Tonsillectomy & Psoriasis

[spinster42]

Hey,

I'm from the UK and have suffered with Psoriasis for about 29 years.....since I was a wee nipper of 3! As you can imagine, I've tried just about everything apart from the systemic drugs such as methotrexate and cyclosporin. Before I start methotrexate, I have an appointment with my ENT specialist on the 29th of this month to consider removing my tonsills as I seem to suffer with strep infections about 6 times a year. My psoriasis flares up and goes wild and guttate psoriasis goes on the rampage!
Has anyone had any experience of a tonsillectomy improving their psoriasis? There seems to be no conclusive evidence or medical literature to support this in the UK, but, my derm has known patients with severe psoriasis clear after tonsills are removed.
Until my ENT specialist reviews me, my derm is reluctant to start me off on methotrexate. He wants to explore all options before the poisoning begins but I'm not confident a tonsillectomy will solve my problem.
Can anyone shed any light?

[RichJ]

hi spinster42
welcome to the p family. you will meet some of the wonderful people on here and find alot of great info. sorry i can't help much. theres a thread on here about tonsillectomy. i will see if i can find it and give you a link to it. hang in there more will come though

have a good week end

richard

[wiredqs]

I had psoriasis from probably birth to 1963, had tonsillectomy in 1957..
psoriasis came back in 2003, tonsils didn't, co no paticular relation for me.

[makeitgoaway]

I had mine out and the psoriasis still kept coming like wild fire!

Here is a link to the thread Rich mentioned: http://www.psoriasis.org/forum/showt...light=tonsills

Good luck with your decision!

[spinster42]

Thanks for the info and link to the thread. I feel a fool for not doing a search myself, but there you go!
It seems, like most things with psoriasis, what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another. I reckon I'll give the tonsillectomy a go though as I'm always searching for that miracle cure!
Thanks again.

[SumScalyGuy]

Spinster,

I'm not trying to scare you but..YIKES!!! I had my tonsils out in May this year (I am a 31 year old male). It HURTS!! I couldn't even drink water without my throat bleeding, and even had to go to the ER because I was bleeding so bad. Ten days of pure pain. Still another week or so after that was not very comfortable. I would not do it again if I could turn back time. I thought it would help with my p too, but it didn't turn out that way for me. I had the worst flare-up in years about 3 weeks ago. This is just my personal experience....as we all know....everyone with psoriasis responds differently to different things. If you decide to do it, I hope it works out well for you. Good luck and keep us posted on your results.