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Christine65

Posted Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:43 PM

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Hello there-My daughter is 8 and has psoriatic arthritis. I need some advice, based on your experiences, for some topical things, prescriptions, homeopathic, general, that help alleviate the break outs. My daughter was using a steriodal cream that doesn't seem to be helping much, and an oatmeal cream at night. Any help you have would be appreciated.
Many thanks-Christine

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Michelle343

Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 12:31 PM

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Hi Christine65, I am 35 and have psoriatic arthritis and I have to tell you that it makes me so sad to think that a poor child is going through what I do. As an adult it is hard to understand and deal with it. The fact that you are at this website shows that you must be a very good support system for her and that is awesome. I have severe psoriasis in different forms over different areas of my body. My doc and I have found that in addition to the mtx and humira injections that do help, different creams/ointments work best on certain areas. For example, I have severe psoriasis on my hands and my feet. We have found that dovonex or clobex work very well on that. I have also found that diprolene works pretty good on my scalp, but I now use a clobex shampoo once a week and do not use the diprolene that day. I think a lot of it is trial and error to find which will work best for your daughter. I get quite a bit of breakthrough despite the meds I am on and stress can definately affect that. The hardest place to treat is my genitals. It is AWFUL! I sometimes take a washcloth and wet it, then hang it in the freezer for a few minutes. Then I will place it over my genitals to calm the itch, numb the rawness and reduce the swelling. It is extremely cold so you may want to have her keep her panties on if you try it so they protect the skin. I never had much luck with the protopic and topicort. To help her sleep, docs can prescribe allergy medicine or you could even try Benadryl. Ask your doc what he recommends. I hope this is helpful and I will pray for your daughter and for you. Peace and Blessings, Michelle

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LadyeMac

Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:12 PM

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I'll second the Clobex recommendation. It's the only thing that helps the bad patches on my fingers. Olux foam is good for scalp psoriasis.

As far as natural things--some oil in the bathwater helps hydrate the skin (baby oil or neutrogena rainbath is good... there are tons of options though, if you have a WholeFoods near you, they tend to have a lot of choices). Shea butter is excellent. L'Occitane makes a line of shea butter based creams and lotions as well as pure shea butter. Their shea butter hand cream feels great on my fingers when they're really scaly.

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funwithplaydoh

Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:11 AM

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Michelle343- Hi! I'm Pam, and new to these message boards. I'm 33, and have similar trouble with psoriatic arthritis. Thanks for the honesty (and advice!). I have been so focused on the joint pain and fatigue that I've just put up with the itching that comes with the psoriasis on my scalp and genital area. I know I need to see a skin doc in addition to the other docs, but haven't yet. Lately the psoriasis part has been aggravated by stress (trying to figure out if I can keep working, or if I need to pursue disability). So thank you for the tips. It takes an awesome woman to care enough about others to share their wisdom on such a taboo subject (like genital itching). You're awesome! Thanks! Smile

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Michelle343

Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:40 AM

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Funwithplaydoh, You are so welcome. In a thread a while back, I wrote a pretty lengthy reply to someone and included my home email address. I must have had 10 people email me personally to ask about their genital psoriasis. You are so right about the taboo part. People are too embarrassed to talk or ask about it. My email address is mleebischoff@sbcglobal.net and if you ever need to talk about it-- feel free to email me. I also have some insight into filing disability and will be more than happy to help. It is also nice to talk to someone who can relate to the symptoms. I am 35, have three kids and am a single mom. I have PsA, fibromyalgia, IBS, Hypthyroidism, blah blah blah. Stress does add to the flare ups and you may notice some tendon problems, too. Did you know that psoriasis also affects your tendons? And when your skin is flared up, the arthritis part of it usually gets worse, too. Well, good luck to you. I sure hope you see a dermatologist as soon as possible to help relieve your symptoms. Let me know what happens! Peace and Blessings, Michelle

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