Hi, I am new to this site and have read many posts on psoriasis hoping to find a glimmer of hope for my nail psoriasis - to no avail. I have had skin (skin psoriasis isn't too bad) and nail psoriasis for about 6/7 years brought on by stress at work - it began in my finger nails and I have completely lost all of these on two occasions but thankfully they grew back - a bit ugly but I was glad they grew back as having no finger nails was extremely painful. The psoriasis also affected my two big toe nails and made buying and wearing footwear quite uncomfortable. My nail psoriasis on both my fingers and toes also come with a green, smelly pus like substance which builds up under the nails (or what is left of them) It then comes to a head and releases the 'pus' (this happens regurarly). I have been on various topical medication ie Dovenex etc but none of these helped. I was also on Methotrexate for about 18 months but this didnt have any affect either. In June past I had both my big toe nails and nail bed removed hoping that this would help - they have been very slow in healing and I have had 3 different antibiotics due to infections in them. Thankfully they are healing better now however, I have noticed that I have still got the green 'pus' like substance coming from them. I had swabs taken of this - at last!! but they have come back showing no infection. So it looks as if I had my toe nails removed for nothing! I was hoping that this might solve the problem but it hasn't, so I am no better off. I agree with other posts that I have read that the medical profession have little interest in psoriasis and even less with nail psoriasis even though it affects the sufferer both physically and mentally. Has anyone else had this 'pus' like substance with their nail psoriasis? - I have not been able to find any articles etc in relation this. Any information would be welcome.
