Hair psoriasis is a skin abnormality that is characterized by chronic course and recurrent exacerbations. Currently, this form of the disease is more frequent. Is accompanied by characteristic symptoms, which enables professionals without the use of instrumental and laboratory techniques for the diagnosis of the disease. Despite the fact that psoriasis scalp is not responsible or mortal danger to the patients, it significantly complicates your life.
Psoriasis is incurable and don't understand the disease. For many years scientists from different countries carried out various studies aimed at the identification of the causes of the disease. To date they have not been able to establish the etiology exact of psoriasis, but the bad inheritance. The scientists were able to prove that this disease is transmitted genetically and that develops in people under the influence of factors led. There are many internal and external factors that can cause the development of this form of psoriasis.
These include the following:
The disease with an infectious aetiology.
The stress, the constant psycho-emotional.
Violation of the rules and of the diet.
Adverse weather conditions (that live in cold regions).
Alcohol abuse (also Smoking).
Pathology, the development of the digestive system.
Prolonged medication.
Any damage of integuments skin: chemical, thermal, mechanical.
Violations in the work of systems such as the endocrine, immune.
Hairy psoriasis can occur in two ways:
Easy. The people in the skin of the head appear lesions isolated, which are small. The surface of the psoriatic plaques covered with small scales.
Heavy. People completely surprised of the skin. On the scalp, there is a large concentration of psoriatic plaques, which are large, dense structure and large-scale.
Modern medicine distinguishes between several stages of development of this skin disease:
Hair psoriasis is a skin disorder that is diagnosed in almost 60% of the people who come to dermatologists with complaints of the manifestation of characteristic symptoms. If the disease is not treated quickly, then the people will have to face serious complications.
As a general rule, in this form of the disease psoriatic plaques appear in the following areas:
The first sign of the development of this disorder are a characteristic eruption on the scalp. The people who notice in any rash should immediately contact the health center for consultation. You should not attempt to carry out local treatment, as it will lead to serious complications.
Normally this type of psoriasis develops in several stages:
Initially, the skin of the skin appear papules, which are pink. Its surface contains flakes. It happens very quickly its transformation in psoriatic plaques. At a very early stage of the disease of the people do not note the pronounced symptoms. Many patients do not pay enough attention to the sporadic eruptions. With the development of the pathology of the skin there is peeling, which is often accompanied by irritation and itching.
The next stage is the inflammation, irritation increases and the itching intensifies. Patients begin to comb lesions, that in their places there are sores, abrasions and cracks.
With the progression of the pathology of psoriatic plaques increase in size, the structure is compaction, and the surface becomes harder. The patients will produce exfoliation of the scales of the hair accumulates a large amount of dandruff, with a whitish color.
In the next stage of psoriatic scales quickly increase in size and acquire the appearance of flakes. Increases the itching, the patient begins to comb the skin, which leads to a worsening of the evolution of the disease.
The skin loses its natural elasticity, and is hurt even with a slight impact physical. At the head of the patient appear to blows, and plates covered the entire hairy area.
If people don't pass medical treatment, the pathological process spread to other parts of the body.
In children the disease develops in the following way:
Originally the scalp redness appear.
The next step is to maceration (softened skin of the roof).
Start the process of flaking of psoriatic scales.
In certain places formed pockets of congestion of the stairs. If the disease occurs in young children, age group, have their first resemble the symptoms of diaper rash. Many mothers start to solve this problem, the leader of the complications of the disease.
Before assigning the patient to a course of drug therapy, the dermatologist needs to conduct a series of diagnostic procedures and to differentiate the disease of the skin other diseases with similar symptoms. As a general rule, the intake specialist performs the following range of actions:
The inspection of damages of the layers of the skin.
Listening to the complaints of the patient is determined by all the symptoms external.
Go to the history of the disease.
Studies of psoriatic scales under a microscope.
Biopsy, after which the collected material is transferred for examination histological.
Assigned laboratory blood.
After the patient was diagnosed with psoriasis of the hair, the specialist will explain how to treat this disease. As a general rule, for each patient to develop an individual scheme of complex therapy, which includes a wide range of activities:
Medication orally.
Is the local treatment.
The patient is translated on a special diet.
Assigned to physiotherapy, you must pass the courses.
Sample attend specialized sanatoria and health resorts, which is practiced mud therapy and mineral waters.
Drug therapy may include the following groups of drugs:
This category of patients can be assigned to intravenous infusions gemodeza (solution). Also specialists when indicated may be assigned to the introduction of blood autologous (soda ash). It is worth noting that drugs such as cytostatics and corticosteroids are prescribed in severe disease, when more light medications did not bring the expected therapeutic effect. In this case, when disease of the skin joined to infection (secondary), then in the course of the therapy includes antibiotics.
Due to the fact that this skin disease often develops on the background of psycho-emotional tension, stress and nervous disorders, the patients are prescribed special medicines from groups normotonikov, anxiolytics, antidepressants, anxiolytics.
They have the following effects:
In the treatment of the pathology of the skin, which manifests itself on the scalp, dermatologists prescribe patients medications for the external treatment of the lesions:
Ointment (autonomous agents). Sample to regulate the use of ointments such as Salicylic, Naftalan, In sulfur-tar, Ichthyol.
Ointment (glucocorticoid) prescribed to patients in the case when they observed a severe course of the disease.
The drug, which includes various acids in high concentrations. Going to the pharmacy in the form of a solution, which is designed for external treatment of the skin of the skin of the scalp.
Special shampoos, that have a therapeutic effect.
At the time to do a comprehensive treatment of fibrous patients with psoriasis can simultaneously apply old methods. To choose for themselves the most effective and safe prescription of every patient should consult with your dermatologist. In the fight against this incurable disease can help the following healing tools:
If a person was diagnosed with psoriasis of the hair, you must learn to properly care for this area. In this case, when patients meet all the recommendations of the experts, you will be able to achieve good results in the process of the therapy:
