About Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a invasive skin disease that appears on the body. It normally appears when the bodies immune system sends out faulty messages or signals that speed up the growth cycle of skin cells.  This common skin disease affects the life cycle of skin cells.

Psoriasis causes skin cells to build up quickly on the surface of your skin forming thick silvery scales and itchy, dry, red patches that can be quite painful and very irritating.

Psoriasis can be a persistent and long lasting chronic autoimmune disease. You can have times when your Psoriasis symptoms improve or periods when your psoriasis worsens.

The 5 types of Psoriasis are:

1. guttate
2. plaque
3. pustular
4. erythrodermic
5. inverse

The most common form affecting most people is “plaque psoriasis”. This appears on the skin as raised red patches or lesions along with a buildup of dead skin cells, commonly referred to as “scale”. Psoriasis can appear on any part of the body and can often be associated with other health conditions, such as heart disease, depression and diabetes. Psoriasis however is not contagious.

Recent figures from the National Institute of Health state that as many as 7.4 million people in the USA have Psoriasis.