Psoriasis from clinic to therapy

Fülszöveg

Psoriasis is a common illness, affecting at least 2 to 3% of the French
population. It impinges on quality of life-sometimes seriously, Yet
more than half of patients do not take proper care of themselves,
either because they become disheartened or because the treatments
strike them as more restrictive than the psoriasis. Psoriasis cannot be
treated, therefore, without placing the patient, not the illness, firmly at
the centre of therapeutic negotiations.
This Practical Guide explores psoriasis in all its clinical guises. Using
highlights from physiopathology, various facets of the illness are
reviewed, as is the full complement of hypotheses formulated to try
and understand psoriasis.
The clinical characteristics and their variations are expounded with the
help of copious illustrations. The ample collection of pictorial material
also highlights the salient points of differential diagnosis.
A large part of the work, of course, is given over to the therapeutic... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Psoriasis is a common illness, affecting at least 2 to 3% of the French
population. It impinges on quality of life-sometimes seriously, Yet
more than half of patients do not take proper care of themselves,
either because they become disheartened or because the treatments
strike them as more restrictive than the psoriasis. Psoriasis cannot be
treated, therefore, without placing the patient, not the illness, firmly at
the centre of therapeutic negotiations.
This Practical Guide explores psoriasis in all its clinical guises. Using
highlights from physiopathology, various facets of the illness are
reviewed, as is the full complement of hypotheses formulated to try
and understand psoriasis.
The clinical characteristics and their variations are expounded with the
help of copious illustrations. The ample collection of pictorial material
also highlights the salient points of differential diagnosis.
A large part of the work, of course, is given over to the therapeutic
management of this chronic illness. Aspects of global management are
set out, which include assessing the severity of the psoriasis and the
whole discussion that ensues in order to gain acceptance for the
treatment best suited to the patient, once all parameters have been
taken on board.
The full raft of therapeutic means available to the practitioner is then
studied: topical treatments, general treatments (pre~treatment
checkup, monitoring, strategy for use, side-effects, combination
therapies). Finally, the author showcases the different strategies to be
adopted, according to the situation (crisis situation, maintenance
treatment, alternate treatments etc.), the patient (child, fertile woman,
patient suffering from another pathological condition) or the site
(scalp, nails, face, auditory canals and so on).
Professor Louis DUBERTRET is professor at the Skin Disease Gink, head
of the Dermatology Department at Saint-Louis Hospital and Director of
the Institute of Skin Research (University of Paris VII), Vissza