Advice on Psoriasis in Children

Psoriasis is not life threatening, but some extremely potent psoriasis treatments are.

It is necessary to turn to a pediatrician with the first signs of psoriasis in a child.

Study carefully all advice and prescriptions of your doctors, and then consult with a wide range of specialists, because among psoriasis treatments there are extremely dangerous ones for a child.

Try to maintain a healthy diet for your child.

Try to avoid using Topical Steroid ointments and Calcipotriene (man made form of vitamin D3) for the treatment of your child.

Look at purchasing the book by Pegano "Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative" - it describes how to treat a child with a diet and natural ways.

Stay positive - parent's anxiety is passed-on to their children, and stress often provokes psoriasis.

Try to eliminate the physical stress in your child's life, i.e. cold, insufficient sleep etc. Try to make all aspects of your child's life well organized.

Try to eliminate the mental stress from your child's life.

Make sure that your child does not have any diseases, including the throat, teeth, nose, and ear diseases.

Make sure that the child is getting enough sleep. In the daytime it might be a good idea for the child to take a half-hour nap.

Avoid being around the people with colds, flu's etc.

Physical exercises are also very important for keeping a child healthy.

Take nice summer vacations.

Maybe add to the diet of your child fish oil in capsules.

Add to the child's diet home jellies, fresh fruit juices, herbal teas (Camomile, Lavender, Peppermint etc.), which are all full of vitamins.

Try using low potent topical OTC preparations - Salicylic acid (sal acid), Coal Tar and Anthralin. Also - children's soft creams, Vitamin E in capsules (poke the capsule and apply on the lesions).

Wash the skin with tar soap.

In the evening - a foot massage with any pleasant aromatic oil.

Once again let me remind you of numbers 2 and 3 - first go to a pediatrician, carefully study all his/her recommendations, and then consult with other specialists too.