Health Boards
Fri-13-03-2015, 17:55 PM
My first time on the forum . I hope this is the correct place for questions .
If it's not - sorry , but here goes anyway .
Is there any such thing as a "trigger "that can cause the onset of psoriasis ?
Almnost exactly a year ag i was working decorating the bathroom at my home .
I was wearing latex surgical gloves as I was applying neat household bleach to
clean the grout in the tiles . As I was using the bleach I felt it trickling along my
right arm from my wrist to my elbow . It was stinging quite a bit at the point where the latex
glove meets the inner side of my wrist . Because I was almost finished I stupidly carried on for a few
more minutes .
When I removed the glove I could see that my inner wrist was weeping blood .
I washed under cold running water and thought no more of it .
Over the next few days my wrist became quite soe and it was clear to me that the bleach
had burnt me quite badly . Again , stupidly , I did not seek medical attention and just left
it to it's own devices to heal naturally .
Over the following months the burn has settled down with regard to pain but has left a vivid
deep red scar measuring roughly one inch by one half inch . The skin has still not healed properly
and forms small white plaques that continually produce dead white skin with much the sameearance as psoriasis plaques .
Over the following months i began to develop patches of what my doctor told me is psoriasis .
A two inch circle around the entire area of my right elbow .
Several half inch laques on both legs .
One on my stomach .
A few on my lower back .
So here's the question ?
Due to the appearance of the scar on my wrist, and how it appears much the same
as psoriasis , is it possible that the initial burn has triggered the appearance of psoriasis ?
Apart from mild acne as a boy i have never had any skin problems .
It seems strange to me that this has suddenly happened .
If it's not - sorry , but here goes anyway .
Is there any such thing as a "trigger "that can cause the onset of psoriasis ?
Almnost exactly a year ag i was working decorating the bathroom at my home .
I was wearing latex surgical gloves as I was applying neat household bleach to
clean the grout in the tiles . As I was using the bleach I felt it trickling along my
right arm from my wrist to my elbow . It was stinging quite a bit at the point where the latex
glove meets the inner side of my wrist . Because I was almost finished I stupidly carried on for a few
more minutes .
When I removed the glove I could see that my inner wrist was weeping blood .
I washed under cold running water and thought no more of it .
Over the next few days my wrist became quite soe and it was clear to me that the bleach
had burnt me quite badly . Again , stupidly , I did not seek medical attention and just left
it to it's own devices to heal naturally .
Over the following months the burn has settled down with regard to pain but has left a vivid
deep red scar measuring roughly one inch by one half inch . The skin has still not healed properly
and forms small white plaques that continually produce dead white skin with much the sameearance as psoriasis plaques .
Over the following months i began to develop patches of what my doctor told me is psoriasis .
A two inch circle around the entire area of my right elbow .
Several half inch laques on both legs .
One on my stomach .
A few on my lower back .
So here's the question ?
Due to the appearance of the scar on my wrist, and how it appears much the same
as psoriasis , is it possible that the initial burn has triggered the appearance of psoriasis ?
Apart from mild acne as a boy i have never had any skin problems .
It seems strange to me that this has suddenly happened .