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Thank you for your interest in the Natural Medicine approach to treating disease and healthy living! Caring Medical is currently a full time Prolotherapy doctor's office, headed by Ross Hauser, MD and we are blessed to fill the needs of patients seeking an alternative to surgery. We are accepting new patients and athletes suffering from chronic pain, sports injuries, and arthritis for treatment with Prolotherapy. Due to this large demand in Prolotherapy, we are not currently accepting new patients for natural medicine conditions, this includes autoimmune conditions, weight loss, menopause, hormones, or cancer. Through the years, we have seen so many lives turn around for the better with some of the methods discussed on this page, and encourage you to seek a Natural Medicine practitioner at www.acam.org.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that manifests itself in red, raised scaly patches on the epidermis. These skin inflammations usually occur on the scalp, elbows, knees, finger/toe nails and back. About two percent of the population have this condition, and many of these people never display any serious symptoms.
How does psoriasis develop?
Normally, skin regeneration takes about 28 days. During this period, a new layer of skin will grow underneath the existing layer, which flakes off naturally when it is dead. With psoriasis, this regrowth occurs in 2 to 4 days, forcing healthy skin on the surface to crack and break off.
A very delicate condition, psoriasis seems to be triggered by any number of factors, including lack of sunlight, sunburns, excessive dryness of air, skin infections, skin irritations or other sink trauma such as bruising. Medications also have been linked to the onset of psoriasis, as well as genetic factors.
Five specific types of psoriasis have been identified, all of which vary in intensity and location. The most common type is plaque psoriasis. Four out of five sufferers are diagnosed with plaque psoriasis, which results in a constant flaking off of dry skin as well as red, raised patches of dry, and scaly skin.
Guttate psoriasis has teardrop-like shaped inflammation over a large area of skin and is often found on the back, arms and legs, but it is not as thick or scaly as other forms.
Erythodermic psoriasis is the most inflammatory form of the disease and often affects the entire body. It is characterized by an intense redness and swelling of the skin that results in itching and pain.
Pustular psoriasis is a rarer and more severe form of the disease that manifests itself in painful pus-filled blisters.
Inverse psoriasis is characterized by smooth, red lesions in the folds of the skin such as armpits, groin, genitals and buttocks.
What are the symptoms of psoriasis?
The afflicted often report itchiness or burning in the affected areas and joint pain. In extreme cases, psoriasis can result in large amounts of the body being covered in cracked or bleeding skin, which could require hospitalization, as well as difficulties with basic bodily functions and psoriatic arthritis, which occurs as joint spaces slowly swell up.
One of the most serious and often forgotten aspects of the condition is the negative social stigma associated with it and how this affects the sufferer psychologically. Depending on the location and severity of the skin inflammations, psoriasis may negatively affect behavior and self-esteem.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of psoriasis but they do not address the root of the problem. Generally, by undergoing comprehensive natural medicine testing, the reasons the body is producing antibodies against itself can be found. Some of these reasons include sensitivities or allergies to foods, inhalants and chemicals and various infections.
Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat psoriasis.
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