What is psoriasis? Is it serious

summary

Recently, my father's back grew a big red spot. It's so ugly. I didn't know what it was from at the beginning. Later, my father said it was itchy. I asked the doctor and said it was psoriasis. Through treatment, now slightly improved, then, what is psoriasis serious? Let's understand.

What is psoriasis? Is it serious

First, color scale, membrane phenomenon and punctate hemorrhage are regarded as the three clinical features of psoriasis symptoms, which are also called "three steps of psoriasis".

Second: psoriasis skin lesions usually start with inflammatory red papules, which are big from millet to mung bean, and then gradually expand or fuse into brownish red plaques, with clear boundary, inflammatory red halo around, obvious basal infiltration, and multi-layer dry silver white scales on the surface.

Third: gently scrape off the surface scales, then expose a layer of light red and shiny translucent film, which is the spinous cell layer in the epidermis, called the film phenomenon; then scrape off the film, that is, to reach the top of the dermal papillary layer, where the capillaries are scraped, there are small bleeding points, called the punctate bleeding phenomenon.

matters needing attention

The treatment of psoriasis is very complex, which is a kind of refractory skin disease. Once you find that your skin is different and has symptoms of psoriasis, you must treat it as soon as possible. Patients should actively cooperate with doctors on the one hand, and do a good job in the treatment of psychological emotions on the other.