Hi Everybody
After fifty years of hardship with Psoriasis, Dry-Skin and Psoriasis Arthritis I stumbled on some laboratory research information websites.
I am not a physician or a medical professional, I am electrical engineer, that’s why I needed months to understand the basic defect of P, PA and DS, which I will present here in My Understanding about DS, PA and P, in the end of this, with some EMF (Electro-Magnetic Field) recommendations.
To construct the basic gadget I needed less time, but I modified several times for the better effect of self-therapy. I used different frequencies between (2-13) Hz, different magnetic field strength between (1-5) Gauss, and different forms (mono & double pulsed) magnetic field. After 6 months experiences my conclusions are : the frequency must be less that 10 Hz, magnetic field strength not really important and the bi-directional pulsed magnetic field works better that the mono-directional.
I used and still use this device twice a day for three minutes each time and each affected skin areas while watching TV and fully clothed.
Using this very weak magnetic field generator in less than four months my PA and DS are totally gone, and P is 85% cleared up. Two areas are not totally cleared up of P yet : they are my knees and elbows (where it was the thickest). But the treatment is ongoing at this stage.
I hope for everybody who suffered with DS, PA or P that with the technical data I supplied above, you or a specialist of your choosing can build this gadget.
Out of all the similar devices I researched on the net, this is the closest to mine and seems very promising.
If you are interested, check it out here:
http://www.english.crmelectronique.ca/

My Understanding about DS, PA and P

Laboratory research indicates that Psoriasis (mostly plaque-type), Psoriatic Arthritis (cousin with Rheumatoid Arthritis ) are autoimmune diseases and is often seen in combination with skin that is dry, scaly, thick, and inflamed (namely: psoriatic skin lesions), swelling of the joints, joint stiffness, changes in the nails, etc. This disorder of the immune system, produces some activity by T cells (white blood) which trigger the inflammation and excessive skin cell reproduction seen in people with psoriasis.
The immune system of the Psoriasis patients start sending false signals. The skin then believes that it has been under attack and needs to rapidly regenerate in order to heal faster. One of the messengers often used by T cells is the TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor), which is one of the first cytokines (mechanism by which cells communicate with one another) that appear during an inflammatory response. Everyone needs TNF for their immune system to protect their body against infection or the effects of injury, but people with Dry-Skin, Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis have abnormally increased levels of TNF both in their joints and affected skin areas.
Photo-therapy with Ultraviolet B (UVB), specifically with Narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) for patients with chronic plaque psoriasis, PA and DS, reduces the TNF level, but not the source of abnormal TNF level.
The basic defect lies within the skin cells themselves. A delicate balance should be maintained between two internal control compounds: cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate) and cGMP (cyclic gaunosine monophosphate), which are second messengers that carry signals from the cell surface to proteins within the cell, and controls the rate at which cells divide. Increases in cGMP are associated with increased cell proliferation. Conversely, increased levels of cAMP are associated with enhanced cell maturation and decreased cell proliferation.
The investigation of these second messengers may help to provide a clearer understanding of the physiology and pathology of psoriasis disease state, because both decreased cAMP and increased cGMP have been measured in the skin of individuals with DS, P, and PA.

In laboratory research, using precise experimental conditions of frequency and duration of EMF exposure, both the cAMP and TNF levels have been successfully controlled.

My conclusion: Rebalancing both the cAMP and TNF is a prime electromagnetic-therapeutic goal.

Trying electromagnetic-therapy, a noninvasive, drug-free form of treatment might be preferable to beginning new medication, even if we know, that the effects of magnetic fields on body tissues are complex and appear to vary from person to person and from different intensities and duration of the magnetic field applied.
Nobody is saying that electromagnetic therapy is a be-all and cure-all, but should be looked upon as an adjunctive therapy, respecting some Basic Precautions: anyone experiencing health problems should consult a health care professional, even using a weak EMF. Do not use electro-magnets during pregnancy or while wearing a pacemaker or other electronic implant, and while using transdermal patches...


Some EMF recommendations (for comparison, the magnetic field strength of the earth is approximately 50 microT or 0.5 Gauss ):
Appendix I from the Canadian Handbook on Health Impact Assess : There is no specific regulation for general EMF exposure. The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) recommended the following limits for occupational exposure and for exposure of the general public:
Occupational:
-Whole Working Day 500 microT ( 5 Gauss )
-Short Term 5000 microT ( 50 Gauss )
General Public:
-Up to 24 hours/day 100 microT ( 1 Gauss )
-Few hours/day 1000 microT (10 Gauss )
The CCOH (Canadian Council of Occupational Hygienists and the ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) ceiling limit is 10 Gauss, and for individuals with cardiac pacemakers the limit is 1 Gauss.
In the U.K., the National Radiological Protection Board also set exposure guidelines for ELF (extremely low frequencies- below 300 Hertz) for occupational exposures and for the general public: 2000 microT ( 20 Gauss).

A few background informations:
Psoriasis, cAMP, Immunology:
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/83/14/5272
http://www.garynull.com/Documents/A...s_Treatment.htm
http://www.who.int/peh-emf/project/...eps/armenia.pdf
http://www.hanishbabu.com/psoriasis.htm
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ul...messengers.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/cyclic...e-monophosphate
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~lfarmer/BIL265/CAMP.HTM
http://courses.washington.edu/conj/...n/cyclicamp.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_AMP
http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/conte...tract/968/1/106
http://www.utmem.edu/gim/smalltalks/psoriasis.pdf

ELF-EMF(Extremely Low Frequencies- Electro Magnetic Field) Therapy, P, PA:
http://www.braintuner.com/magresearch.htm
http://www.healthy.net/scr/Article.asp?Id=2263
http://www.healthy.net/clinic/therapy/magnetic/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...6&dopt=Abstract
http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/full/81/5/2580
http://www.feb.se/EMFguru/Research/...s-Melatonin.htm
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org/...er/news131.html
http://www.hggm.es/image/pdfs/jmri_final_short.pdf
http://www.emf-portal.org/viewer.ph...4&pag_idx=0&l=e
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org/...6d6a97f18 feb1
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/iyh/...t/magnetic.html
http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings...eedings_eng.pdf

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