by What is Psoriasis?
Psoriasis skin disease is a non-contagious, chronic disease that affects the skin and joints (psoriasis with arthritis), characterized by redness and inflammation of the skin. Psoriasis usually affects the skin of the elbows, knees, scalp, and sometimes all over the body.
It presents mostly in three different forms:
- Scaly irregular shaped
- Reddish coppery with burning sensation and
- Thick round patches with itching
Psoriasis risk and factors
- Psoriasis can be genetic, can be caused by environmental factors.
- Till now, the exact main cause of Psoriasis is unknown.
Sign And Symptoms:-
- The psoriatic area looks like red or pink patches of thickened, raised, and dry scaly skin.
- Identified by large thick patches of raised skin, red patches, and dry skin.
- Pulling off one of these small dry white flakes of skin may cause tiny blood spots on the skin.
- Psoriasis in moist areas like the navel or area between the buttocks may sometimes be confused with other skin conditions like fungal infections, yeast infections, skin irritation, or bacterial infections.
- Usually, nail psoriasis may be confused with fungal nail infection.
- On the scalp, it usually looks like severe dandruff with dry flakes and red areas of skin.
Causes
No one has been able to find the real cause of Psoriasis skin disease.
Use milk and milk products with salt and salty items regularly.
Excess and regular use of nonveg.
There are two major believed theories.
- The first theory believes psoriasis skin disease is a disorder of excessive growth and reproduction of skin cells.
- The second theory says the disease to be an immune disorder. When you have psoriasis, your white blood cells attack your skin cells by mistake. Your body in response to this attack activates other immune responses, which leads to inflammation and increased production of skin cells.
Other factors may also be responsible for Psoriasis Skin Disease.
- Psoriasis may be an inherited disease.
- Some triggering factors such as injury, vaccinations, and some medications.
- Usually, the skin cells take around 30 days for new cells to move from the lower epidermal layers to the surface but in the case of psoriasis skin disease, this process may take only a few days which leads to the build-up of dead skin cells and thick scales.
- Psoriasis skin disease is found more commonly in people with dry skin types.
- Taking excess alcohol, increased exposure to sunlight, stressful life, physical illness, etc. Can also trigger psoriasis skin disease.
