4 yr old about to go on tablets. Side effects?

Hi Joe I was 5 when I first had a flare up, I'm now in my 40s. As an adult with it I can honestly say it's a horrible itchy and often painful condition so I can only imagine how your child feels with such extensive psoriasis. I almost lost my hair as a child it was so bad. I remember thick smelly treatments mostly when I was younger and fortunately things have moved on, over the years I've had creams, steroids, PUVA, ciclosporin. I've tried diets and had some better success with acupuncture. It's unfortunate that she's had no success so far with any treatment given. My experience with ciclosporin was split, great results for my skin, horrible side effects. The main one for me presented as a UTI but was actually my kidneys losing function. I'm ok now though. My daughter is 4 and has started to have psoriasis, I cried when I first saw it as all I could think of was the pain, bullying etc I experienced over the years, hoping she won't go through that. I'm hoping she won't have it as bad and I'm laying on the moisturising cream. How is your daughter getting on now? I do hope she's improving. I'm also trying the blueberries, I've spent a lifetime trying to find something that works all the time continually so fingers crossed. Regards Helen

Before I forget, I remember being repeatedly told that the chances are that starting with it younger in life means you're more likely to grow out of it as a teenager etc. Many dermatologists said it, sadly it didn't apply to me but I can only hope that it has for others.