What is Plaque Psoriasis?

How to treat plaque psoriasis

Plaque Psoriasis, aside from being the most common type, is just psoriasis. Let me explain. Prior to being called this, it was psoriasis and before this, was thought to be leprosy.

For example… psoriasis on the scalp came to be scalp psoriasis. This began to get descriptive names many decades ago according to where on the body you had it. It’s still the same, but changes its appearance depending where on the body you have it. For obvious reasons (hair mass and less skin tissue), this on the scalp has generally a different appearance then psoriasis on the elbows and knees.

Signs and Symptoms of Plaque Psoriasis

The most common type of psoriasis is plaque psoriasis. The symptoms of psoriasis may defer depending on what type a person has but may include one or more of the following:

• Red patches of skin, inflamed skin usually covered with silver colored scales is the most common form of plaque psoriasis. These patches may be itchy and painful. The itch may occur anywhere in your body including your genitals. Sometimes these red patches crack and bleed.

• Psoriasis may also affect your fingernails and toenails. Discoloration and pitting of the nails can also be one of the symptoms of nail psoriasis. This may causes the nails to loosen and will eventually detach from the nail bed. Nails may crumble in most severe cases of nail psoriasis.

• Scalp psoriasis or psoriasis on the scalp may appear red. Itchy areas of the scalp may have silvery colored white scales. Flakes are noticeable in your hair or shoulders, especially after scratching your scalp.

• Guttate psoriasis may affects people less than 30 years of age. Marked by small water-drop-shaped sores on your trunks, arms, legs and scalp.

• Inverse psoriasis is the kind that mainly affects the skin in your armpits, groin, under the breasts, and around the genitals. Inverse psoriasis is common the oversized people and it is worsened by friction and sweating.

Ayurvedic Treatment for psoriasis

Ayurvedic treatment for psoriasis lasts for 21 to 28 days and effectively cures psoriasis. All types of psoriasis and skin diseases have effective treatment in Ayurveda. According to Ayurveda, psoriasis appears due to bad diet, stress, fatigue, accumulation of toxins etc.

In ayurvedic treatment for psoriasis, Panchakarma, the basic body purification method is used in the management of psoriasis. Ayurvedic treatment for psoriasis goes through several stages from the application of ointments (lepanam), to oil massage (abhayangam), to taking medicated ghee (snehapanam)