What Is Psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin disease that speeds up the growth cycle of skin cells.
How is psoriasis diagnosed and treated?
Psoriasis often has a typical appearance that a primary care doctor can recognize, but it can be confused with other skin diseases (like eczema), so a dermatologist (skin doctor) is often the best doctor to diagnose it. The treatment of psoriasis usually depends on how much skin is affected, how bad the disease is (e.g., having many or painful skin patches), or the location (especially the face). Treatments range from creams and ointments applied to the affected areas to ultraviolet light therapy to drugs (such as methotrexate). Many people who have psoriasis also have serious health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and depression. Some people with psoriasis also have an inflammatory condition which affects their joints, called psoriatic arthritis.
Psoriatic arthritis has many of the same symptoms as other types of arthritis, so a rheumatologist (arthritis doctor) is often the best doctor to diagnose it. The treatment of psoriatic arthritis usually involves the use of drugs (such as methotrexate).
Psoriatic disease (when a person has psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis) may be treated with drugs (such as methotrexate) or a combination of drugs and creams or ointments.
What is CDC doing about psoriasis?
In 2010, CDC worked with experts in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and public health to develop a public health perspective that considers how these conditions affect the entire population. The resulting report is Developing and Addressing the Public Health Agenda for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (Agenda) You can read a short article about the agenda in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), an intermittent source of national psoriasis data, has included questions about psoriasis as late as the 2013-2014 cycle. A recent analysis of NHANES data estimates that 7.4 million adults had psoriasis in 2013.
From: www.cdc.gov
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ReplyIt really helped when you said that creams and ointments can be available to treat psoriasis even ultraviolet light and other drugs. I wonder what my sister will need because she seems to have that condition on her leg. It just started to show now that she reached the age of 40. She plans to see a dermatologist here in Clinton Township, Michigan to get diagnosed first.
ReplyIt really helped when you said that creams and ointments can be available to treat psoriasis even ultraviolet light and other drugs. I wonder what my sister will need because she seems to have that condition on her leg. It just started to show now that she reached the age of 40. She plans to see a dermatologist here in Clinton Township, Michigan to get diagnosed first.
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