Listen up. I love this. I have no qualms in posting half naked pictures, and a big reason is because for a good chunk of my young adult life I was bat...
Listen up. I love this. I have no qualms in posting half naked pictures, and a big reason is because for a good chunk of my young adult life I was battling [guttate] psoriasis - an autoimmune condition that meant at least 80% of my body was flushed with the ugliest rash from hell. It was horrible. But now I don’t, so I will celebrate that in all kinds of ways, including this. ✨ Humility & pride aren’t mutually exclusive. .
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Back then I was super active and never over-weight, so I guess I thought I was “healthy”? .
Lol. So damn D E L U S I O N A L. I was unhealthy in every other way possible.
I was in a toxic relationship. I consistently ate crap, I consistently smoked cigarettes, I consistently went to bed at 3am, and I was consistently stressed. Besides playing sport, I had no other healthy lifestyle habits, and it manifested through my autoimmune condition. “Genetics loads the gun…but lifestyle pulls the trigger”. .
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I can now look back at it all and see it as a blessing in disguise. Psoriasis forced me to take control over my own life by making crucial and consistent lifestyle changes. As shit and depressing as it was, being a victim wasn’t an option. I can speak for days about it all, so flick me a message if you want to hear more. .
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Everyone has a journey. Be kind and supportive without judgement or motive, not only to others but to yourself too 💛
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此白色斑非彼白斑 | 雨滴狀色素脫失
門診偶爾會遇到一些病人
因為手腳胸口出現白色斑點而來就醫
「我的手腳長出了一點一點的白斑,是不是會擴散啊?」
「黃醫師,你不是說白斑和免疫系統有關,我想要抽血檢查一下」
「黃醫師,我是不是要吃免疫調節劑啊?」
今天就帶大家認識常被誤會為白斑的白色斑點
雨滴狀色素脫失
Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH)
俗稱Sun spot 白色曬斑
好發在手腳前側,胸口,臉頰 陽光曝曬的地方
臨床上會看到很多大小不一的白點,界線分明的小斑塊,仔細觀察會邊緣微微凸起
但是必須要跟擴散性白斑(confetti )做區分
可以使用伍氏燈和皮膚鏡輔助檢查
這種白色斑與皮膚老化、紫外線曝曬有關
因此比較常在中壯年會長期曬太陽的人出現
少數病人是因為先天基因遺傳/體質,所以青少年就出現
治療的部分一定要減少曬太陽
因此不能夠接受照光治療(紫外線會惡化)喔!
由於和免疫系統無關,更不需要吃免疫調節劑!
可使用A酸藥膏、換膚、冷凍、雷射等輔助治療
但必須要搭配保養、防曬,幫助受損的皮膚修復
因此,身上出現白色斑不一定就是白斑/白癜風
建議至皮膚科門診接受檢查,再對症下藥喔!
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