By Nick Kanellopoulos
Psoriasis ("sor-eye-ah-sees") is a skin condition where your skin becomes thick, itchy, with silver coloring. Elbows, scalp, knees, and torso are the parts of your body that are commonly affected but actually it may affect every part of it. An important number of people with Psoriasis develops psoriatic arthritis, which causes pain of the joints, local swelling and difficulty in moving the involved joint.
Psoriasis is a lifetime disease but not usually progressive in character. This means that it doesn't have to get worse through the course of time .The defect in psoriasis is found in our defense system , the autoimmune system. Through this system, the human body normally keeps the bad guys out! In a certain point of time this "military police" of ours, goes crazy and starts shooting fellow soldiers (these are our body cells)! So now our body has to make even more soldiers to cover for the loss. The sad thing is that the immune system does not stop malfunctioning and progressively larger numbers of cells are required to be produced. These cells get to the surface of our skin abnormally early, resulting in the thickening of the skin which is the predominant finding of psoriasis.
Psoriasis goes on sometimes silently, other times loud enough to have a negative impact on people lives.In other words there is a "wax and wane" nature of the symptoms.
Infections,emotional stress, certain medications such as lithium, anti malarials , beta-blockers along with sunburns and scratches have the ability to worsen psoriasis. Always remember that psoriasis is not contagious and people suffering from the disease can lead normal lives.In addition to that we should make sure to back them emotionally because sometimes the psychological aspect of the disease can be worse than the disease itself.
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