Know About The Causes, Symptoms And Treatment Of Scalp Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a disease that is related to the skin. In a way it is called skin allergy. Psoriasis affects of many people. In psoriasis, scaly patches and plaques start appearing on your skin, which are very important symptoms. It can be of a different color to your skin color. Psoriasis is such an allergy that increases with time. It can be corrected if it is treated with the right time, but there are chances of it coming back. Psoriasis can be of many types.

There are some types of psoriasis that affect the whole body. But chronic plaque psoriasis is one such type that affects the elbows, knees, back, and scalp. Psoriasis affects that part of the body more where the skin is connected to other skin. Psoriasis can also occur on the hands, fingernails, feet, and joints. So let's talk about scalp psoriasis. When psoriasis starts appearing on the scalp, then it should be understood that there are symptoms of scalp psoriasis. Scalp psoriasis appears on the scalp of 45-60% of the people.

What does scalp psoriasis look like?

When your cells become buildup, they cause black, oily patches on the scalp and body parts that can lead to scalp psoriasis. The part on which black, itchy patches appear, it starts Itching. And it spreads from one part to another part as well. If you have light skin tone, then light pink and red patches will appear on your scalp. And if your skin tone is dark then dark brown and purple patches will be visible.

Scalp psoriasis symptoms and types

Let us know about the symptoms of Scalp psoriasis and some of its types. There are certain parts on which it affects the most like neck, ears, forehead, and other parts of the face.

• Dryness
• Chipping that takes after dandruff
• Tingling, copying, or inconvenience
• Raised ruddy patches
• Shiny like scales
• Draining or impermanent balding from scratching or eliminating the plaques on the scalp

Causes of Scalp Psoriasis

When your body cells rapidly build up on the skin, it is a major cause of scalp psoriasis. One of the main reasons for scalp psoriasis is the wrong effect of the immune system. And when the immune system is affected in the wrong way, then due to this your cells grow very fast, which is an important reason for this.

Although it takes time to form new cells, but if the cells start forming soon and scaly patches start appearing on your scalp so it should be understood that scalp is a symptom of psoriasis.

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Although the main reasons for this are what we have told you, but research suggests that it is also due to a genetic link. If anyone in your family is a victim of this disease, then it can also affect you. And those people are more at risk.

There are some other main reasons for having psoriasis, which we will tell you about. Psoriasis is more likely to occur in people who

• Incendiary factors that happen with heftiness
• Dietary variables, like gluten responsiveness
• The National Psoriasis Foundation notes that various different variables might trigger an eruption of indications in individuals who are inclined to scalp psoriasis.

Medical Treatment of Psoriasis

Whenever you see some rash on your body or any of the above mentioned symptoms, then you should consult a doctor at the same time. If the doctor is shown at the right time, then the risk for you is reduced and the psoriasis gets cured before it spreads. If you have signs of any such disease, then you should contact the skin doctor.

If we talk about treatment, then it is impossible to cure scalp psoriasis at present. It corrects itself with a time. But still there are some medicines and treatments that can reduce scalp psoriasis.

• Topical medications
• Shampoos
• Topical creams
• Systemic medication
• Biologic drugs
• Steroid-based treatment
• Light therapy
• Herbal and natural remedies

Topical medications

There are some topical medicines that can be applied to the affected area to reduce the effect of psoriasis, such as creams and shampoos.

Shampoos

There are many types of shampoos which can be applied on the affected area; these shampoos should be applied only after consulting the doctor. There are some medicines in these medical shampoos, from which it works very well.

• Salicylic acid
• Coal tar products
• Clobetasol propionate

Topical creams

Creams or any products made with salicylic acid can reduce the scaling. It cannot completely eliminate the disease but is helpful in reducing it. It gets reduced in some parts of the body but it is difficult to get out of the hair. There are some creams that you can apply on the advice of a doctor.

• Coal tar products
• Topical corticosteroids
• Vitamin D-based medications
• Vitamin-A derivatives

Systemic medication

If scalp psoriasis is severe and worsening, and if it is not corrected by topical treatments, then systemic medication can be another option.  If you apply medicine through your mouth, it will affect your whole body.

• Methotrexate
• Oral retinoids
• Cyclosporine
• Biologic therapies

Biologic drugs

These are some biologic drugs that affect inside the immune system cells. There are a few examples, one of which is brodlumab.

Steroid-based treatment

Topical medicines containing, steroids that are totally helpful in reducing your swelling and irritation. To reduce itching and swelling, doctors may inject steroid medication which will also reduce pain. But steroids are used very rarely.

Light therapy

Lamps emitting UVB light are used for this treatment, which is very helpful in treating scalp psoriasis. This therapy provides relief in burning and swelling.

How to treat scalp psoriasis at home

There are also some home remedies to reduce psoriasis, but they can only reduce the psoriasis, it cannot be completely cured. There are no side effects of home remedies, but still a doctor should be consulted once.

• Sea or Epsom salt
• Apple cider vinegar
• Baking soda
• Vitamin D
• Capsaicin
• Garlic
• Oatmeal bath
• Omega-3 fatty acids
• Shampoo
• Tea tree oil
• Turmeric
• Aloe vera
• Coconut or avocado oil