Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that manifests itself mainly with skin symptoms (dryness, itching, scaly skin, abnormal ...

A study with the involvement of the UAB presents a new efficient photopharmaceutical drug to treat psoriasis and reduce the adverse effects associated ...

Laser treatment: The dermatologist uses a laser to deliver high doses of light only to the psoriasis. PUVA bath: You soak in water that contains a medicine called psoralen (sor-ah-len). This medicine ...

The energy is gradually increased to minimize adverse reactions and potentiate the treatment. 1 The absolute contraindications for PUVA are xeroderma pigmentosum, some genodermatoses, systemic lupus ...

UVA light, on its own, is ineffective for psoriasis. When used clinically, it’s combined with the chemical psoralen in a treatment called PUVA. Although psoralen can cause side effects such as nausea, ...

Generally, UVB light alone is the common treatment for psoriasis. PUVA is usually used in extreme cases and when other treatments have not worked. Of the two types of UVB treatments, narrow-band is a ...

When the treatment is combined with a medication called psoralen, the patient’s body becomes more sensitive to light. This is known as PUVA. Once you reach the hospital or treatment centre ...

Psoralens increases the skin's sensitivity to UV light and thus improves the effectiveness of UV light therapy. PUVA is used to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, puritus (itching) and sometimes atopic ...

You can apply sunscreen to psoriasis plaques to prevent sunburn, but, if the plaques from psoriasis are inflamed or cracked ...

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Minia University, Minya, Egypt. [1] S. O. Kovacs, “Vitiligo,” Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Vol. 38 ...