What about genes?

[jiml]

I also think you have to remember that going back to our grandparents, unless you have classic P with big plaques etc they may not have even gone to the doctors for it, and just assumed it was eczema or something.
It looks like you can have psoriasis all your life but it never be more than a few small problem areas so perhaps not everyone got a diagnosis.

That's very true TL and I'm sure a few scaly bumps weren't worth bothering a doctor about as there wasn't a health service in their day

[D Foster]

I also think you have to remember that going back to our grandparents, unless you have classic P with big plaques etc they may not have even gone to the doctors for it, and just assumed it was eczema or something.
It looks like you can have psoriasis all your life but it never be more than a few small problem areas so perhaps not everyone got a diagnosis.

That's very true TL and I'm sure a few scaly bumps weren't worth bothering a doctor about as there wasn't a health service in their day  

I was looking at some old photos and correspondents the other day and I feel sure that my Grandma on my mothers side had P .

[Caroline]

In some cases it could be that a virus or bacteria activates a gene that otherwise would have remained inactive. That could explain how people can go from no disease to guttate to no disease over a number of months.

Certainly a good point Bill. I think that may be a reason that Psoriasis comes to expression. Otherwise I would not be able to explain why my treatment is working. What I am thinking is that what has happened in my body is that the bacterial cause that is triggering my genes has been removed. Leading to a result where I am still genetically sensitive for Psoriatic Arthritis but as the bacteria have been removed, there is no trigger anymore and it went to a sleeping state. Recently, about a month ago I had a flare up, so probably/maybe bacteria were pushing my genes again. But apparantly the built up anti-bodies saw this and came into action removing once again the trigger. The flare is over.

I also think you have to remember that going back to our grandparents, unless you have classic P with big plaques etc they may not have even gone to the doctors for it, and just assumed it was eczema or something.
It looks like you can have psoriasis all your life but it never be more than a few small problem areas so perhaps not everyone got a diagnosis.

Very good point TL.
The times of our grandparents, in my case perhaps my grand grand parents were not the times that Psoriasis was well recognised. Even with my grandpa it was not really recognized in the last two years of his life, where he really got stuck with his arms and legs.

[D Foster]

Can anyone remember anything that happened about the time that their Psoriasis first started .

[Caroline]

Can anyone remember  anything that happened  about the time that their  Psoriasis  first started  .

Yes .l sure can...

[D Foster]

Can anyone remember  anything that happened  about the time that their  Psoriasis  first started  .

Yes .l sure can...

I had P but only very low level now and again but I can remember what started it really badly off ,or at least I think it did.

[Caroline]

Can anyone remember  anything that happened  about the time that their  Psoriasis  first started  .

Yes .l sure can...

I had P but only very low level now and again but I can remember what started it really badly off ,or at least I think it did.

And what was it that you think what started it?

[D Foster]

Can anyone remember  anything that happened  about the time that their  Psoriasis  first started  .

Yes .l sure can...

I had P but only very low level now and again but I can remember what started it really badly off ,or at least I think it did.

And what was it that you think what started it?

I had very low level over the years but just in one small place however after we had Clare I decided that two was enough so I had the snip , from this point the P started and within 6 months I was covered in the bloody P.

[Caroline]

Can anyone remember  anything that happened  about the time that their  Psoriasis  first started  .

Yes .l sure can...

I had P but only very low level now and again but I can remember what started it really badly off ,or at least I think it did.

And what was it that you think what started it?

I had very low level over the years but just in one small place however after we had Clare I decided that two was enough so I had the snip , from this point the P started  and within 6 months I was covered in the bloody P.

So you think it was that tiny operation that may have been the cause/trigger?
Was it because of the stress around it?
Or do you think you may have picked up a bacteria during the operation?

[JohnB]

Can anyone remember  anything that happened  about the time that their  Psoriasis  first started  .

Absolutely yes
I was on holiday in Turkey and suffered the mother of all upset stomachs while in Istanbul then when we moved on to Icmeler I got bitten by something very tiny with teeth like a T-Rex. My first Ps plaque started around a month later from the bite mark