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Serious issue. Off all bikes for 4 weeks due to Psoriasis. Runs from middle of back left and right side all the way to the back of the thighs including covering all of both bottom cheeks. Even sitting on a sofa is uncomfortable let alone a saddle. Anyone else suffer and have a solution? Medication takes away itching but not for long and does not take away the pain of pressing bottom on a saddle/seat
Dunno about the bottom/cycling thing, but the wife has had it as long as I've known her - she's had all sorts of stuff, with mixed results.
Right up until she used sorion cream - search it on amazon - can't get the amazon URL link to work.
She is now pretty much flake free - no pain, no itch. Took about 4 weeks for full effect but noticeable improvements in a couple of days.
Hope it helps - worth a punt for £15 or so.
I had it up to the age of 40ish, stopped smoking, did more exercise and it went away.
(I also just kind of decided to ignore it if that makes sense)
I've had patches of Psoriasis since I was 18 and I'm 49 now. It's been on my shins, back of my knees, base of my spine, back of my hands and my elbows.
Ignoring it helps as the more you scratch the worse it gets - as I'm sure you already know.
I've used Betnovate cream (it works) but it takes patience and time. I've also found exposure to sunlight helps. I had a patch about 9" long and 4" wide on my right shin until I went on holiday to Australia. Three weeks of shorts wearing, lot's of sunshine and very little stress and it went and hasn't come back. The holiday was Jan' 2015!
I've also used Oilatim which is an oil you add to a bath and it simply moisturises skin but it does help ease the itching and soreness.
I hope some of that helps but I'll be the first to admit my Psoriasis was never as bad as yours sounds.
Thank you all. I will try all the products one by one to find a solution.
Same experience as JAG, I had two large patches on my shins for a couple of years. We went on a 10 day holiday and the combination of relaxation, sun and Mediterranean Sea water cleared it up and it's never come back.
Psoriasis here mainly on my face, scalp and chest for the last 20 or so years, nothing too serious, just mildly annoying itching skin and reddish hue. About 3 years ago it flared up on my shins with the flaking skin and the condition on my face and scalp also worsened. There was a fair amount of trauma going on for me at the time and my belief is that mental dis-ease manifests in the physical, so maybe that's a starting place for you to look at?
Don't use any of the creams and ointments the legal drug pushers hand out. They are essentially steroid based and actually do more damage to your skin by thinning it further. Doubtless there will now follow a rush of people crying out for my sources for this, just start using Google. If you want to use anything, go for Aloe Vera.
I've tried most of the natural remedies, including coconut oil and aloe with mixed results.
A few months' ago, after talking about psoriasis /eczema with a work colleague, I removed all dairy from my diet and replaced it with goats milk, butter and cheese. Within a week of just using goats milk, the condition improved dramatically, now it has all but disappeared. My work colleague said that he used to suffer from eczema as a child and his mother put him onto goats milk and he hasn't suffered from it since.
We are all different, however, it's worth a go and I hope you find some relief in whatever approach you choose to take. Just don't use the steroidal based shit that the pharma' want you to apply! Just remember, their business model doesn't work if you get better!
Conspiracy theories aside, Betnovate works in this household.
Fellow sufferer here, it started about age 18 and I'm now 38. I have in on the usual elbows, shins, back of thighs and scalp. I have been using Dovobet gel which is a steroid and helps keep it under control but I don't want it to be a long term solution. I've also been using Doublebase emollient which is fantastic.
I've been on the waiting list for about 6 months for the UVB light therapy and am awaiting a call within the next few weeks to begin treatment. I'm hoping it will really help clear it up.
Whilst I'm not so down on pharma as slackalice, my experience is that the ointments and such can help short term to control the condition, long term it'll require a change in diet and lifestyle.
TBH same could probably be said for plenty of medical conditions.
They are essentially steroid based and actually do more damage to your skin by thinning it further.
:rolleyes:
NO, as with all approved medicines the [u]appropriate & correct dose[/u] should improve the condition it is used to treat.
Otherwise no one would ever seen an improvement/clear up with something like betnovate and their skin would just thin.
Long term sufferer here, stopped drinking alcohol in January and I'm pretty much clear now.
Another one here. had it about 10 years maybe a bit longer, (now 40). started on scalp but in recent years it's spread to back, knees and thighs/hips.
I've found epaderm is a good moisturiser. Have used diclo...(something) years ago. cleared it up after a month, stopped using it and within a week it was back and worse.
I've been reading up on links with gut problems as I think there's more to it than it being a skin condition but there's so much pseudo-medical bullshit on the web it's difficult to try and get to any proper research.
For me though being stuck in an office most of the time (with no natural light) and in a company which i don't like plus rubbish quality of sleep probably don't help matters.
really i need to get back to GP's and maybe get a specialist referral.
It's true though - mediterranean holidays improve things drastically.
About twelve years ago I developed psoriasis on my scalp which got progressively worse over six months or so and began to spread to facial hair/face. I was vegan and teetotal at the time and couldn't identify any environmental factor. Doctor prescribed several steroid treatments which didn't work until we tried Elocon (Mometasone furoate)which had an almost immediate effect and cleared the condition with one short course of treatment. I had a small flare-up a couple of years later which responded to the same treatment and no trouble since. I guess all cases are different.
I've had Psoriasis since I was a child. I'm now 45.
It was categorised as moderate to severe. It's hard to calculate how much coverage I had but probably about35% of my skin.
Done all the creams, Narrow band UVB, Methotraxate, Ciclosporin.
I'm now on a biologic called Adalimumab (Humira). Fortnightly pen injection in stomach.
Psoriasis free for 2 years!
Long term sufferer here. Hygiene and effective emollient regime are just so important.
Do you shower or bath? Some of the bath oils are really effective like doublebase, even better (but smelly and messy) polytar bath emollient on prescription (coal tar) Anti bacterial soap like hibiscrub, Regular Anti histamine like clarityn can really take the edge off.
Also been through the full list of UV and methotrexate into biological due to severity - being moved onto Stelara was life changing
my mate had loads of treatment as his was quite bad. UV treatment helped for a few days at a time, but he was only getting weekly sessions.
He cut dairy out of his diet and has seen a massive improvement.