Psoriasis - Paul Jarrett
Date Published:
Monday, January 23, 2017
Duration:
25:46
Dr Paul Jarrett talks about prescribing tips for psoriasis. Paul is a consultant dermatologist at Counties Manukau District Health Board and is clinical lead for dermatology teaching in the department of medicine at The University of Auckland.
Topics:
- Key concepts in psoriasis management
- Psychosocial impact of psoriasis
- Diagnosing severity
- Drug therapies and treatments
- Emollients, topical steroids, combination creams, vitamin D analogues and others
- Dithranol for localised disease
- Being cautious about excessive use of topical steroids on sensitive areas
- When to refer a patient
- Clinical scenarios: scalp psoriasis, nail psoriasis, psoriasis in sensitive areas
- Managing a pregnant patient with psoriasis
- Lifestyle measures to improve psoriasis
- Take home messages
Practitioner resources:
- Dermnet
- New Zealand formulary
- Chronic plaque psoriasis: an overview of treatment in primary care BPAC 2017
- Choosing a topical treatment for patients with chronic plaque psoriasis BPAC 2017
- Monitoring patients with moderate to severe psoriasis BPAC 2017
Patient resources
- Psoriasis Health Navigator NZ
- My Psoriasis
Presenter
Paul Jarrett
Consultant Dermatologist
To contact Paul Click here.
This podcast episode is supported by Pharmac
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