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Please explain how do steroid creams help psoriasis?

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See below: Steroids are anti-inflammatory. Psoriasis is a type of inflammatory condition of the skin. Steroids suppress the inflammation and thereby reduce the redness and scaling which characterize psoriasis.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Psoriasis: Steroids are anti-inflammatory medications. They decrease the autoimmune and reactive cells in the psoriatic patches to allow normal cells to squeeze in and reconstitute with a more normal skin cell.

Answered 3/26/2013

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