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Psoriasis is a chronic, lasting for a long duration skin disease shows inflammation and scaling of outer layer of skin. The skin has blisters and skin turns silver or red. The patches become scaly, silver and have red plaque over the time. The patches thicken over the time and can be seen on
Psoriasis often leads to psoriatic arthritis.
Many researchers claim that the psoriasis is a disorder of the human immune system that leads to the over-production of T-cells; a type of white blood cell that protects against infections. This eventually triggers the excessive skin cell production and inflammation. Sometimes the disease could get flareed up and turn up into infections or stress. Some patients observe extreme dry skin.
Some medications could worsen the conditions and increase depression. Psoriasis could be hereditary.
Although there are many types of this disease, the common type is plaque psoriasis also known as psoriasis vulgaris. In plaque psoriasis, the lesions have a reddened base covered by silvery base.
Guttate psoriasis are caused by viral respiratory infections or streptococcal infections. Water drop like lesions occur on the limbs, and scalp. The non-infectious pus characterizes pustular psoriasis. It is caused by:
Inverse psoriasis is can be seen as a large, dry, smooth red plaques occurring in the folds of the skin near the genitals, in the armpits and under the breast. This type relates to the over-sensitivity to sweating and friction. Reddening and scaling of the skin, accompanied by itching sensation and pain in the area happens in erythrodermic psoriasis.
The disease is treated by observing the severity and responsiveness to specific tretment. The effectiveness of psoriasis varies from person to person. The treatment is decided based on the location of the lesion, size, amount of skin affected, response to the undergoing treatment and most importantly the perceptions of the patient and preferences about the treatment undergoing.
There are mainly three types of treatment provided to the patients affected by psoriasis.
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