Psoriasis – A detailed guide

Psoriasis is a skin disease that is chronic inflammatory but non contagious disease. Thick scaly plaques are formed on the skin that is itchy. They can be formed all over the body but mostly they are found on scalp, knees and elbows. It is a autoimmune disease causing rapid growth of skin cells. This rapid buildup of cells multiply up to 10 times and develop bumpy red patches that are covered with white scale around it. This happens when you are susceptible to any infection and your immune system attacks the healthy skin cells. Psoriasis scales are red thick patches and sometimes these patches crack and starts bleeding. Psoriasis can also develop on neck, feet, hands and face. It is very less common when people get affected area with psoriasis around their genitals, mouth and nails.  Psoriasis is a non contagious disease so it can’t be transfer from one person to another person but it is most commonly found among family members. Usually psoriasis starts in early adulthood and continues throughout life. These patches heal through medicine but do come again and again. Some people get affected for some parts of their body but in severe cases it covers the large parts of body. Psoriasis has no cure but medications suggested by doctors can help a patient with this disease to manage their symptoms to improve the quality of...

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