Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 22
Efficacy of nutritional treatment in patients with psoriasis: A case report
Abstract. Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by thickened, silvery‑scaled patches. There is currently no cure and treatments only attempt to reduce the severity of symptoms. This study reports the case of a 36‑year‑old female who presented to the clinic with severe psoriasis and had been treated with topical steroid cream for the past 14 years. After adherence to prescribed dietary changes for 6 months, including abundant intake of vegetables, minimal consumption of meat, and ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 21
Environmental Risk Factors in Psoriasis: The Point of View of the Nutritionist
Abstract: Psoriasis is a common, chronic, immune-mediated skin disease with systemic pro-inflammatory activation, where both environmental and genetic factors contribute to its pathogenesis. Among the risk factors for psoriasis, evidence is accumulating that nutrition plays a major role, per se, in psoriasis pathogenesis. In particular, body weight, nutrition, and diet may exacerbate the clinical manifestations, or even trigger the disease. Understanding the epidemiological relationship between obesity and ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 20
Nutritional strategies for psoriasis: current scientific evidence in clinical trials
Abstract. – OBJECTIVE: Several nutritional strategies for the management of psoriasis are promising. Even if recent data support that nutrition may play a pivotal role in prevention and co-treatment and despite patient’s concerns regarding the best nutritional habits, the consensus regarding the nutritional strategies to be adopted lacks in clinical settings. In this manuscript, the effects of several nutritional strategies for psoriasis patients such as hypocaloric
diet, vitamin D, fish ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 19
Vitamin D and its role in psoriasis: An overview of the dermatologist and nutritionist
Abstract Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. Psoriasis lesions are characterized by hyperproliferation of epidermal keratinocytes associated with inflammatory cellular infiltrate in both dermis and epidermis. The epidermis is the natural source of vitamin D synthesis by sunlight action. Recently, a role for vitamin D in the pathogenesisof different skin diseases, including psoriasis, has been reported. Indeed, significant associations between low vitamin D status ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 18
Systemic Role for Vitamin D in the Treatment of Psoriasis andMetabolic Syndrome
The novel discovery of the systemic role of vitamin D in the modulation of the immune system especially the Type 1 helper T cell (Th1) pathway reveals its potential for treating Th1 inflammatory diseases. Psoriasis has been recently established to be a systemic disease centered on inflammation and involvement of cytokines of the Th1 pathway. There is an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with psoriasis.Metabolic syndrome also involves a proinflammatory state. This paper proposes the idea ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 17
Association between Vitamin D deficiency and psoriasis: An exploratory study
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Deficiency of Vitamin D is a widespread problem. Vitamin D could have important immune modulatory effects in psoriasis.
Objective: Aimed to review and endeavored to establish the relationship, if any, between deficiency of Vitamin D and psoriasis.
Methods: Leading studies that examined the relationship between deficiency of Vitamin D and psoriasis were reviewed from July2016 to October 2016. An electronic published work search was performed using PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 16
Association between psoriasis and vitamin D: Duration of disease correlates with decreased
vitamin D serum levels
An observational case-control study
Recent literature has focused on the association of psoriasis with lower than normal or highly deficient vitamin D blood levels. To investigate the controversial association between psoriasis and vitamin D levels. From 2012 to 2014, 561 subjects were assessed, of which 170 had psoriasis, 51 had an autoimmune bullous, and 340 were healthy patients. Anagraphical data, 25(OH)D blood levels, and seasons of vitamin D levels assessments ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 15
Diet and Psoriasis: Part 3. Role of Nutritional Supplements
Abstract
Psoriasis patients are increasingly turning to the use of alternative and complementary medicine to manage their psoriasis. Patients often inquire about what dietary supplements may be beneficial, including the use of oral vitamin D, vitamin B12, selenium, and omega-3 fatty acids in fish oils. In this review we examine the extent to which each of these common nutritional interventions has been studied for the treatment of psoriasis. We weighed evidence from both controlled and uncontrolled prospective trials. The ...
