Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin condition that causes raised, scaly patches on skin.
Causes vitiation of pitta and kapha.
Depending on symptoms and vitiated dosha panchakarma is planned.
Panchakarma control spreading and severity of the skin lesions.
Vamana
Virechana
To balance vitiated doshas and to remove toxins from the body.
shirodhara- to reduce stress
Three common factors are
Environmental
Genetic
Immunologic factors
Most common sites are on the knees, elbows, trunk and scalp. This condition tends to go through cycles, flaring for a few weeks to months, then subsiding for a while.
Symptoms:
Rashes that vary in color, tending to be shades of purple with gray scale on brown or black skin and pink or red with silver scale on white skin.
A patchy rash that varies widely in how it looks from person to person, ranging from spots of dandruff like scaling to major eruptions over much of the body.
Dry cracked, skin that may bleed.
Itching, burning sensation.
Use of antimalarial drug.
Conjunctivitis
scaly plaques on scalp may occur
psoriasis in the fingernails, toenails.
Causes discoloration, the nails may become brittle, and detach from the nail bed.
Types of Psoriasis, each varies in its signs and symptoms
plaque psoriasis
The most common type of psoriasis. It causes dry, itchy, raised skin patches covered with scales.
Common site is on the elbows, knees, Lowe back and scalp.
Nail psoriasis
Psoriasis affects fingernails, toenails, cause pitting, brittle and discoloration of nail.
Guttate psoriasis
Affects young adults and children, usually triggered by bacterial infection small, drop shaped, scaling spots on trunk, arm and legs.
Pustular psoriasis
A rare type causes clearly defined pus-filled blister on palms or soles.
Erythrodermic psoriasis
This can cover the entire body with a peeling each that can itch or burning sensation.
Scalp psoriasis
It involves the scalp areas, scaly like formation.
psoriatic Arthritis
It affects hands, feet and sometimes joints.
Do's:
Exercise in morning sunlight and fresh air.
Intake of fresh fruits
and Vegetables.
Skin should be kept clean always.
Vit E intake
Yoga, pranayama, meditation to relieve stress, and for sound sleep.
Melasma is the pigmentation of the skin, that causes brown or gray patches to appear on the skin, predominantly on face, that appears on sun exposed areas of the skin.
Most people get it on their cheeks, chin, nose bridge, forehead, and above the upper lip.
It is more common in women.
Pregnancy is a common cause of melasma also affects women taking oral contraceptives and hormones.
Melasma is also called as chloasma.
Common triggers
Skin tone
Increased estrogen hormone
Pregnancy
Sun exposure
Genetics
Certain drugs
Melanocytes are the cells in skin that create melanin, these cells sometimes start to make more melanin in certain areas.
The excess melanin produces the dark pigmentation called melasma.
Vitiligo is a skin disease that causes loss of skin color in patches.
This skin disease develops when melanocytes, the skin cells that produce melanin, the chemical that gives skin its color are destroyed by the body immune system.
Vitiligo begins on the hands, forearms, feet, and face but can develop on any part of the body.
It begins with a small white patch that may spread big, also larger patches that continue to widen, may stay for someplace for years.
Causes still not specific, but some according to person history.
Autoimmune disorder
Genetic factor
Neurogenic factor
Self destruction
Physical and mental stress
Burn or injury.
Symptoms:
White patches on hands, feet, arms, and face
Hairs turns white, where ski…
Types:
Generalized
It is a common type; the patches appear on different places of the body.
Segmental
It is restricted to one side of the body, such as the hands and face.
Mucosal
This affects mucous membrane of the mouth.
universal
It is rare type of vitiligo, where maximum skin of the body has pigmentation.
Do's:
Diet rich in Vit B12, folic acid, minerals like zinc, iron.
Food like green leafy vegetables, nuts, beans and lentils.
walking outside in early morning sunlight
Practice pranayama Naadi shuddhi, Bhramari, Kapalabhati to improve immunity to maintain healthy melanocytes.
Seborrhoeic Dermatitis is a skin condition or relapsing form of dermatitis that mainly affects the sebaceous gland rich regions of the scalp, face, trunk and back.
Seborrhoeic Dermatitis can affect people of any age, most common in infants and adults, more common in males.
Causes:
Over production of oil
Malassezia, a type of yeast that naturally occurs in skin oil. It sometimes causes over production of oil and lead to seborrheic Dermatitis.
Stress
Pollution, Unhygienic skin, strong soaps.
Hormonal changes
Dandruff is a common characteristic of Seborrheic Dermatitis, causes powdery pieces of dead skin.
Symptoms:
Flaking skin (dandruff) on scalp, hair, eyebrows, beard, moustache.
Red scales on skin
Crusty yellow scales on infant’s head (cradle cap), goes itself.
Blepharitis (scaly redness on the edges of eyelids)