Symptoms: Itching and Burning...If you have plaque psoriasis, you know how upsetting it can be. Your psoriasis lesions may feel itchy and painful much of the time. But when you scratch them, they...
What Are Future Areas of Psoriatic Disease Research?...All of these avenues of research have the overall aim of finding better ways to treat, control, and manage psoriasis in order to improve the quality of life of patients...
Finding A Healthcare Provider...Psoriasis is a chronic, lifelong condition with symptoms that may come and go during periods of flare-up and remission. Depending on how severe the psoriasis is, patients may need to...
What Areas Of The Body Are Most Commonly Affected By Plaque Psoriasis?...Plaque psoriasis is a chronic skin condition that can affect the skin, joints, and nails. In people with plaque psoriasis, inflammation causes excess skin cells to develop into plaques. Plaques...
What Are Common Symptoms Of Psoriasis?...Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition, in which excess inflammation causes a range of different symptoms on the skin, nails, and joints. Some of the most common symptoms of the...
Anna Lysakowska...Anna was previously an advocate on PlaquePsoriasis.com Anna Lysakowska, aka "Anna Everywhere," is a travel blogger, journalist and psoriasis advocate. Since diagnosed with psoriasis at the age of 16, Anna...
What Are the Different Types of Psoriasis?...Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition in which inflammation in a person’s body can cause symptoms that affect the skin in different ways and in different areas of the body...
Are Certain Populations At Risk for Psoriasis?...Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that can cause symptoms called plaques to develop on the skin. Plaques are patches of skin that are raised, red, and covered in a...
How Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked To Psoriasis?...Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the name for a set of conditions in which chronic inflammation inside of the digestive tract can cause many different symptoms, including abdominal pain, diarrhea...
Light Therapy (Phototherapy) for Psoriasis Treatment...Phototherapy is a type of treatment for people with psoriasis. It is also called light therapy. Light therapy involves using a machine or device to expose skin to ultraviolet (UV)...
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How Does Psoriasis Affect Your Overall Health?...Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition. In this condition, the immune system becomes overactive and causes skin cells to divide quickly and produce too many new cells. This leads to...
What Is Scalp Psoriasis?...Most people with psoriasis develop thick, scaly patches on their skin called plaques. These patches are the result of an overactive immune system that causes rapid skin cell growth. These...
Symptoms--White Pustules...White pustules are symptoms of a rare form of psoriasis called pustular psoriasis. Unlike plaque psoriasis, which causes patches of raised, inflamed, scaly skin to develop, pustular psoriasis causes the...
Symptoms--Small Scaling Spots...For some people with psoriasis, instead of getting plaques that form on the skin, they experience small scaling spots. Small scaling spots are caused by a type of psoriasis called...
How Is Depression Linked To Psoriasis?...Everyone goes through periods of feeling sad sometimes, but people with depression may feel sad most or even all of the day, for long stretches of time. Depression can have...
What Is Inverse Psoriasis?...Psoriasis is a disease in which chronic inflammation in the body triggered by the immune system causes symptoms that can affect the skin, joints, and nails. Inverse psoriasis is a...
Can Acupuncture Help Psoriasis?...Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition which causes symptoms to develop on the skin due to inflammation inside the body. Depending on the severity of their condition, people with psoriasis...
Acitretin...Acitretin is an oral treatment option for adults with severe psoriasis. It is a systemic treatment for psoriasis, which means that it has an effect on the entire body and...