{"id":1100,"date":"2006-10-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2006-10-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T12:00:00","slug":"psoriasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/05\/psoriasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Psoriasis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe me, I’m getting a bit tired of not posting anything technical but to get one last thing out of the way before I do, I mentioned in a recent blog that I might talk about Psoriasis. Now, I happen to agree with Andy C<\/a> that talking about your illnesses is probably boring for anyone but yourself (but that doesn’t stop me doing it still), but this is more an informational blog and, whilst a minor skin condition might not be a big deal to me, the strange thing about this one is that it can<\/i> be to other people who don’t know what to say to me when they notice it. As a person, I like to see all of the cards on the table so, in the interests of truth, once and for all time …<\/p>\n

Psoriasis<\/a> is an incredibly common skin condition which has some similarities to Eczema, but many differences too. I’m not going to bore you with the facts, though, because that Wiki link will cover those better than I can. I suppose my favourite aspect is that it’s essentially genetic and your skin grows too quickly! (Hey, man, my skin is buzzing!)<\/p>\n

What does it mean to me and my life? Most of the time, not very much to be honest with you. It can be a little uncomfortable at it’s worst. Actually, at it’s worst I had to go to the hospital three times a week for UV treatment for about four months. A major annoyance, but I had the most beautiful Christmas sun-tan by the end of it 😉 Dermatologists have the know-how and equipment to give you a great tan with minimal risk of skin cancer 😉<\/p>\n

There’s a wide variation of types and degrees and the vast majority of cases are minor. Having seen some people in hospital with real<\/i> problems with it (and, of course, The Singing Detective<\/a>), I’ve been lucky so far.<\/p>\n

Most of the time it might look a bit unsightly to you, and I suppose I don’t notice that I maybe scratch more often than most people, but I’ve grown so used to it that I don’t really care. Recently it’s got a bit worse in more visible places (fore-arms particularly) and the first time I really noticed was because I noticed other people noticing. Time to use the creams again. It’s a chronic condition but sunlight helps and there are lots of creams, some that work better than others for different people but (and this is the real pain) most are looking to be applied four times a day. That doesn’t sound too bad, until you have dozens or hundreds of little areas to apply it to. Frankly, if it’s not hurting me and you can’t see it, I stopped caring a long time ago. That whole cream thing is soooo boring 😉<\/p>\n

That’s it really. It’s doesn’t hurt me most of the time, it’s definitely <\/i>not contagious, or dirty and you don’t have to worry about mentioning it to me or anyone else but, frankly, if you did I’d be surprised because I rarely think about it myself. Maybe when a big Beach Party is coming up but the beer-gut is a bigger concern 😉<\/p>\n

Parallelism’s going to seem pretty interesting after this …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Believe me, I’m getting a bit tired of not posting anything technical but to get one last thing out of the way before I do, I mentioned in a recent blog that I might talk about Psoriasis. Now, I happen to agree with Andy C that talking about your illnesses is probably boring for anyone… Continue reading Psoriasis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1098,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/04\/the-very-last-final-dbf-blog-really\/","url_meta":{"origin":1100,"position":0},"title":"The Very Last, Final DBF Blog, really …","date":"October 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been back to work with a vengeance this week, but quite enjoyable as I've been spending time explaining to one of the vendors on a super-expensive project that RAC won't deliver what they're looking for. 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