Good Evening all 

I had the doctors this morning, he has advised I emailed him some photographs of the psoriasis, he is going to get a dermatologist to have a look. I presume this is because of the 18 week waiting list to see one, I guess I can get a professional opinion on it that way.

Also took some bloods, I have been having night sweats since about October/November so not sure if the bloods are for that or for the skin, or both maybe.

Always leave a doctors feeling confused, does that happen to anyone else?

Anyway I have a catch up appointment on the 21st march.

Yes I always come away confused that's why I take my other half in with me...so the two of us can listen and take it all in

I don't think the bloods will show anything about psoriasis , so might be for the night sweats, and to rule out anything else the rash might be
Good luck on the 21st  

I'm usually more confused when I leave a doctor's office as well. I thought it was probably just me.

(Tue-07-03-2017, 22:04 PM)Lauralou87 Wrote: Good Evening all 

I had the doctors this morning, he has advised I emailed him some photographs of the psoriasis, he is going to get a dermatologist to have a look. I presume this is because of the 18 week waiting list to see one, I guess I can get a professional opinion on it that way.

Also took some bloods, I have been having night sweats since about October/November so not sure if the bloods are for that or for the skin, or both maybe.

Always leave a doctors feeling confused, does that happen to anyone else?

Anyway I have a catch up appointment on the 21st march.

To be fair a GP can only know so much, and skin problems are difficult to diagnose.

At least your GP is going to contact a dermatologist with the images, they should be able to tell a bit more from them and it will get you on the ladder.

Blood tests are not a great way to find psoriasis but they can show a lot of things, so it's good to have them.

Hello Laura,

We did not meet yet
Welcome to Psoriasisclub !

Caroline

Okay now I know I might be told off my some but I decided to try a sunbed last night, went on for 5 minutes and look 

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Okay that didn't work... Look now haha ...

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No complaints from me just glad something's working for you ...just take care

I've made an edit to make the images work for you.

I won't bother telling you off as you have decided to go for it. I will say though if it has done that in 5 minutes you want to be careful.

Also won't tell you off as you're allowed to do whatever you wish.

Although as Fred mentioned, for it to have worked in 5 minutes is perhaps concerning. The picture (which is very hard to go by as you know) shows a bit of pinkness to the skin in the after shot so I'd be very careful. What can I say, I'm a cautious person.

Looks like it helped though!