Control Your Psoriasis With Alternative Treatments
While there is no cure for psoriasis, there are several treatments available that will help to control your psoriasis. These include both doctor-prescribed treatments and at-home remedies.
The most common way to control your psoriasis is to use an ointment or topical cream. While some of these are over-the-counter, many are prescribed by your doctor. Dovonex, salicyclic acid, tar, and anthralin are all topical treatments.
Your doctor might prescribe corticosteroids to control your psoriasis. These are anti-inflammatory and help to reduce swelling. Discuss with your doctor the proper way to apply these.
Phototherapy, or ultraviolet light therapy is another method that is especially good for extensive cases. Artificial ultraviolet light B is used in phototherapy.
In addition to medication from your doctor, you'll also want to adopt a healthy lifestyle to help control your psoriasis. One of the first steps to this is to eat a well balanced diet. This diet should be low in meat and dairy while high in vegetables. Essential Fatty Acids, which can be found in both fish oil and flax seed oil, are important and should be supplemented.
Some alternative therapies, such as acupuncture or reflexology can help to control your psoriasis by reducing stress which in turn can help reduce the duration of flare-ups or even the frequency of psoriasis flare-ups.
In addition to having healthy foods, your kitchen can also have natural topical treatments. Vegetable or olive oil can be added to your bath to relieve itching. Baking soda can be mixed with water and applied directly to plaques with a cloth. Apple cider vinegar can be rubbed on the scalp to help control your psoriasis.
Stress can make your psoriasis worse, so reducing stress in your life is an important part of controlling psoriasis. You can do this with exercise, yoga, breathing exercises, or meditation.
There may not be a cure, but there are many options available that can help lessen the symptoms and severity of your psoriasis. A combination of doctor prescriptions and a healthy lifestyle are among the most effective ways to control your psoriasis.
