Archive for May 15th, 2009
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PSORIASIS – OTHER TREATMENT
Cortisone given by mouth or by injection is not used in psoriasis except to treat severe unstable cases where local treatment is best avoided. Methotrexate is a drug widely used in treating various cancers. It is effective in some cases of psoriasis because it depresses the over-activity of the cells in the skin. This is [...]
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CROHN’S DISEASE – DESCRIPTION
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract and can affect any part of it from the mouth to the anus. It is most common at the end of the small bowel just where it joins the large bowel. The causes are unknown and in many ways, it resembles ulcerative colitis, another [...]