Children with Psoriasis

I received a really heart-rending letter from a mother today. She was describing the suffering of not only her husband, whose whole family has psoriasis, but now also her son. The difficulties he was encountering in school, and on the sports field in particular, were really terrible.

She told of how her son was a really good athlete, and that playing sports was the one thing that seemed to make him forget about his psoriasis. Unfortunately, it seems he is also developing psoriatic arthritis, and its starting to affect his ability to participate in the games he loves.

She was reaching out hoping that Tinefcon could be the answer. He had been to the doctors, but they had thus far only been willing to prescribe creams and a short course of steroids.

Stories like this one convince me the difficulties we encounter every day are worth it. This boy was old enough (15) that he could safely take Tinefcon, but young enough that they didn't want him on more toxic medications. I hope we can be the answer for the millions of people who, for whatever reasons, be they financial, geographical, medical or otherwise, don't have a good way to address their psoriasis.