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Psoriasis
In-Depth
Risk factors
- Stress management: How do you react during stressful situations? Stress management — Understanding how you cope with stressful situations helps reduce your stress.
Symptoms
- Dry skin Dry skin — Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatments and tips for dry skin care.
- Itchy skin (pruritus) Itchy skin (pruritus) — Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatments and self-care measures.
Tests and diagnosis
- Skin biopsy Skin biopsy — Overview covers definition, risks and what to expect during this skin test.
Causes
- Strep throat Strep throat — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment in children and adults.
- Nicotine dependence Nicotine dependence — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, complications, treatment of this difficult-to-break addiction.
- Alcoholism Alcoholism — Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms, treatment of this serious addiction.
- Psoriatic arthritis Psoriatic arthritis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms and treatment of joint pain associated with psoriasis.
- Sunburn Sunburn — Comprehensive overview covers prevention, home treatments and when to see your doctor.
Complications
- Self-esteem check: Too low, too high or just right? Self-esteem — Identify low self-esteem and the benefits of healthy self-esteem.
Treatments and drugs
- Prednisone and other corticosteroids: Balance the risks and benefits Prednisone and other corticosteroid pills, creams and injections can cause side effects.
- Light therapy Light therapy — Explore light therapy as a treatment for seasonal affective disorder, other conditions.
Lifestyle and home remedies
- Skin care: Top 5 habits for healthy skin Proper skin care can delay the natural aging process and prevent many skin problems.
- Relaxation techniques: Learn ways to reduce your stress Relaxation techniques — Learn ways to reduce stress and bring more peace into your life.
Alternative medicine
- Hypnosis: Another way to manage pain, kick bad habits Hypnosis — how it works and what conditions it may help.
