Treatments of Psoriasis Exam Questions and Answers
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Psoriasis
Institution
Psoriasis
Topical, systemic, phototherapy and biological agents. - Answer-Give 4 types of treatment for psoriasis.
Tar, dithranol, vitamin D analogues, topical steroids and keratolytics. - Answer-Give 5 topical treatments for psoriasis.
Messy. - Answer-Give 1 disadvantage to using tar to treat psoriasi...
Treatments of Psoriasis Exam Questions
and Answers
Topical, systemic, phototherapy and biological agents. - Answer-Give 4 types of
treatment for psoriasis.
Tar, dithranol, vitamin D analogues, topical steroids and keratolytics. - Answer-Give 5
topical treatments for psoriasis.
Messy. - Answer-Give 1 disadvantage to using tar to treat psoriasis.
Folliculitis and irritation. - Answer-Give 2 S/E of using tar to treat psoriasis.
Messy and stains. - Answer-Give 2 disadvantages to using dithranol to treat psoriasis.
Inhibits keratinocyte proliferation so is only useful in plaque psoriasis. - Answer-What
does dithranol do, and what s the implication of this?
Irritation. - Answer-Give 1 S/E to using dithranol to treat psoriasis.
Stimulate differentiation, inhibit DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. - Answer-Give 3
functions of vitamin D analogues.
Calcipotriol, a vitamin D analogue. - Answer-What is Dovonex?
Hypercalcaemia. - Answer-What S/E occurs if you exceed 100g of vitamin D analogues
per week?
Eumovate. - Answer-Give an example of a topical steroid used to treat psoriasis.
Facial and flexural psoriasis. - Answer-What types of psoriasis can be treated with
topical steroids?
Salicylic acid - Answer-Give an example of a topical keratolytic.
If topical treatment fails. - Answer-When would you try phototherapy to treat psoriasis?
UVB and PUVA - Answer-What are the 2 types of phototherapy?
3 times a week for 7 weeks. - Answer-What is the treatment regime of UVB therapy?
Skin is sensitised with psoralen tablets then UVA exposure 2 hours later. - Answer-
Describe the process of PUVA phototherapy.
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