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Sat-22-04-2017, 15:18 PM
Good Morning All,
I have joined this forum for my father, Jim, who has Plaque Psoriasis.
My father is 60 years old and he had the first flare in about 2007 and it all started for there. It started from a little spot underneath his knee cap and then just started to spread all over his body until his upper back within a year and at that point my father consulted a doctor - this is when we found out that this is called Psoriasis. The doctor had given my father some steroid type of medication and it all went away for 3-4 months but then it came back twice as much when he was taken off the medication.
In mid 2008, we consulted a homeopathic doctor and with his medication it almost cleared up almost the entire body with a few spots on the body until recently in mid 2016. During his homeopathic treatment we also had various other treatments which are still ongoing to relieve everyday pain:
Olive Oil as a moisturizer
Vaseline as a moisturizer
Turmeric in a glass of warm water - I read somewhere this has worked for people with psoriasis so we started this.
For the last 8 months or so it started to come back and has gotten worse to the point where his entire body until his ears has been effected. We recently consulted a dermatologist and he has put him on Humira and Triamcinolone Acetonide Ointment, 0.1% starting February 23, 2017. At first the doctor gave him 2 shots in the first visit, 1 more shot the following week, 1 shot 15 days following that, 1 shot 15 days following that, and now has recommended a shot every week due the recent flare up.
I would appreciate any information on what else we could be done or anything that has worked for any member on this forum. I will post pictures of his current status when i get home later this evening or tomorrow morning.
Again thank you for your help!
I have joined this forum for my father, Jim, who has Plaque Psoriasis.
My father is 60 years old and he had the first flare in about 2007 and it all started for there. It started from a little spot underneath his knee cap and then just started to spread all over his body until his upper back within a year and at that point my father consulted a doctor - this is when we found out that this is called Psoriasis. The doctor had given my father some steroid type of medication and it all went away for 3-4 months but then it came back twice as much when he was taken off the medication.
In mid 2008, we consulted a homeopathic doctor and with his medication it almost cleared up almost the entire body with a few spots on the body until recently in mid 2016. During his homeopathic treatment we also had various other treatments which are still ongoing to relieve everyday pain:
Olive Oil as a moisturizer
Vaseline as a moisturizer
Turmeric in a glass of warm water - I read somewhere this has worked for people with psoriasis so we started this.
For the last 8 months or so it started to come back and has gotten worse to the point where his entire body until his ears has been effected. We recently consulted a dermatologist and he has put him on Humira and Triamcinolone Acetonide Ointment, 0.1% starting February 23, 2017. At first the doctor gave him 2 shots in the first visit, 1 more shot the following week, 1 shot 15 days following that, 1 shot 15 days following that, and now has recommended a shot every week due the recent flare up.
I would appreciate any information on what else we could be done or anything that has worked for any member on this forum. I will post pictures of his current status when i get home later this evening or tomorrow morning.
Again thank you for your help!
to the club ....it's admirable what you are researching for your dad, to be honest I think you have been doing the right thing since seeing a dermatologist .....you won't always get a fast response from a drug, and you are just at about 8 weeks on humira.... I would say if you don't start to see an improvement soon, ask to be moved onto another biological drug 
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