Wife now has psoriasis

[36wordsworth]

My wife has stage 4 liver disease. Two weeks ago she had an ascites drain of 17.4 litres. It seems now that her kidneys are failing. To make matters worse she has now developed what I think is psoriasis with her skin shedding pretty well all over her body. She has cream from the GP which eases the itching but I fear it won’t clear up.

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Good afternoon 36wordsworth,

Sorry to hear your wife is so unwell.

You can call the nurse led helpline on 0800 652 7330 Mon-Fri 10am-3pm if this would help.

I hope you are taking care of yourself too.

Best wishes,

Trust9

[davianne]

Hi,

You and your poor wife are going through so much, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I don't have psoriasis, but I do get flakey skin around my hairline, and only on one side, which is strange. My Son does have psoriasis, and I think he uses E45 cream, but it still itches a lot.

Sorry I can't be of more help,

Stay Safe,

David

[Witcat]

36wordsworth, my husband had the same but it wasn't psoriasis. When his skin was stretched with the ascites and then drained it caused the skin to flake. I just used to put an emollient moisturiser on and within a number of days it would go away.

I hope you will find it will be the same.

Take care and stay safe. 😊

[36wordsworth]

Thanks but my wife’s skin is flaking all over her body x

[Dogbot in reply to 36wordsworth]

Hi 36wordsworth

I’m so sorry to hear that you and your wife are having a bad time I do hope it improves, I think you should contact the nurse to ask their opinion but I had flaky skin just about everywhere and my lovely wife just put the cream (not E45) everywhere it helped.

Stay Safe

Dogbot 🐶🌈