PUVA, an older treatment that uses ultraviolet A light (UVA), works better than a safer, more convenient one using UVB, or ultraviolet B light, in clearing psoriasis outbreaks. By itself, ultraviolet ...

Phototherapy is the oldest form of psoriasis therapy and is still likely the most commonly used. From prescribing exposure to various wavelengths of ultraviolet light, to applying salts and tars at ...

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Psoriasis photochemotherapy refers to a specific treatment involving the administration of psoralen with ultraviolet A (UVA) phototherapy, which is usually shortened to PUVA phototherapy. UVA ...

Patients with psoriasis exhibited superior efficacy outcomes when treated with ultraviolet (UV)-based phototherapy plus other adjuvant therapies vs UV monotherapy, with similar safety profiles shown ...

Q: Which doctors prescribe PUVA therapy? A: PUVA treatment is usually prescribed by skin specialists. A: Psoriasis is a common skin disease that results in the formation of thick plaques on the skin.

PUVA uses a photosensitizing agent (8-methoxypsoralen, Oxsoralen®) taken orally or applied topically before exposure to ultraviolet A (UVA) light (320-400 nm). Treatments are typically given twice a ...

In Europe, narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) has been established as the treatment of first choice in the management of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and other chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Although it has ...

CHICAGO – Patients with psoriasis who have been treated with a combination of drug (psoralen) and ultraviolet light therapy have an increased prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in their skin, ...

Ultraviolet light therapy is effective for many patients with psoriasis, according to a presentation by Henry W. Lim, MD, during the recent 2014 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting. Lim, ...

Phototherapy refers to when light is used as a therapy to treat a medical condition. For thousands of years, sunlight has been known to be beneficial as a treatment for certain skin disorders. Now, ...

Gerhard Schmid-Ott, Roland Jacobs, Burkard Jäger, Sabine Klages, Joana Wolf, Thomas Werfel, Alexander Kapp, Thomas Schürmeyer, Friedhelm Lamprecht, Reinhold E. Schmidt and Manfred Schedlowski ...