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PSORIASIS download - Coggle Diagram
PSORIASIS
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CAUSES
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Infections eg skin infections, strep throat.
Antihypertensive dugs, antimalarial drugs.
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MANAGEMENT
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TOPICAL THERAPY
Calcineurin inhibitors
Examples include tacrolimus, pimecrolimus
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Vitamin B analogues
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Examples include Calcipotriene, calcitriol.
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Coal tar
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Decreases inflammation, itching and scaling.
Corticosteroids
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Examples include hydrocortisone, acetonide, trianex
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TYPES OF PSORIASIS
INVERSE PSORIASIS
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Found on buttocks, folds of the groin and breasts.
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ERYTHRODERMIC PSORIASIS
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Intensely burning, itchy, red and peeling rash.
GUTTATE PSORIASIS
Small, drop-shaped, scaling lesions.
Appears on the arms, legs and trunks
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PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
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Inflammatory arthritis causing swollen, painful joints.
PLAQUE PSORIASIS
Appears on lower back, knees, elbows and scalp.
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Causes red, dry lesions covered in silvery scales.
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