Causes of high incidence of psoriasis in the elderly in winter
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I am a male, 75 years old this year. I found that I had skin disease two years ago, and I didn't care about it all the time. I went to the hospital to have an examination some time ago and said it was psoriasis. Now my condition has been under control through treatment. I will tell you about the reasons for the high incidence of psoriasis in the elderly in winter.
Causes of high incidence of psoriasis in the elderly in winter
Reason 1: psoriasis should be paid attention to, for this disease, to have a positive and optimistic attitude to face treatment. Damp and cold: the number of psoriasis caused by wind and cold invasion is more, because the living environment is humid, cold weather can make the disease occur or aggravate, so patients should try to avoid cold and heat to stimulate the skin, and the living room should be kept ventilated and dry.
Reason 2: local infection is an important cause of psoriasis, especially after a cold, complicated with tonsillitis, tracheitis, need active treatment, try to shorten the course of the disease, tonsillitis repeatedly, and psoriasis attacks are closely related, can consider tonsillectomy, this is particularly important for young patients.
Three reasons: daily life due to work pressure, poor rest, mental stress caused by emotional instability, worry, anger, and can not reasonably adjust the maintenance of the skin or long-term diet, irregular overeating, eating more fishy things, excessive drinking and tea, and external reasons.
matters needing attention
Psoriasis to patients with the harm is more serious, for this disease should be timely remission treatment. As a result of diet or taking drugs, or contact with certain substances and allergy can often induce the occurrence of psoriasis. After each relapse, the patient needs to carefully recall what he has taken or contacted with a certain substance recently, which makes the skin itchy and then erythema, then this substance.