Treatment psoriasis in Ein Bokek (Dead Sea)

Psoriasis, or scaly lichen, is a disease of the skin of non-infectious aetiology. Psoriasis is not a contagious disease, but manifests itself as red flaky spots covered with white flakes. The disease can affect any part of the body, but most often the spots are located on the elbows, knees and under the hair on the head. Psoriasis is a chronic disease with periods of rashes and remission. During periods of exacerbation, rashes can be of different sizes and affect the individual in different ways: someone's symptoms are limited to stains and slight irritation, and someone's skin is affected by large areas of skin, which causes severe discomfort, itching, pain syndrome, insomnia and worsening quality of life. A predisposition to psoriasis can be inherited, and its development can be provoked by skin injuries, surgeries, stress, hormonal disruptions, parasites. At the initial stage, treatment of psoriasis includes the use of ointments, lotions and creams based on glucocorticosteroids, zinc, tar, naphthalan oil, vitamin D3. In more severe cases, the dermatologist prescribed medication, physiotherapy. Psoriasis is treated with plasmapheresis, UV radiation, phytotherapy, cryotherapy, paraffin therapy, pelotherapy, peeling, radon and sulphide baths, sunbathing.