Doctor Fish
Doctor fish are a species called garra rufa and originate in pools near two small Turkish towns, Kangal and Sivas. They have long been known for their ability to treat the symptoms of skin conditions such as psoriasis. The Kangal spa, the biggest of the two, has been a healing destination for more than 100 years and since 1988 has been a treatment centre for psoriasis sufferers from all over the world. Affecting around 2% of people in the UK, psoriasis is a recurrent skin condition which causes sufferers to develop raised red patches of skin covered with silvery scales - "psoriatic plaques" - that can be very sore or itchy; the playwright Dennis Potter famously struggled with a severe form of the condition.
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Keywords: doctor, fish, garra, king, prawnss, rufa, seabass, tench, wild
