CLINICAL FEATURE AND THE RESULT OF PSORIASIC OF PSORIASIC ERYTHRODERMA WITH METHOTREXATE
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Objectives: To survey on some related factors, clinical characteristics and effectiveness of methotrexate treatment in patients with systemic erythrodermic psoriasis at the National Hospital of Dermatology from 01/01/2017 to 30/06/2019. Patients and methods: prospective, cross-sectional, self-comparative clinical trial. 112 patients, including 30 generalized erythrodermic psoriasis patients with no contraindications to methotrexate use and 30 healthy subjects similar in age and sex. Results: Male accounted for 87.2%, female accounted for 12.8%. Trigger factors: stress 83.3%, local infection 68.9%, no factor 19.6%, skin trauma 14.4%. Clinical symptoms: skin redness 94.6%, scaling 98.2%, itching 89.3%, edema 31.3%, keratosis pilaris 4.5%, fatigue 38.4%. Methotrexte was effective in treating RTIs: 50% good, 30% good, 13.33% moderate and 6.67% poor after 3 months of treatment. In which, PASI 67.7% and PASI-90: 3.34%, PASI-75: 40% and PASI-50: 43.33%. - Treatment results were not related to sex, age and disease age. The symptoms of fatigue, vomiting/nausea increased gradually over time of treatment after 12 weeks: fatigue 63.3%, vomiting/nausea: 33.3%. Conclusion: Treatment of erythrodermic psoriasis with Methotrexate gives good results and no serious side effects
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systemic erythrodermic, clinical features, treatment
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