Daily low-emission UV therapy is an effective treatment for psoriasis patients

[Fred]

An early view of a little study published in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine that assess the effectivity of a low-emission UV device used daily for the treatment of psoriasis.

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Background/Purpose:
Hospital-based phototherapy is a widely accepted treatment modality in psoriasis patients. It, however, requires several hospital visits weekly, interfering with (school)work. Home ultraviolet (UV) treatment has been proven effective before but is only available in certain countries, and safety aspects play a part in reluctancy to prescribe this treatment. Patients, however, are usually keen on the use of phototherapy as it is effective and gives them the possibility of reducing the amount of topical treatment needed. In this study, we assess the effectivity of a low-emission UV device used daily.

Methods:
Sixty-two patients were treated for 6 months either with daily low-emission UV treatment and mometasone ointment 0.1% or with mometasone ointment 0.1% alone. Psoriasis severity scores, quality of life, vitamin D level, and blood pressure were monitored every 2 months during the study.

Results:
Patients treated with daily low-emission UV treatment showed a significant improvement in psoriasis severity, quality of life, amount of steroid ointment used, and vitamin D levels.

Conclusion:
Daily low-emission UV therapy is an effective treatment for psoriasis patients, diminishing the amount of steroid ointment needed and improving disease activity, quality of life, and vitamin D scores. Further investigation, however, is necessary.

Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com

*DermaSun Medical BV partly funded this study, they however had no involvement in analysing or processing the results, scientific input and had no input in the generation of this article.

[Caroline]

Mmmm, a six months study.

Today I was talking to mum. She had been speaking with a acquaintance of hers who told her the following. She has had psoriasis for a very long time, and went to a new dermatologist. In the discussion they discussed DMF, and the dermatologist asked why she had gone to an internist (for internal diseases) for her PsA.
That was easy to explain but was not accepted. The derm claimed that all psoriasislike stuff belonged to his profession. He was a young guy, but apparantly immensely limited in thinking already.
Mums acquaintance told about the previous treatments she has had, among which lots of UV treatments over years.

What is the catch?
She went to the dermatologist because of skin cancer.
Literally she asked him if this could have been caused by the UV treatments, the dermatologist shook his head in the "yes" way, and said that this was the very probable cause.....