05th Dec 2007
The Specific Cause Of Psoriasis Is Still Unknown
In the case of biological therapy in psoriasis treatments, the idea is to target the immune cells. It’s true that scientists and doctors don’t know the specific cause of psoriasis, but they have achieved a level of success in treatment by targeting the immune cells. It is thought that psoriasis may be caused in part by abnormal immune cells. Biological therapy consists of medications like Alfacept which inhibits the production of the abnormal immune cells. Etanercept is another medication used. Its job is to control the structural skin damage done by psoriasis. In some cases of psoriasis, drug therapy has worked very well.