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It?s a new lease of life for her
THIS RAKHI, 25-year-old Anita (name changed) can hope to celebrate the festival like any of her normal cousins. Till three years back it was a dreaded dream for Anita, the only child of her parents, after having been diagnosed with psoriasis- a lifelong skin disease in which red patches appear on the skin. Let aside tying a Rakhi, her cousins even avoided to accept anything from her, as the lesions covered with a silvery white build-up of dead skin cell, called scale started to spread on her hands.
THIS RAKHI, 25-year-old Anita (name changed) can hope to celebrate the festival like any of her normal cousins. Till three years back it was a dreaded dream for Anita, the only child of her parents, after having been diagnosed with psoriasis- a lifelong skin disease in which red patches appear on the skin. Let aside tying a Rakhi, her cousins even avoided to accept anything from her, as the lesions covered with a silvery white build-up of dead skin cell, called scale started to spread on her hands.
But thanks to Ayurveda, after one year of treatment Anita can again think of leading a normal life and even get married.
Resident of Chail, Anita was diagnosed with suffering from plaque psoriasis, a most prevalent form of disease. She had developed inflamed, red lesions covered by a silvery white scale on her elbows, knees, scalp and lower back. Her skin started scaling and she found difficult to move out in sunlight. When moving out she had to cover both her hands with cloth to avoid displeasing glares of people.
As the news of her disease spread, relatives stopped calling her to social events. She became a total recluse within two years who waited for her end to come.
What worse, the doctors told her that it was a hereditary problem (since her mother also suffered from psoriasis in a minor form) and she would have to live with the disease all through her life.
The medicines given to her created unpleasant side effects and Anita had no choice but to drop the medicines, which further aggravated her condition.
"When she was brought to the Aryurveda clinic, the psoriasis had spread to other parts of body. She was instantly started with Panchkarma (cleaning blood or pittaj vyadhi) followed by three to seven days of Virechan Kriya (cleaning of stomach). Sunita was also given Shirodhara of butter milk (matha) and Bakuchi oil and Somraji oil (in 3:1) for applying on the affected areas. She was given some Ayurveda medicines and allopathic antioxidants to relieve her condition.
Within three months of treatment the scaling on her skin gradually stopped and the normal skin lustre returned on her skin," said Ayurvedacharya Dr SK Rai.
Dr Rai said the most important thing was that Anita had regained her confidence and now wants to further pursue her studies.
"Three more psoriasis patients are being treated, who have shown positive results," he added.
