So I got strep throat and now I have psoriasis...

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As the title says - any advice welcome. Psoriasis is completely new to me and until this happened I had no idea that strep throat could trigger it

Are you taking penicillin?
You must complete a full 10 days course.

Hopefully, the psoriasis will settle quickly.

Is it guttate i.e. like droplets all over your body?
Use an emollient several times daily and consider something like Dovonex/Dovobet as a specific treatment.

At the time I was given a 7 day course (half strength) - no idea what they were thinking. Literally just been given a full dose for 10 days but this is 2 months since I had strep...

Also been prescribed dovobet but told it's super strong?

On the list for light therapy too...

Oh and apparently it's guttate and plaque psoriasis

This happened to me! I had never heard of such a thing. I was covered all over my body and legs it was horrible. It took 6 months to disappear completely but I have been completely clear ever since (over a year now). I never appreciated how ill psoriasis really could make you, I was exhausted! Steroid creams didn't do much for me. I used a body wash called olive tree from lush xx

Oh, light therapy is good!

And it's been a while, you poor thing.
Don't hesitate using Dovobet appropriately and as prescribed.

You know the MN Motto of 'this too shall pass'? Applies here too

Hey OP, I have has psoriasis for 20 years and it often starts with injury or illness.

I would recommend gaining a thorough understanding of it. Although the symptoms are on the skin, it is an auto immune illness, in tje same family of arthritis where your immune system is attempting to repair damage to your skin which doesn't exist.

GPs will often prescribe vitamin D or steroid creams. I found that until I saw a dermatologist who gave me a proper regime of creams and light therapy it was getting steadily worse. With treatment you can hopefully get it under control. Prioritise the areas where it causes pain or discomfort-under bra straps or where other clothing rubs.

Mine goes completely when I am pregnant but comes back with a vengeance after birth.

There are support groups as people can often find it challenging to have. PM me if you like.

Mine goes completely when I am pregnant but comes back with a vengeance after birth.

Yes, that is because it's an autoimmune disease and your immune system is throttled back when you are carrying a fetus that is only 50% genetically yours (if it was a transplanted kidney you'd have to take anti rejection meds for the rest of your life - babies as a rule our bodies tolerate just fine and many autoimmune diseases improve during pregnancy).

My son had this; it faded . It has come back a couple of times when he has been ill but so far always disappeared again and very a couple of months or so

I am in the exact same position and so fed up. Strep throat and post pregnancy are my triggers. I've developed it approx 7months after all 3 pregnancies. So fed up of it and can't take any steroids as breastfeeding. Light treatment always gets rid of it but it's slow. Sunshine does help but I'm so self conscious about it that I unhelpfully cover up. Also taking probiotics, turmeric, vitamin D and fish oils...and it does seem less angry lately. You poor thing though, it's horrible

My dh has this. We've never seemed to get a handle on it despite trying dovobet and a host of creams and shampoos. I'd love to find something that made his life easier with it. No help sorry, but I hope there are some useful suggestions on here.

I’ve had psoriasis for...twenty years, gave up on dovebet - it does improve it, but I found as soon as I stopped it came back with avengence.

The best things I’ve found for treating it without steroids are; MG217 cream - it’s coal tar based and smells DISGUSTING but without a doubt it is the best product I’ve had. Especially on stubborn patches.

If you have it in your scalp - Capasal shampoo really worked for me, by the end of one bottle it had completely settled - now I don’t have it in my scalp at all.

Final thing is - be aware of what makes it worse. For me that’s wine and beer, bad stress and poor diet. Likewise - it seems better when I eat well, avoid dairy and white bread and when I’ve seen the sun. The more you look at what triggers you have, the more obvious it may become how you can manage it and encourage remission rather than suppress it with steroids. At its worst, it covered 25% of both legs, my elbows, my scalp, behind my ears, my cleavage and on my stomach. Now I have three patches the size of a ten pence piece.

I’ll warn you now, it doesn’t go away over night!

Thanks so much everyone

I've just collected the dovobet so hoping that'll do something but sounds like it might only be a short term fix?

In terms of diet, do you establish that by eliminating food types?

Has anyone had light therapy?

Dovobet worked short term for me. Enstilar is a new foam treatment that has completely cleared it up. I only had it on my elbows. Its quite a new product and has the same ingredients as Dovobet but it's the foam application that makes a difference.
Google it, I read loads of good reviews so asked my gp for it, she hadn't heard of it.

I've had the light therapy. It really cleared it up for a good while, think it was much better for a couple of years. It's flared up again terribly now, but that's due to being under a lot of stress.

Dovobet has 2 ingredients: a topical steroid which helps quite swiftly, particularly for inflamed patches; and the 'Dovo' bit which is a vitamin derivate and takes longer to work, but does actually address psoriasis. It can takes weeks of daily application to see the full effects.

I've had light treatment twice and it worked great. Took nearly 30 treatments the last time and requires attending 3 times per week so it's quite a commitment. The first time I was clear for over 3 years and the second time over 4 years but it flared up after this pregnancy again. It's not a quick fix but it does work. At the moment I can't use steroid creams so just trying to keep moisturised. Silcocks base irritates my skin but I find coconut oil, and La Roche Posay and Child's Farm moisturisers good but it can be expensive to keep buying them. Oatmeal baths are good too. Limiting sugar, alcohol and increasing water intake help too.