Clearing of psoriatic erythroderma following heliotherapy in the Dead Sea area |
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| Authors: | Hani Giryes Shaul Sukenik Sima Halevy |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Dermatology, Soroka Medical Center of Kupat Holim, Faculty of Heaith Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev;PO Box 151, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel;Department of Internal Medicine D. Soroka Medicaal Center of Kupat Holim, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negea, Beer-Sheva, Israel;Ein-Bokek Clinic, Ein-Bokek, Dead Sea, Israel |
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| Abstract: | We report herein a patient suffering from psoriatic erythroderma and psoriatic arthritis treated successfully in the Dead Sea area. Sun exposure (heliotherapy) and emollients, without any additional topical or systemic treatments, resulted in clearing of the erythroderma within 4 weeks of treatment. Additional regimens of climatotherapy and balneotherapy, given for another 2 weeks, led to marked alleviation of his arthritic complaints. The remission of skin disease persisted for 5 months without further therapy. |
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| Keywords: | Psoriatic erythroderma Dead Sea Heliotherapy |
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