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Phototherapy as a method of psoriasis treatment is a method that involves the use of sun rays in different proportions or ratios to heal the skin of the infection. With this in mind, it is significant to note that there are different versions of phototherapy treatments and all these will be determined by the degree or intensity of the infection among other many factors.

 

When you talk about the phototherapy as a method of psoriasis treatment, we must recognize that this method can be further divided into many segments depending on the type or intensity of the rays used to cure the patient. For starters it is important to note that the direct exposure to the sunlight is a form of phototherapy and has been used as a psoriasis treatment method over time. The greatest cause of the psoriasis infection is considered to be the accumulated T cells and the sun rays are known to kill the T cells and as a result, the skin cells being produced by the body reduces a great deal resulting in the eradication of the patches that appear as a result of the accumulation of the dead skin cells. It is this dead skin cells that usually form the psoriasis infection.

 

In case your infection is too severe and does not respond to the simple therapy mentioned above, it is further possible to introduce the UVB (ultra violet broadband) which is of higher intensity as compared to the simple sun rays. This method involves exposing the affected skin areas to the Ultra violet rays of higher degree and the result is that the T cells in the affected areas are burned out and they die. It is however important to note that this method could also have some side effects such as redness or that sensational burning that will be felt for some time due to the effect of the rays on the sensitive skin.

 

There is however a new type of psoriasis treatment known as narrowband ultra violet. This is relatively new and involves almost the similar concept as the broadband ultra violet but it is worth noting that this therapy is likely to leave the affected skin areas with longer lasting burns and patches as compared to the UVB because the intensity of the rays is usually more sensitive and focused.

 

 

For other more technologically advanced cases, there is the use of tar in the psoriasis treatment. This is mainly because if the skin is first laced with tar, the burning sensation that is often felt as a result of the exposure to the rays is greatly reduced due to the resistant nature of tar to the rays. Having known this, a number of doctors have resorted to combining the use of tar and the rays to come up with a more tolerable psoriasis treatment method that will not leave the affected area with lots of negative effects. This method is commonly referred to as the Goeckerman therapy