Understanding How to Heal Psoriasis

The often overlooked key to healing psoriasis is avoiding infection. Any simple infection can activate immune system and accelerate the disease process in psoriasis-affected skin. Just avoiding everyday infections is of enormous benefit to controlling skin inflammation.

Besides steering clear of germs, what can you do to minimize the impact of infection on psoriasis. Scientists in Poland have found that infection has the greatest impact when selenium is deficient (particularly in men). You don’t need megadoses of selenium. As little as 100 micrograms a day is all you need. Take supplemental copper, zinc, and vitamin E for a balanced antioxidant effect.

Naturopathic physicians also suggest that on of the best ways to prevent severe outbreaks of psoriasis is to a void constipation. When stool stays in the colon, any Streptococcus bacteria in the mix have opportunity to release endotoxins. These metabolic byproducts of the germ stimulate the production of a chemical (cyclic GMP) in skin cells that causes them to multiply wildly. Good colon health, interestingly enough, leads to good skin health.