To cure psoriasis, lose weight first! Weight Control Healing Bonus

To improve psoriasis, you must lose weight first! According to a study conducted by Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, if a psoriasis patient is overweight, the severity of the disease will be relatively higher, and the risk is higher in men than in women. Doctors pointed out that because obese tissue releases inflammatory substances, psoriasis becomes more serious. If obese patients lose weight, it will help treat psoriasis and significantly improve their condition.

Studies have found that effective weight control can improve the symptoms of psoriasis.

Dr. He Yicheng from the Department of Dermatology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Kaohsiung pointed out that there are currently about 100,000 psoriasis patients in Taiwan. According to a study of 399 psoriasis patients by the Department of Dermatology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 56% of the patients had a BMI body mass index higher than the normal value of 24, which is above the overweight level. The higher the BMI of the patient, the more severe the psoriasis.

The higher the BMI value, the more severe the psoriasis

Clinical studies have found that overweight patients have a 1.84 times higher risk of severe psoriasis than the average population, while patients with moderate to severe obesity have a 3.29 times higher risk than the average population. Among them, the trend of male obesity is more obvious. The reason is that the fat distribution of men and women is different. Men's fat mostly covers internal organs, while women's fat is mostly distributed under the skin.

Visceral fat is the main place where inflammatory cytokines are produced. These hormones can induce the secretion of excessive inflammatory substances, causing the inflammatory response of psoriasis to become more severe and increase the clinical severity.

Psoriasis is not a simple skin disease. It is mainly caused by immune disorder, not insufficient immunity.

Comprehensive treatment should start with weight control

Among the cases studied, there was a Mr. Zeng who had been suffering from psoriasis for 13 years. He initially experienced peeling near his belly button, and at its most serious stage, the lesions spread to his face and scalp. At the time, Mr. Zeng weighed about 81 kg and had a BMI of 28.4. Due to his lack of a good lifestyle and the inability to see a doctor regularly during his military service, his condition remained in a moderate to severe state, with recurring attacks from time to time.

Later, Mr. Zeng accepted the hospital's advice and actively controlled his weight and changed his lifestyle. Through regular exercise and adjustments to his work and rest schedule, he successfully lost 13 kilograms and his BMI dropped to 23.8. Not only did his body become stronger, but the treatment of psoriasis was also more effective.

Don't believe in folk remedies. Cure psoriasis with patience.

Dr. He Yicheng emphasized that psoriasis is not a simple skin disease. It is mainly caused by immune disorders, not insufficient immunity. Patients and their families often have the wrong myth that taking more supplements or health foods will indirectly improve the condition. This often backfires and makes the body's immune response vigorous, which in turn worsens the condition and makes the original psoriasis more difficult to treat.

We also found in the outpatient clinic that many unscrupulous people took advantage of the patients' fragile mentality of "wanting to be cured" and sold folk remedies to them. There were patients who traveled to mainland China to receive "blood transfusion treatment", spending millions of dollars, but did not get any treatment effect and their lives might be in danger. Some patients spend a lot of money to buy Chinese herbal skin care products, but they only get temporary effects.

Currently, the treatment of psoriasis has become diversified. Patients can effectively control the disease by relying mainly on Western medicine treatment and supplemented by a healthy lifestyle.

Psoriasis medication, multiple biological agents for relief

Dr. He Yicheng emphasized that there are more and more ways to treat psoriasis nowadays. The most common methods include topical medications, light therapy, oral medications and biologics. Even the latest generation of biologics are currently available. Medication selection is based on the severity of the disease and is covered by health insurance, reducing the burden on the public.

In the past, due to ineffective treatment, the disease often relapsed, causing patients to go to the hospital every two or three days, affecting their work and quality of life. Advances in treatment methods have saved patients with moderate to severe psoriasis a lot of time seeking medical treatment. Taking the latest biological agents currently covered by National Health Insurance as an example, the first two injections need to be given one month apart, and subsequent injections only need to be given every three months. Patients no longer need to take frequent leave for medical treatment, and can effectively control their condition.

[Doctor's Intimate Reminder]:

The treatment of psoriasis is very different from what it was 10 years ago. Regardless of whether the lesions are mild or severe, patients should rely mainly on Western medicine and adopt a healthy lifestyle as a supplement to effectively control the disease. Patients should be aware of the hidden risks of obesity and cardiovascular disease beneath the skin lesions. Even if they are not suffering from moderate to severe psoriasis, they should actively control the inflammatory response inside and outside the body to avoid co-morbidities with other physical diseases.

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