Knowing your psoriasis

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Pso Well: Knowing

your psoriasis

Everything changes: Over the last decade or so, our understanding of the nature of psoriasis has changed, treatments are changing and we change. At different stages of your life, your psoriasis can affect you in different ways.

You may be the sort of person who keeps up to date with new developments, or you might not have read anything about psoriasis since you were diagnosed many years ago. Either way, you might find it helpful to look at these resources and see if they are useful to you.

There is information about the latest thinking on psoriasis, and more importantly, how to keep well if you have psoriasis. There is a lot you can do to help minimise the impact of psoriasis on your life. One of the first things is to find sources of good quality information and support.

Good for you, good for your psoriasis

Looking after your general health is good for your psoriasis too. We are all familiar with the main health messages about eating well, keeping fit and active, and looking after our mood.

But did you know that this advice is also important for your psoriasis? Psoriasis severity can be influenced by many things, including being overweight, too much alcohol, smoking and not being active enough. By making some positive choices about your lifestyle you will be able to keep well regardless of having psoriasis.

Pso Well resource sets have been put together by a team of experts:

People with psoriasis
Specialist health professionals
Specialist psoriasis health researchers

Pso Well resource sets cover three areas

What is Psoriasis?
Treatments for Psoriasis
Staying Well with Psoriasis

Pso Well resource sets focus on issues that people with psoriasis have asked us about. They contain useful information and activities to help you to live well with psoriasis. Use these by yourself, or take them along to appointments with your healthcare provider to help your discussions about how you are managing your psoriasis.

What next?

Try the activity below to help you decide your next steps...

Getting Started

On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being very little and 10 a lot, mark how much your psoriasis is affecting you at the moment.

Very little

Affects me very much

Where would you like to be on the measure?

Very little

Affects me very much

Next steps?

Is there a big difference in your answers to 1 and 2? If not, it sounds like you don’t need to do much for now.

If there’s a difference of 2 points or more, you might want to do something about your situation. Make a start by using the information in the other leaflets as a guide.

Try some of the activities in the Pso Well resource sets and re-assess how you feel in a week or so.

Or you might think that things are so different to how you want them to be that you would like more help. If so, take this leaflet with you to show your doctor or nurse.

What might be useful to me now?

We've created these leaflets to help
you with your psoriasis.

If you would like to find out more about a particular topic, then you can click on the relevant resource link.

For further advice or information please consult your healthcare provider or psoriasis patient association in your region