I have just joined. Psoriasis diagnosed a couple of months ago

[Patrick Baines]

Hello everyone,

I have a diagnosis of psoriasis, made a couple of months ago.  Legs, thighs, arms, hands and feet.   Using Enstilar at the moment which helps.

I had a diagnosis of atopic eczema, full body, about a year ago,  got better over time, then bright red rectangular patch on both forelegs, no-one very sure what that was, and  dermatology said varicose eczema, but I think that was wrong. That faded with steroid cream.  Now had a rather typical psoriasis rash.

So I know its early days for me.... I am 78 years old. I also have severe Chronic Kidney failure,  no dialysis though yet.



I am curious to know if the progression from atopic eczema to psoriasis is common, or recognised, or unusual.  

Thank you for reading this, and for any reply

Patrick

[Caroline]

Hello Patrick,

Welcome to Psoriasisclub. We are a small club, but we spread out all over the world.
Quite some knowledge available over among our members, who will no doubt kick in to welcome you.

As far as I know atopic eczema and psoriasis are more or less mutual exclusive, but I will have to check that, I have a few years ago read an article about it.

Did you do a PASI-score already?
How much coverage do you have now?

Cheers,
Caroline

[Fred]

Hello Patrick  to Psoriasis Club.

Eczema and psoriasis are often misread and there can be a crossover, Enstilar is good but never going to keep you clear as it's not advisable to use long-term so it will be interesting to see how it goes.

A bit unusual to get psoriasis in late age, but thats the thing with psoriasis you never know when or who it will hit next so please do report back on how it is going.

Regards

Fred.

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