Psoriasis Pictures | Natural Remedies for Psoriasis

There may come a time in your life when you have some sort of skin condition, but you just aren't sure what type it is, or what the medical name for it could be. So, you go to your doctor, and are very surprised to find that your doctor does not know, either! He does give you a little something to go on, however, when he tells you that he is pretty sure it is a form of psoriasis. You didn't realize until your doctor advised you that there are some forms of psoriasis that haven't even been given a name yet!

Then, the doctor began to rattle off the names of the most frequent types of psoriasis. You don't allow him to speak for too long before you stop him, begging him to begin again because you want to write down what he is saying. When he asks you why, you tell him that you are interested in looking up some psoriasis pictures on the Internet.

He nodded sagely, and informed you that there were quite a few psoriasis pictures online.

He walked you to the door of his office with the instructions to pay close attention to any psoriasis pictures that you run across on the web, for you just might see one that is of a form of psoriasis that would match the type you are suffering with. Then he said, “Oh. Here – I almost forgot to give you this.” He handed you several sheets of paper that were stapled together. Curiously, you looked at the beginning of the first page. In a bold font, the words stood out sharply.

You were surprised, and your face must have shown this as you looked up at him quizzically. “Yes,” he said casually, but with a serious tone. “With psoriasis, often the road to healing is worse for the body than the psoriasis itself.”

Intrigued, you went home, thinking about what had just happened in the doctor's office. Later that evening, you decide to go online and see what kind of psoriasis pictures you can find. After an hour or so, you stop, your mind reeling. You look down at the noteebook where you had jotted down notes as your did your online research on psoriasis pictures. On the first page, you had copied the list you had hastily scribbled down in the doctor's office:

Plaque Psoriasis
Guttate Psoriasis
Pustular Psoriasis
Inverse Psoriasis
Erythrodermic Psoriasis

This short list was the basis for your first searches. Since the doctor has said that these types were seen more frequently than others, you figured that it might be best to do your research on them first, and see if you could locate psoriasis pictures of these types.

Sure enough, you had no trouble locating information on and photos of these five types of psoriasis. You learned that plaque psoriasis also was called psoriasis vulgaris, and that out of all the people who suffered from this skin condition, about 80 percent of them had plaque psoriasis. Plaque psoriasis distinguished itself by having firm, raised, red patches appear on the skin. On top of these patches sits a layer of silver/white scales. Each individual patch is called a plaque.

This psoriasis starts out as an apparently innocent little red bump. The bumps can be loners, or they can be rather social, and join together to make one big plaque. They can pop out anywhere on the body, but are usually seen on the lower back, the knees, and the elbows.

While you will see this type of psoriasis on the scalp, very seldom does it ever appear on the face. This form of psoriasis can last for months, which can stretch into years, and will come and go at will. No one knows why it does this. You also found a Plaque psoriasis picture that clearly illustrated what this type of psoriasis looked like.

Next, you looked up Guttate Psoriasis, the second most common type of psoriasis. This type has lots of little, often tear-shaped red spots sprinkled on the skin. Kids and young people get this type most often, usually after they have been sick with an infection. The Guttate variety is usually on the middle body, arms, and legs. While it can get to be fairly serious, usually it is a mild case.

It can also get its start as plaque psoriasis, and change into guttate because of a bodily change or trauma due to some sort of medical issue – for example, strep throat, measles, an abscessed tooth, or a broken arm. Your heart went out to the children you saw in the guttate psoriasis pictures. Though you couldn't see any identifying features, you could just tell that these kids were miserable.

Your next search was for Pustular Psoriasis, the third most common type of psoriasis. You discovered that it was a rare type of psoriasis, indeed, for less than 5 percent of all people who find out that they have psoriasis are diagnosed with the pustular form.

Gazing at the psoriasis pictures, you decide that they certainly gave this variety the correct name when they called it pustular, for the identifying characteristic of this variety was raised, puffy, pus filled bumps all over the skin! You read on with fascination, glad that these symptoms were not your own, but feeling quite sorry for the others who might read this and recognize their own skin problem.

You learned that pustular psoriasis can pop out in just a few hours, with the only hint that they are on the way being the surface of the skin becoming suddenly red and itchy.

You shake your head grimly as you read that once the first round of bumps have sprouted they will scale over and heal in just a few days, BUT they then come back and start all over again from the beginning!

You wonder why, and keep reading. You find out that pustular psoriasis can be anywhere on the body, and in more than one place on the body, too. That sounded pretty painful, you thought, looking at the psoriasis pictures again. But the other way this type of psoriasis appeared sounded truly horrid to you. You could just imagine how painful it would be to have pus-filled, pimple-like bumps on the palms of your hands and the sole of your feet, a variation you learn is called palmer-plantar pustulosis.

