Anyone with Psoriasis/Psoratic Arthritis Read this - Humira
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I'm relatively new to PH so this may seem a bit out of the blue.
I've been a sufferer of Psoriasis for about 15 years now with it gradually worsening more recently to the point where a few years ago I got told I had 'Plantar Fasciitis' in my feet and arthritis from my neck down to my knees!
I've taken anti-inflammatories and opiate based pain meds for years. Until an off the cuff comment to my rhumatologist about 'I'm bloody sick of these tablets, got any medical trials going on?' To my joy I was told there was.
Anti-TNFα Therapy - Anyone who's new to psoriasis (or old, unless you've looked it up) probably won't know what the cause of the inflammation is. Well, its simple. Its a cell signalling protein which which in people with psoriasis is malfunctioning... This is where the Anti-TNFα therapy comes in. I've been given Humira - an injection with TNFα antibodies in it which effectively kill the malfunctioning TNFα proteins. 1 injection every 2 weeks and no more tablets or greasy creams.
I've taken 2 injections now and its 5 weeks into the treatment. This is how i've gotten on...
After 5 days on it i'd stopped taking anti-inflammatories. For the first time in 5-6 years I've got out of bed in the morning without pain, well, relatively no pain. I'd noice after day 3 that the pain had lessened so after day 4 I just stop taking it... Woke up on day 5 and was amazed!
My skin, well let em tell you... I usually have cracked broken, red raw/purple skin which flakes off and is horrible... Since starting the the treatment my skin has completely changed, almost normal I'd say! Which after 15 years you sort of lose hope in ever seeing again!
So, go to your doctors, ask them if anti-TNFα therapy can help in your case. I got mine through my rhumatologist because it had developed into, what they were calling, ankylosing spondylitis or bamboo spine, It was so bad that I literally couldn't get out of bed some mornings, stiff from neck to knees.
It won't be a quick process, I had to exhaust all other avenues of treatment before they would OK this one but hey after 15 years what was another 6-12 months hey?
Let me know your experiences below, not seen much chat about Psoriasis or Arthritis on here.
Not many of us left? lol
I hope you've had your eyes opened a bit and that reading this helps in some way!
Some pics of my legs:
This is just with moisturiser Dermol 500. You know the stuff...
I've been a sufferer of Psoriasis for about 15 years now with it gradually worsening more recently to the point where a few years ago I got told I had 'Plantar Fasciitis' in my feet and arthritis from my neck down to my knees!
I've taken anti-inflammatories and opiate based pain meds for years. Until an off the cuff comment to my rhumatologist about 'I'm bloody sick of these tablets, got any medical trials going on?' To my joy I was told there was.
Anti-TNFα Therapy - Anyone who's new to psoriasis (or old, unless you've looked it up) probably won't know what the cause of the inflammation is. Well, its simple. Its a cell signalling protein which which in people with psoriasis is malfunctioning... This is where the Anti-TNFα therapy comes in. I've been given Humira - an injection with TNFα antibodies in it which effectively kill the malfunctioning TNFα proteins. 1 injection every 2 weeks and no more tablets or greasy creams.
I've taken 2 injections now and its 5 weeks into the treatment. This is how i've gotten on...
After 5 days on it i'd stopped taking anti-inflammatories. For the first time in 5-6 years I've got out of bed in the morning without pain, well, relatively no pain. I'd noice after day 3 that the pain had lessened so after day 4 I just stop taking it... Woke up on day 5 and was amazed!
My skin, well let em tell you... I usually have cracked broken, red raw/purple skin which flakes off and is horrible... Since starting the the treatment my skin has completely changed, almost normal I'd say! Which after 15 years you sort of lose hope in ever seeing again!
So, go to your doctors, ask them if anti-TNFα therapy can help in your case. I got mine through my rhumatologist because it had developed into, what they were calling, ankylosing spondylitis or bamboo spine, It was so bad that I literally couldn't get out of bed some mornings, stiff from neck to knees.
It won't be a quick process, I had to exhaust all other avenues of treatment before they would OK this one but hey after 15 years what was another 6-12 months hey?
Let me know your experiences below, not seen much chat about Psoriasis or Arthritis on here.
Not many of us left? lol
I hope you've had your eyes opened a bit and that reading this helps in some way!
Some pics of my legs:
This is just with moisturiser Dermol 500. You know the stuff...
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