11 year old With Suspected Psoriasis Posted: 06-15-07 15:53pm
My 11-year-old son, Kyle, is off school at
the moment because he has a skin
condition in the small of his back and in
his groin and the upper-insides of his
thighs. His skin has a bluish tinge, it's
scaly and very painful. Our GP has
suggested it may be psoriasis but isn't
sure and so has referred him to a
dermatologist, but says that it looks like
August before he can get seen. Because he
isn't sure about what the condition is,
he's not prescribed anything except
keeping the affected area clean and if it
spreads or starts to weep, we are to take
him back to the clinic.
We are not impressed. Our little boy
can't wear trousers or even shorts because
he finds the skin-to-cloth contact too
painful, so at first he had to mooch
around the house in a dressing gown. Next
month we are going on holiday to Jordan
for 3-weeks - a holiday we planned with
him in mind because he is really
interested in history and archaeology of
which there is an abundance in Jordan. We
have to get there and when we do, we don't
intend to spend the whole time in the
hotel and Kyle can't travel about in his
dressing gown so I've bought him
half-a-dozen fairly plain girls' dresses.
They fit him OK and are the only thing he
can wear which are comfortable and he says
he'd wear them rather than miss his
holiday.
Firstly, is it usual for the GP to
prescribe absolutely NOTHING? Secondly,
should it take 8 weeks to see a skin
specialist and thirdly, should I protect
his "rash" from direct sunlight or will
the sun be beneficial to the condition?
Any advice would be most welcome.
Katz xx
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kerryn
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 133 Location: wellington, New zealand
Posted: 07-24-07 23:26pm
i have severe psoriasis over most of my
body. UV lilght is excellent for
psoriasis. the other thing to relieve
itching and burning is the cream they use
to relieve itching from chicken pox,
calamine lotion i think it is, or if you
can lay your hands on some, pinetarsol.
its a liquid and you put a bit into bath
water and it relieves symptoms of it so
well. If your dr suspected psoriasis he
should have prescribed pinetarsol coz it
wont do any harm if it isnt psoriasis...in
fact it would still help. also if you can,
dermatitis creams help too, but try to
rotate what you use every coupla weeks or
it stops working. once you havent used it
for about a month, use it again type
thing. if you have any more questions,
feel free to PM me and ill be glad to help
