Patients with psoriasis should not spend too much time in the sun, despite the positive effect of exposure to ultraviolet radiation. This was told to socialbites.ca by the specialist of the TV channel Doctor Anna Michenko, a dermatovenereologist, associate professor in the department of dermatovenereology and cosmetology of the Central State Medical Academy of the Presidential Administration.
“Many people with psoriasis see a positive effect of the sun, and medicine uses ultraviolet light to treat psoriasis as an effective treatment. However, it is important to understand that in a medical institution, they take into account the dose a person receives during the procedure. And the dose is important because we need ultraviolet light. We remember that he was a provocateur of all kinds of neoplasms that did not exist, ”explained Anna Michenko.
The doctor added that excessive ultraviolet radiation can lead to the development of pathologies in the future.
“If you use ultraviolet light uncontrollably, on your own, in large and unlimited quantities, you can have very serious problems later on – one, twenty, thirty years later, the development of multiple malignant neoplasms, erythroderma, and already a serious condition that we cannot change. leather,” he warned.
According to the dermatovenereologist, psoriasis develops with a genetic predisposition, and the doctor’s task is to “put it into remission.”
“When it comes to diet, the nutritional factor, other than alcohol, doesn’t play a major role here. It makes psoriasis resistant to treatment,” Michenko concluded.
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