Help required
Posted Sat 26 Jul 2025 13.31 by NannieM
Looking for some help or advice, I have a 5 year old granddaughter that keeps being fobbed off by the GPs, Her left hand is a mess, she has lots of little out filled spots on it, her skin is red cracked and scabby now. She currently came down with tonsillitis again yesterday and now these spots have gone to her ankle. I showed someone a picture and they thought it could be pustular psoriasis. The doctors haven’t referred her even though we’ve asked many time to see a dermatologist. They said it was hand foot and mouth! Definitely not I work in early years and know all about that, it also doesn’t go on for a year. Or they treat it as excema and she has had non stop steroid creams or antibiotics and they don’t help. Any advice. Not sure if there is a way of posting a pic of her hand.
Posted Mon 28 Jul 2025 09.44 by psoriasis association (admin)Mod
Hi Nannie,
We would advise you to take some of our materials with you regarding pustular psoriasis if you think this is what your granddaughter may have. It may help your GP realise the severity of it.
You can download our resources here https://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/pustular-psoriasis or we can send them out to you via the post.
Is there also another GP you can seek another opinion from if you don't feel like you are being listened to?
Please get in touch with our helpline if you require further support.
Best wishes,
Georgia
Posted Mon 18 Aug 2025 09.15 by danna
There are different types of light treatments because there are different kinds of lamps.
The most common are narrowband UVB lamps, which are fluorescent lamps that emit light at 312 nanometers.
These require a gradual dose increase because the therapeutic dose needed to treat psoriasis is higher than the dose that causes erythema (skin redness).
This is why it usually takes a few weeks before results become visible.
However, new lamps are now available that emit more effective wavelengths than 312 nanometers.
These are UVB LED lamps, which use LED technology that can be tuned to specific wavelengths.
With these lamps, the therapeutic dose is lower than the dose that causes erythema.
As a result, they do not burn the skin, and patients can see results from the very first treatment without needing to wait one or two months.
Since these lamps never burn the skin, they are also suitable for children.
They are much more advantageous than steroids, which are not recommended at any age—and especially not for young children, such as those around 5 years old.
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