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 manifestat...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 he...
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 ...
Nutrição e Psoríase – Artigo 14
n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation in psoriasis: a review
Abstract
Psoriasis is an immune mediated chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology and characterized by epidermal hyperplasia and inappropriate immune activation, which affects the skin and joints as well.The immunopathogenesis of psoriasis involves changes in the innate and acquired (T lymphocytes) immune system. The cells of the innate immune system when activated produce growth factors, cytokines, and ...
