increased Sweating
- Roughness of Skin
- Discoloration and itching of skin
- Numbness, Horripilation
- Pricking sensation, Fatigue etc.
- Scaling of skin
- Pinkish as well as blackish discoloration of skin
- Extended skin lesions
TRIGGERING FACTORS
- Infections, such as strep throat or skin infections
- Weather, especially cold, dry conditions
- Injury to the skin, or severe sunburn
- Smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke
- Heavy alcohol consumption
- Certain medications- including lithium
- High blood pressure drugs and antimalarial drugs
- Rapid withdrawal of oral or injected corticosteroids.
COMPLICATIONS
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Post-inflammatory hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation
- Eye conditions
- Obesity
- Type 2 diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Cardiovascular disease
- Celiac disease, sclerosis
- Crohn’s disease
- Mental health conditions
- Low self-esteem and depression
TREATMENT
- Balancing impaired Dosha & Dhatu
- Ayurvedic Panchakarma therapy
- Internal Ayurvedic medications
- External lepas and Kshalana
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