Psoriatic Disease: Adaptive Tools for Easier Living

by阿里希桥 Patient Advocate

Stiffness, sausage fingers,肿胀的关节 - 来自银屑病关节炎的痛苦可以有助于一些可能需要生活方式变化的一些独特挑战adaptive devices. These tools allow individuals with disabilities and mobility challenges to live independently with minimal assistance from outside individuals. Check out these nine accessories you should keep close by if you are living with psoriatic arthritis.

Get Hooked

Buttoning one’s shirt requires tedious and precise attention we often take for granted until the ability is interrupted by psoriatic disease. Swollen joints and pain in the hands can make it difficult to do a simple task like buttoning a shirt, but a steel wire button hook like the one foundhere可以修改你的运动,并没有时间“挂钩”。

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难以掌握

The most common signs of psoriatic disease occur in the joints of the hands in addition to the toes and back. Stiffness in the hands can decrease one’s ability to do simple task such as twisting a top off a jar.This Hamilton Beach Open Ease Automatic Jar Opener does the twisting for you and only requires a single push of a button.

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如果鞋子适合......

作为患有银屑病关节炎的人,只是穿上鞋子可能是艰难的。腰部的关节疼痛是银屑病疾病的常见症状,可以减少弯曲穿上鞋子或袜子的能力。The foot funnel shoe aid塑料储存援助将使您回到正确的轨道,并帮助您穿上袜子和鞋子。

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Get a Grip on Mealtime

During a psoriatic arthritis flare wrapping your fingers around utensils with a slim shape can be virtually impossible. Sausage-like fingers can decrease grip ability and can also decrease sensations in the hand. These kitchen adaptive tools onarthritissupplies.com.will give you much needed assistance. The thick and adjustable designs on the tools can help you “get a grip” at mealtime.

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免提

This hands-free hair drying and styling stand让你擦干头发,没有让吹风机握住几分钟,同时试图多任务梳理和刷你的股线。只需在附件中滑动吹风机并调整您需求的高度。它也是用烘干洗涤的宠物的援助使用的伟大工具。

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Magnetic Support

Clasping a bra can be a nuance when living with psoriatic disease. The struggle of bending your arms back, twisting the bra from front to back, or having the precision to connect three hooks to matching open holes can be time-consuming. This磁性胸罩created by Classic Shapewear eliminates those challenges by fastening in the front with a magnetic closure.

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舀大便

If you have a cat or dog you may have trouble cleaning up behind your furry cohort. The makers of Kitty Kaddy understand the importance of being a pet owner. They created a tool which allows those living with limited motion, like bending over, to pick up behind a pet with ease. The “No stoop litter scope” is a great tool to have in the home if you own a pet.

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单龙头

与我们的病情一起生活可以使其难以从笨重和沉重的容器中倒牛奶或果汁。Magic Tap允许您访问这些饮料而不会抬起手指。它的电池供电并具有运动传感器。将分配器放在您选择的饮料容器中,并只需将杯子或碗放在附件下并允许液体流动。

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Do-It-Yourself

If none of these options appeal to you, or you are looking for cheaper variations, you can create some of these tools yourself. Check out these options on theWall Street Journal寻找灵感。

Meet Our Writer
阿里希桥

阿里希桥has dealt with psoriasis since 7 years old after a bad case of chicken pox triggered her disease to spread on over 90% of her body. For years she hid in shame afraid of what people would think of such a visible disease. She has suffered from depression, anxiety, and panic attacks due to psoriasis. Years ago Alisha wrote a letter entitled “My Suicide Letter.” The letter was not about actually killing herself but killing parts of her like low self-esteem, fear, and shame so she could truly live to her fullest potential. This proclamation catapulted her into psoriasis and patient advocacy. Following this letter she created a blog entitled Being Me In My Own Skin where she gives intimate details of what it’s like to live with psoriasis. Alisha is a community ambassador for the National Psoriasis Foundation and has served her community in countless ways to help give a better understanding of what’s it’s like to live with psoriasis. Her life motto is the following: “My purpose is to change the hearts of people by creating empathy and compassion for those the least understood through transparency of self, patient advocacy, and dermatology.” Alisha is also a Social Ambassador for the HealthCentral Skin Health Facebook page.