is there a difference in the treatment of eczema and psoriasis?
Friday, October 16th, 2009 at
8:42 pm
according to the med websites I have eczema but when i went to see my doc he said it was psoriasis. Am I splitting hairs here? are the treatments the same?
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There are definitely differences between them. The treatments are different as well but suprisingly some treatments for eczema can help psoriasis plaques, go figure!
My daughters both have eczema and I have psorasis so this is how I know the differences. Their skin that is affected is covered in bumps. It looks like goose bumps kinda that never goes away. The more severe it is, the more bumps. Really for them the best thing I’ve found is to use Vaseline Intensive Care lotion after they bathe and it is kept under control.
However, if you were diagnosed with psoriasis the difference would be bubbled up skin that’s really red and it’ll flake. Their skin never flakes so that was a real indicator of a difference.
Listen to your doctor about treatments and don’t bother so much with other skin conditions treatments since that’ll get you more confused than ever. As I’ve researched, even though several things can treat both conditions, some things can’t. The last thing you want to do is use something that won’t help your skin or make it worse. Good luck with it!
They are two different conditions. They are both caused by glitches in the immune system, but the glitches are different. They are also treated very differently.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune problem that causes your skin to turnover too quickly. So that area of your body (usually knees, elbows, scalp, around the belly button and behind the ears) makes new skin cells too quickly and the cells build up to form that scaly white stuff. It can also cause an arthritis and affect the nails. It is treated with medications that "calm" the immune system down.
Eczema can also cause dryness and crusting of the skin, but you won’t see that silvery scale on the skin. There are different types of eczema. One common type, called atopic eczema, is related to allergies. The main treatment for eczema is to keep the skin moisturized and prevent it from drying out. Sometimes you have to avoid irritants or allergens that may worsen the eczema. Other times you use some of the same medications used for psoriasis (corticosteroids) to "calm" the immune system. But a lot of the other medications are very different from those used in psoriasis.
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Cheers.