Injuries and scales on various parts of the body, pruritic and painful, which mainly affect the knees, elbows or scalp: psoriasis is a complex and still poorly known disease, which can significantly affect the quality of life of those affected.
Fortunately, research leads to the creation of new drugs and treatments that can help cure it, let's see what the latest discoveries are.
Psoriasis, the discomfort can end
The latest news would come from The New England Journal of Medicine, bringing healings from psoriasis in three months, thanks to a new drug developed by Novartis called Secukinumab, approved by the European Union.
It is a "fully human recombinant monoclonal antibody", hence a biological drug, which would help to cure this autoimmune disease.
The results would demonstrate the effective efficacy of the drug in subjects with patches of plaque psoriasis resistant to topical therapies or more or less natural remedies. As Pharmastar, the online newspaper on drugs, communicates, it would already be marketed also in Italy.
Another drug being approved is called Otezla, which is also useful for those who have found other orally administered other medical treatments ineffective.
Very close discrimination
July and August are the worst months for those suffering from psoriasis, and not just for the effects of heat. In fact, there are not only those who discriminate due to the color of their skin, but also those who do so following particular disorders, such as psoriasis.
In fact, if more than half of people are ashamed of this disorder and suffer from the possible judgments and more or less veiled glances, according to a survey reported by Il Sole 24 Ore, 80% of patients would be victims of discrimination .
It is not enough therefore the anxiety of having to go to the beach and the sea or under the sun with the embarrassment of the red spots, but there is also the fear of having to face the judgment of others, which becomes a threat even when you go simply by the hairdresser or the beautician or the shop assistants are contacted: as many as 16% of patients have been refused to obtain services .
A positive thing, however, there is: an App for psoriasis, or appelle, an application downloadable from the homonymous site that allows you to know in depth the disturbance, confront yourself with other people and look for the nearest specialized center.
