| Form the beginning of humankind hundreds of | | | | usual and uncommon surge of psoriasis (changes in |
| thousands of human beings - from common people | | | | the palms, feet, etc. ). Willan described two diseases: |
| to stars, from kings to important modern politicians - | | | | discoid psoriasis, which he called Lepra Graecorum and |
| suffered and do still suffer from psoriasis today. Who | | | | Psora Leprosa. Willan in 1801 gave a description of |
| were these people and what has changed since | | | | the ailment taking into account variations in the clinical |
| then? Form the beginning of humankind hundreds of | | | | make-up of psoriasis. |
| thousands of human beings - from common people | | | | A key role in the course of the probe into psoriasis |
| to stars, from kings to important modern politicians - | | | | was done by a Russian dermatologists of the 19th |
| suffered and do still suffer from psoriasis today. | | | | century , which considered this dermatosis as a |
| Psoriasis is even cited in the writings of ancient | | | | system ailment,"psoriatic disease", capturing into |
| healing. Back in the late classic times there was a | | | | account the connection of psoriasis with the |
| known disease, which was realized by the peeling and | | | | pathology of the interior organs, metabolism, and the |
| itchiness of skin. | | | | condition of the nervous system. The physicians of |
| The problem of Ancient Greek medical expressions | | | | various countries (Gebr, H.Koebner and others) have |
| led to the fact that in the functions of Hippocrates, | | | | also later pointed out the connection of psoriatic |
| leprosy and psoriasis were collectively under one | | | | disease with the circumstance of the nervous |
| name, which was -leprosy. Psoriasis was known in the | | | | system, and the diseases of the interior organs. |
| times of Hippocrates under the names of lepra and | | | | Later dermatology was enriched by new facts about |
| psora, as well as alphos and leichen. In the times of | | | | the zest of the disease. All the cumulated evidence |
| Hippocrates a dermatological expressions was | | | | lets us at present call psoriasis a "system disease". |
| introduced, utilized sometimes even at present, some | | | | New evidence about the essence and the mechanism |
| of the terms of which had a group meaning. So, | | | | of the course of the illness was obtained in the last |
| under the term "psoriasis" they united the diseases, | | | | 40 years; the new modern methods for the therapy |
| which are accompanied by tuberosity, by the | | | | were envisioned and used: PUVA- treatment, |
| formation of scale, spots and by keratosis, such as | | | | corticosteroids, retinoids, cytostatics in the therapy |
| eczema, lichens (micose, red flat lichen, tubercular | | | | of severe forms, Selective Ultraviolet Phototherapy, |
| lupus, leprosy, etc). | | | | acupuncture, hemosorption etc. |
| Each of these terms had their really unique elements; | | | | During the latter part of the 20th century it was |
| for example, the term "leprosy" was used with the | | | | obvious by a truly immense approach to the dilemma |
| determination of the assortment of the diseases, | | | | of psoriasis. Only in the last 10 years or so, around |
| which are manifested by a thick skin, by its peeling | | | | the globe there have been published more than |
| and itchiness, which in some way tells us about | | | | ten-thousand pieces, devoted to psoriatic dermatosis, |
| psoriasis in today's idea of psoriasis. | | | | which makes it one of the most examined. However, |
| At the start of our era a distinguished Greek | | | | none of the possibilities or the theories show a |
| physician named Claudius Galen was first to use the | | | | complete essence of the illness, and the same |
| term "psoriasis" to label the scaly changes in the skin | | | | problems of treatment and preventive maintenance |
| with an extreme itchiness; however, clinically this | | | | stands in front of the latest dermatologists as vivid |
| condition little resembled the present manifestations | | | | as it did a century ago. |
| of psoriasis. | | | | Currently, many Researchers and educational |
| In the writings of the past hundreds of years | | | | institutions deal with the exploration of the root, |
| psoriasis itself was sometimes mistaken to be | | | | manifestations, and with the refinement of new |
| leprosy, mange, Vitiligo, which usually needed a strict | | | | ways to treat and use preventive maintenance |
| segregation and other subsequent consequences: | | | | measures for psoriasis. In the United States the key |
| people with psoriasis didn't get any health care; they | | | | scientific focal point for psoriasis is Stanford |
| had to wear a really unusual outfit and bell. | | | | University, which has 35 different countries from |
| With the term "psora" (ancient name of psoriasis) it | | | | around the world in the form of an international |
| was called the variety of diseases of the skin, for | | | | association on the studies of psoriasis. The |
| which was known for it's peeling, dry skin and | | | | association publishes the only one on the entire planet |
| itchiness. | | | | the American Journal of Psoriasis. It deals with the |
| The first visible description of the clinical | | | | inquiries about psoriasis from dermatologist all around |
| manifestations of psoriasis belongs to a 2nd century | | | | the globe. |
| Greek philosopher named Celsus. | | | | Every five years there is carried out a World |
| Only the start of the 19th Century an English | | | | Congress specialized to the difficulty of psoriasis. |
| physician named Willan and his students clearly | | | | October 29th is dedicated as World Psoriasis Day. |
| offered the idea of psoriasis as an illness, its | | | | Every year it is devoted to persons with psoriasis |
| manifestations and problems. They differentiated it | | | | and psoriatic arthritis. |
| from leprosy and fungus diseases.They secluded the | | | | |