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HEALTH - Stress is one of the risk factors for recurrence autoimmune skin disease, psoriasis. When stressed, can appear in the skin of red spots depending on the type of psoriasis suffered.
Psychiatric specialist doctors, Heriani explained, when a person experiences stress, the hormone cortisol production will increase. Cortisol is what will trigger the inflammation that psoriasis relapse or worse.
"Cortisol stimulates cytokines that cause inflammation," explains Heriani some time ago.
In addition, cortisol can decrease brain chemical called serotonin, which makes a person's mood will get worse until the depression.
Cortisol can also increase sympathetic nerve that makes the heart palpitations and feeling tense.
The stress experienced by patients with psoriasis can occur, because the disease psoriasis and other issues. Psoriasis often affects self-confidence because as scaly patches visible on the skin. The problem is often considered a contagious disease psoriasis. Though not.
"So we have to break the cycle of stress. It's an important part in the treatment of psoriasis," said Heriani.
Avoid stress in a healthy lifestyle including the right to prevent the recurrence of psoriasis and other diseases. Therefore, stress can also reduce a person's endurance.
In addition to getting medicine for skin diseases, psoriasis patients also often receive psychological assistance.
"If the stress down, cortisol go down, baseball is no longer an inflammatory reaction," explained Heriani.
To cope with stress, avoid things that can improve emotion. Get plenty of positive thinking. If you can not solve the problem of stress alone, looking for help on psychologists and psychiatrists.
