What Doctors Don't Tell YouWhat is psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a chronic and distressing skin disorder afflicting around 80 million people worldwide. It strikes men and women equally and at any time of life, though it is more common between
Frustrated in its attempt to cure this puzzling complaint, medicine reaches for ever more potent concoctions from cancer drugs to those for organ transplants. ...
* Avoid foods that contain polyamines - toxic amino-acid derivatives associated with skin-cell proliferation (Arch Dermatol, 1979; 115: 945-9). These include alcohol, all sugars, animal fats
Last week, we had a query from a mother whose teenage daughter has recently developed psoriasis on her face. The reader is so worried about her daughter being bullied at school for this that she has decided to teach her at home instead. But before...
PSORIASIS: A link to lymphoma established
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to treat the condition with alternative methods? She was previously bullied at school, and I am considering whether to home-school her for now to spare her from more of that. - Diane Varty, via e-mail A...
Nan Kathryn Fuchs PhDWhenever I begin working with a new patient, I take a comprehensive health history which includes the question, "Do you have any skin problems?" I'm particularly concerned about such conditions as psoriasis, eczema, and skin cancer. Invariably...
David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMHA chronic and recurrent disease characterized by dry, well-circumscribed,
silvery, scaling papules and plaques of various sizes.
Iris versicolor
Iridaceae
Names :
Habitat : Eastern and Central North America, growing
Arctium lappa
Compositae
Names: Lappa, Beggar's Buttons.
Habitat: Grows in hedges and ditches in
