ibarelycare wrote: » As I said I decided to give Dovonex a try. Stupidly just put it straight onto my face without doing any research Overnight my skin was smooth (albeit still red) and I was delighted. Within a day or two my skin all over my face was badly peeling as if I'd been sunburnt.
rubadub wrote: » Dovonex is not recommended for the face, and dovobet is dovonex along with a steroid so I guess would not be advised. I did find mention of a prescription cream called Silkis which is meant to be suitable for the face, and not steroid based. So ask your doctor I suppose, it was the first I heard of it so it might not be commonly known.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-173493/Cream-save-faces-psoriasis.html I have been getting as much sun as I can and my face is totally clear now.
Robin132 wrote: » I was prescribed 1% hydrocortisone for my face and I think you can buy it over the counter so could be worth a try.... definitely helped though when I stopped using it it came back but it might help you out.
rizzee wrote: » Just found some daktacort in the fridge... haven't used it in months!! Doctor prescribed that for my face...maybe worth a shot?
ibarelycare wrote: » Cheers for the tips guys. Rubadub I don’t get much sun at all. Office job and I’m extremely sensitive to sun. I love the heat but whenever I’m away I’m somewhere sunny I’m generally in the shade. I might start doing a few mins on the sunbeds here and there. In relation to Sudocreme and Dovonex...I’m interested to know how that works! Is it not counterproductive since Sudocreme is drying?
ibarelycare wrote: » In relation to Sudocreme and Dovonex...I’m interested to know how that works! Is it not counterproductive since Sudocreme is drying?
Best Answer: No! it can be used to calm irritated skin with eczema or infected skin as it's anti bacterial but it is VERY drying- I've known people use it to treat acne! If you don't have skin irritation and it is just dry I would definitely not use sudocreme on your skin.
rizzee wrote: » That Moogoo was a complete waste of money for me. Just an expensive moisturiser. Different strokes for different folks though.
Gael23 wrote: » I did find Moogoo good but I can’t justify the price.
brevity wrote: » Sounds like a lot of autoimmune disorders. I'd say you need to get yourself to a dermatologist or someone who specialises in autoimmune disorders.
charleville wrote: » For years I thought psoriasis was just a skin disease.. I’m 38 now and only recently I’ve been having issues with inflammation, foot swelled up couldn’t walk a couple months ago, that passed and now this last 2 weeks my back/shoulders/neck/foot is so sore that I can’t work or even move with it... I was so naive about this condition for years. I urge everyone who has psoriasis to check in with their doctor from time to time for a blood test just to keep tabs - if it shows high levels of C reactive protein then this is a sign of inflammation in your body, which you should not ignore as it can be linked to the heart also. Coincidently I decided to have my tonsils removed around 3 years ago as I believed this would help, however my psoriasis seems to have gotten worse since that (skin and inflammation etc) so not sure what’s going on.
Mountainsandh wrote: » Charleville, for years I had joint and general inflammation symptoms, fatigue... life was so hard for the past 10-12 years. I had a fair amount of skin psoriasis, but since I'd had it since my youth I didn't fret about the skin thing, did a few treatments, and then gave up and just let it be. (I think I posted before on this thread, on how I didn't care about the skin thing, I should have taken it more seriously, not so much on its own grounds, but as part of a bigger picture !) I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis a few months ago. I am now on Methotrexate. I don't think treating the skin condition more would have made much difference to where I am now, but I do think there is a broad lack of awareness of psoriatic arthritis, and as a result GPs do not necessarily point it out to patients, who themselves do not suspect it until it really becomes overwhelming. If only my GP had mentioned it years ago when I was calling yet again for lower back, neck, hand, foot/heel complaints, if only we had joined the dots then instead of now, I might not have had to go part time in my job, and go through years of misery, not being able to play with my kids as much as I wanted to, gradually ceasing lots of activities because every effort had its payback in aches and fatigue. I might also not have Chronic Kidney disease now, I think Ps. Arthritis can effect kidneys, heart, etc... Well, not so much the arthritis as the constant inflammation. I'm only CKD stage 3 so it's not too bad, but awareness of it all earlier could have spurred me on to change my diet etc... I also have high blood pressure now, which might have been pushed back a bit (I'm 45) had I not lived in a quasi-constant state of inflammation for the last decade. The diagnosis was easy after years of joint complaints to my GPs, they had a record of a lot of episodes, and then there was all the times I didn't go and took pain killers or went to the ostheopath. I was taking over the counter painkillers practically all the time. Winters were misery, and the flares were not regular, but sustained. One week it would be the shoulder, then on with that for 3 weeks or so, and it would go. Then the knee might go dodgy for 3 weeks or so, and after the flare was over, I couldn't tell you if it was the left or right one that was sore. And so on, with practically every joint in my body. The jaw even. For years I have taken a bath every morning instead of a shower, to speed up how long it took me to be functional, to try and ease the pains before facing a day's work. (I'm not springing out of bed now, but a shower often is enough, yeay !) Blood tests are not very indicative for psoriatic arthritis and they proceed by elimination (there is no specific marker), but like you said, with obvious inflammation, no rheumatoid arthritis and other easily identified ones, and heaps of symptoms, then psoriatic arthritis is evident. Nails are an easy to spot symptom. My inflammation levels were serious and worrying, and at the time when I saw the rheumatologist, I wouldn't even have considered myself as in a flare. Now I got my last blood test, I have been on Methotrexate about 4 months, it's not easy, there are tough enough side effects at the beginning, but I am reaching the happy level where these are contained and I'm getting more benefit of the medication. The inflammation is nearly always gone ! I've still to up the Mtx dose with rheumy, so I still have a few pains and a few flares, and some fatigue, but they're not as prolonged, and I'm confident I will get to a stage where, as he said to me, it will be hard to remember all the hardship of psoriatic arthritis. That's my journey so far, and yes, I would urge anyone who has psoriasis to consider psoriatic arthritis, to at least mention it to the GP and keep an aware eye for symptoms, rather than let it get to the stage I was at. I wish you well on your journey, whether you get diagnosed with the above or not, and if you did happen to get diagnosed, it's all really worth it, even if the medication sounds daunting and the first few months of diagnosis and start of treatment (potentially) are heavy going (lots of blood tests ahead of you ). Good call posting Charleville, and sorry my post is so long, good to highlight it every so often on this thread though. https://psoriatic-arthritis.com/psa-basics/
Mountainsandh wrote: » Hi Phil, yes in my case, I had to mention psoriatic arthritis to the GP, and ask if I could be referred to a rheumatologist. Although in fairness the GPs themselves had mentioned a referral to the rheumy's some years previous, but as they hadn't explained any link between possible arthritic pains and psoriasis, and they hadn't even mentioned psoriatic arthritis, I didn't get how important it might be and let it fly. I'm not sure how aware of psoriatic arthritis GPs are (mine, at least), and even when they are aware, I think it's just not something they think to mention and question patients about. The GP did up to date blood tests, just so I'd have them for the rheumy, a letter obviously outlining ongoing and past concerns, and then it was all in the hands of rheumatologist. I had to go private as the waiting list was just ridiculous for my area.