You stop reading long enough to do a search for a psoriasis photo of this type, and when you find it, decide that you shouldn't even complain about your own nagging form of psoriasis, because it didn't seem to be nearly as bad as this one did. Reading more about pustular psoriasis, you see that you were correct. This type of skin condition could lead to running a temperature, being diagnosed with anaemia and other medical conditions that could turn out to make one ill enough that your very life could be threatened! People with pustular psoriasis are very often placed into hospital so that they can be monitored, you read.

Children did not usually contract this type of psoriasis, a fact you made sure of by going back to a web site you had discovered that talked about children's psoriasis, and making sure there were no psoriasis pictures listed for pustular psoriasis. You read the last paragraphs of information about pustular psoriasis thoughtfully. It was very interesting, you thought, how this type of psoriasis could be brought on by taking certain prescription medicines, by becoming pregnant, and by getting an infection, such as a case of strep throat. Even more interesting was the fact that if someone were to stop taking certain prescription drugs, like steroids, they could cause a flare of this type of psoriasis.

You took a break from the computer for a little while, and when you came back, you picked up where you'd left off, and went on to the next psoriasis type your doctor had mentioned. This one was called Inverse psoriasis. The first thing you learned about this type was that it also went by the name of flexural psoriasis. The next thing you learned was quite interesting. This variety of psoriasis occurs only in skin folds. You remembered that the most common type of psoriasis, plaque psoriasis, can also appear in skin folds of the armpits, underneath the breasts on females, and in the groin of both sexes, especially when they are overweight. What was the difference, you wondered, in the inverse psoriasis when it was compared to plaque psoriasis?

You soon got your answer. You read that inverse psoriasis is found 98% of the time in overweight people only. It is an uncommon form of psoriasis, as out of all the people who have psoriasis, only 2 to 6 percent have this type. It also looks different than plaque psoriasis. It presents as smooth and shiny patches, quite different in appearance than the silver/white scaly patches of the plaque variety. You searched for inverse psoriasis pictures, and examined them closely, noting how sore and vulnerable those shiny patches of skin looked.

Those shiny patches are sore, for they are raw and inflamed. You read further and learned that sweating and the friction of clothing rubbing against the patches is what usually causes this type of psoriasis to get worse. You also learned that the tender patches of inverse psoriasis are quite prone to developing fungal and yeast infections, and even physicians might confuse the inverse variety with a type of yeast infection that is called candida.

Finally, you get to the last of the list of the most common types of psoriasis given to you by your doctor. So far, you haven't read about a type or seen any psoriasis pictures that closely resemble the skin condition you are suffering from at all.

The last type of psoriasis on the list is called Erythrodermic psoriasis, and you can't help put think what a long and interesting name that seems to be! You know that the last part of the word, dermic, has to do with the skin, as it sounds so much like the word epidermis. But, the erythro part of the word has you puzzled, until you Google it and discover that it is a Greek root for red. Hmmm, you think. Red skin? The name should fit a type of psoriasis nicely.

You read on, and discover that this is quite a rare psoriasis, with only perhaps 1 to 2 percent of all people who have psoriasis suffering from this type. You decide that is a very good thing when you read that this type of psoriasis can be fatal! The erythrodermic type presents with a scaly and inflamed red rash that can be all over the entire body all at once, and shake your head in dismay when you discover that erythrodermic psoriasis can erupt along with the pustular psoriasis, or all by itself.

It comes as no surprise when you read that erythrodermic psoriasis is quite painful. Who wouldn't be in pain with an itchy, inflamed rash all over their entire body, you wonder, as you recall the psoriasis pictures you just saw, and how raw and painful the skin on the poor people in them looked. A doctor needs to keep a close check on anyone suffering from this type of psoriasis, you read, and think that is a really good idea. You wince out loud when you discover that when this type of psoriasis gets really bad, those suffering from it need to be placed in a hospital because the skin can no longer be a barrier for the body as it was meant to be.

Without the skin, you note, the body is not able to regulate its temperature. That means a person suffering with erythrodermic psoriasis can easily become dehydrated, run a high temperature, and is very prone to infection. You feel so bad for the small percentage of people who come down with this, as you read where this type of psoriasis has to be treated with both topical and systemic prescription medicines.

You read a bit about psoriatic arthritis, and then decide to look at more psoriasis pictures to see if you can see anything at all that looks like the itchy, red rash that you have. You click and go from one site to another until you lose track of where you started! Then, you come across a series of pictures that looks almost exactly like your rash, and your heart thuds a bit with fear. You study the picture for a moment, and then read the caption.

A smile slowly breaks across your face. It seems your doctor was mistaken. From the looks of things, you don't have a form of psoriasis at all! Instead, it looks as if you have a form of eczema, which somewhat resembles a mild form of plaque psoriasis. You print off the eczema picture, then print off a few plaque psoriasis pictures for comparison's sake so that you can confer with your doctor.

In the meantime, though, you think you'll go and Google some natural remedies for eczema!

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