Health Boards
Sat-16-05-2015, 20:28 PM
The trick is not to scratch in your sleep. Obviously that is not easy, but you can with hard work train yourself not to do it. First off you must not feel guilty, but you have to imagine you are staying at a friends house or a hotel and you would feel embarrassed by seeing the stains you had left behind after your visit. Without getting to hung up about it as after all it is still your bed, try to get you subconscious mind to not want to scratch.
Yes cotton gloves, and keeping your nails very short as the others said are also very good. If you ever notice yourself scratching in bed, get up and rub an ice cube over the offending part or hold a bag of peas on it for a while. It will calm it down, but don't go back to bed wait until you can't keep your eyes open. You hit the nail on the head when you said "Subconcious" you don't know you are doing it, but remember It Is You that is doing it and nobody else.
It's very difficult and like I said don't get to hung up about it, most people with psoriasis have been there. It's annoying and can also be embarrassing, but it happens.
I would give the creams a miss and sleep naked, yes you may find stains in the morning but a lot of it is not always blood. A lot of the time it's like Sebum or a mixture of sebum and blood, as for removing the stains soak your sheets for a few hours in a high concentrate of clothes washing liquid and luke warm water before putting in the washing machine. Another trick is to rub the stain with neat clothes washing liquid for a while between your fingers before putting in the washing machine.
Use a good quality Non Bio clothes washing liquid, and if you have hard water invest in a water softener. It will make a huge difference, not only on the cleaning, but also your skin.
Another tip is to invest in good quality Egyptian cotton sheets and quilt cover, it's very soft and light and will help you sleep better.
*A basic water softener will cost around £300 but it will do wonders for your skin, make cleaning easier, and will stop scale in your electrical heating equipment so they will last longer.
*Spend as much money on Egyptian cotton as you can afford, but don't be tempted with the cheap products. Go the few extra ££££s it's worth it.
Sleep well, and Stop Scratching.
Water softener
Yes cotton gloves, and keeping your nails very short as the others said are also very good. If you ever notice yourself scratching in bed, get up and rub an ice cube over the offending part or hold a bag of peas on it for a while. It will calm it down, but don't go back to bed wait until you can't keep your eyes open. You hit the nail on the head when you said "Subconcious" you don't know you are doing it, but remember It Is You that is doing it and nobody else.
It's very difficult and like I said don't get to hung up about it, most people with psoriasis have been there. It's annoying and can also be embarrassing, but it happens.
I would give the creams a miss and sleep naked, yes you may find stains in the morning but a lot of it is not always blood. A lot of the time it's like Sebum or a mixture of sebum and blood, as for removing the stains soak your sheets for a few hours in a high concentrate of clothes washing liquid and luke warm water before putting in the washing machine. Another trick is to rub the stain with neat clothes washing liquid for a while between your fingers before putting in the washing machine.
Use a good quality Non Bio clothes washing liquid, and if you have hard water invest in a water softener. It will make a huge difference, not only on the cleaning, but also your skin.
Another tip is to invest in good quality Egyptian cotton sheets and quilt cover, it's very soft and light and will help you sleep better.
*A basic water softener will cost around £300 but it will do wonders for your skin, make cleaning easier, and will stop scale in your electrical heating equipment so they will last longer.
*Spend as much money on Egyptian cotton as you can afford, but don't be tempted with the cheap products. Go the few extra ££££s it's worth it.
Sleep well, and Stop Scratching.
Water softener