What does psoriasis feel like

Inverse psoriasis is made worse by friction and sweating, so it can be particularly uncomfortable in hot weather. Pustular psoriasis is a rarer type of psoriasis that causes pus-filled blisters pustules to appear on your skin.

This causes pustules that develop very quickly on a wide area of skin. The pus consists of white blood cells and is not a sign of infection. The pustules may reappear every few days or weeks in cycles. During the start of these cycles, von Zumbusch psoriasis can cause fever, chills, weight loss and fatigue. The pustules then burst, leaving bright red areas that may ooze or become scaly.

These may lead to painful nail deformities. Erythrodermic psoriasis is a rare form of psoriasis that affects nearly all the skin on the body. This can cause intense itching or burning. Simon talks about itchiness and the impact of scratching on his psoriasis. I realised that does sound a bit weird but it is like scratching an itch basically.

You feel it, and you scratch it and it feels better and you just go back to doing it. What do you do about that, do you sort of try to avoid the scratching if you can? I just really try to distract myself from it. You learn to live with it. You learn to deal with it. Like a lot of the time I'd be really itchy especially like during the night.

And it was always the worst thing to do but it always had that, that sensation that it was nice to have that, just a relief there although it was almost just annoying because afterwards, well you make it bleed, then you make it worse.

And then yeah, but then you have to be careful because a lot of creams that you use afterwards it does make it -, it makes it worse, so like my, the top of my ears that was always quite thick and horrible, and I would sit there and I'd sit and pick it because I could, because it was there.

Louis stopped playing rugby when he had psoriasis and took up swimming instead. So I was playing quite a lot of rugby before it happened, and that was a big no [laugh] because obviously that would-, that would make it really, really sore.

So I couldn't do any of that. I did quite a lot of swimming, because I sort of checked with the GP and apparently I wasn't gonna to put anything in the water that was going to be bad for anyone else.

So I did quite a lot of swimming, which was again really soothing. So it meant that I could go and do something to take me mind off it and get some exercise without it being sore. And I was but initially a bit worried about the chlorine irritating it, but the chlorine seemed to be alright.

And again I just made sure I had some emollient on and I was okay. But yeah, it meant that I couldn't play rugby at all. And I had to be careful with sort of pretty much everything else, just to try and sort of stop aggravating it as much as possible. So I found out that showering with hot water sort of made everything quite red and angry and painful. So I started showering with cold water, or sort of lukewarm water, which made, which made a big difference.

And the soap I was using wasn't particularly good for my skin, it was quite-, it was-, made me lose a lot of moisture and it was sort of irritating it. So the, when I went back to my GP the second time, I-, he gave me some it was sort of like E45 moisturising shower wash cream stuff that I could use.

And instead of sort of like dehydrating my skin and making it itchy and sore, it would just sort of soothe it. Which was quite nice. So that did make a bit of a difference. But I eventually started showering with just like fre-, the coldest water I could get effectively, because it was just so much-, so much nicer to do that.

And it would like calm my skin down and soothe it. So, as I say, some of the times when I'd come home and it had been really bad all morning, it was like a really sort of intense pain, I'd just hop in the shower, put it almost cold as possible, and just stand in the shower for sort of half an hour until it got better. Then I'd hop out and cover myself in the creams again.

But I think as much-, it was as much trying to deal with the psoriasis itself as sort of making sure that my skin had no reason to be sort of itchy and painful. So while the steroids were probably good in the long term for reducing inflammation and stuff, making sure that your skin was sort of hydrated and had a sort of barrier between it and the clothes that were rubbing on it, meant that you were much, much less likely to get sort of an itchy, painful event. Why this happens is still a bit of a mystery.

Inverse psoriasis This type of psoriasis develops in areas where skin touches skin, such as the armpits, genitals, and crease of the buttocks. Pustular psoriasis This type of psoriasis causes pus-filled bumps that usually appear only on the feet and hands. While the pus-filled bumps may look like an infection, the skin is not infected. Where pustular psoriasis appears, you tend to notice:. Pustular psoriasis can make just about any activity that requires your hands or feet, such as typing or walking, unbearably painful.

Pustular psoriasis generalized Serious and life-threatening, this rare type of psoriasis causes pus-filled bumps to develop on much of the skin. Also called von Zumbusch psoriasis, a flare-up causes this sequence of events:. As the pus dries usually within 24 to 48 hours , the skin dries out and peels as shown in this picture.

In a few days or weeks, you may see a new crop of pus-filled bumps covering most of the skin, as the cycle repeats itself. Anyone with pustular psoriasis also feels very sick, and may develop a fever, headache, muscle weakness, and other symptoms. Erythrodermic psoriasis Serious and life-threatening, this type of psoriasis requires immediate medical care. When someone develops erythrodermic psoriasis, you may notice:. Most people who develop erythrodermic psoriasis already have another type of psoriasis.

Before developing erythrodermic psoriasis, they often notice that their psoriasis is worsening or not improving with treatment. If you notice either of these happening, see a board-certified dermatologist.

People who develop erythrodermic psoriasis should seek immediate medical attention. Among other dangers, the person may be unable to keep warm, so hypothermia can set in quickly.

Nail psoriasis While many people think of psoriasis as a skin disease, you can see signs of it elsewhere on the body. Many people who have psoriasis see signs of the disease on their nails. With any type of psoriasis, you may see changes to your fingernails or toenails. About half of the people who have plaque psoriasis see signs of psoriasis on their fingernails at some point 2.

Treatment and proper nail care can help you control nail psoriasis. Psoriatic arthritis When psoriasis affects the joints, it causes a disease known as psoriatic arthritis. Some people who have psoriasis develop a type of arthritis called psoriatic arthritis.

This is more likely to occur if you have severe psoriasis. Most people notice psoriasis on their skin years before they develop psoriatic arthritis. Like psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis cannot be cured.