Psoriasis
September 1, 2008
Psoriasis is a skin disease identified as the patches of thick, inflamed silvery scales formed on the body parts like knees, elbows, face, soles of the feet and some parts of the legs, palms, lower back and scalp. The skin becomes itchy and painful to bear.
Psoriasis is a genetic condition arresting the immune system leading to other health effects. It has been evaluated that 10 -30 percent of people with psoriasis tend to suffer psoriatic arthritis, which results in stiffness, swelling of the joints and pain. Psoriasis patients also have increased rates of cardiovascular disease and other systemic health troubles.
Sometimes unacquainted patients think psoriasis is just a rash but it is a systemic inflammatory disease with long term affects. Controlling this systemic inflammation can help and protect against other health problems. Psoriasis patient uses topical ointment to help in itches and undergo costly ultraviolet light treatments to prevent further spread of psoriasis but is not able to help the underlying problems within the immune system.
In recent years there is a development of a new kind of drug treatments known as biologics. These medications are more helpful and try to cure the root of the problem by influencing the immune system to some extent. These treatments have really been able to make life more tolerable for patients.
Psoriasis is a skin problem encountered when the immune system is erroneously triggered speeding up the growth cycle of skin cells as stated by the National Psoriasis Foundation. Normal skin cells are matured and shed from the body in 28 to 30 days, whereas, a psoriatic skin cell gets matured within merely 4 to 5 days and settle on the surface instead of falling off. When the cells pile up to form lesions, it results in the itchy, scaly skin of psoriasis.
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