How to diagnose psoriasis in the elderly

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My grandfather recently grew a lot of red papules, and there is a thin layer of Lin chip on it. We checked it on the Internet and found that it is likely to be psoriasis, so my parents quickly took my grandfather to the hospital for examination. Now let's learn how to diagnose psoriasis in the elderly.

How to diagnose psoriasis in the elderly

First: psoriasis in the early onset of the general symptoms of needle or lentil size of inflammatory flat wart, if patients do not pay attention, with the development of the disease will appear symptoms will gradually expand, boundary clear, the surface will be covered with multi-layer scales, gently scrape off these scales, there will be light red film, continue to scrape, there will be bleeding point phenomenon.

Second: as a skin disease, psoriasis can occur in any part of the patient's body, and most of them are symmetrical. Psoriasis often occurs in patients with elbow, knee extension and head. There are a small number of patients with psoriasis in the nail and mucosa of the disease, patients should pay attention to this.

Third: in the course of the onset of psoriasis in a variety of forms, the acute phase of skin lesions were more drops, bright red, itching. At rest, the lesions are usually like a map. The skin lesions of regression are usually annular or semi annular. The scales on a few rashes are thick and sometimes pile up like oysters. The patients can only go to professional regular treatment institutions for diagnosis and symptomatic treatment according to their own specific conditions. 　

matters needing attention

Psoriasis patients in the disease, the body will have a rash and erythema, there is a layer of white Lin chip, scraping Lin chip will have bleeding phenomenon, there are these cases of patients are very likely to have psoriasis, it is recommended that patients must go to the hospital as soon as possible to check diagnosis, and then timely treatment.