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What is Psoriasis?
Type:Uv phototherapy Time:2018-06-19 14:44:00 What is Psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a common disorder affecting between 1% and 2% of the population. Psoriasis can appear at any age and runs a very unpredictable course. In most patients, the disorder is confined to the skin where it develops as small to large, thickened plaques covered with a fine silvery scale.
Plaques of psoriasis result from an abnormality of the epidermis which is the most superficial layer on the surface of the skin. In psoriasis, the cells of the epidermis multiply at an abnormally rapid rate so in effect, too much skin is being produced and it becomes thickened and scaly. It is now known that an abnormal immune response causes the skin to react in this way and psoriasis is now considered to be an auto-immune disease.
Genetic Factors
About 70% of patients with psoriasis have a near or distant relative with the disorder. However, the inheritance is somewhat indirect and a child of a patient with psoriasis has only about a 10% risk of developing the disorder at any time in his or her lifetime.
Infections
A viral or bacterial infection of the throat can trigger psoriasis but such infections do not tend to make established psoriasis worse.
Psychological Factors
Psoriasis may appear for the first time during a period of stress but more importantly, emotional stress frequently exacerbates psoriasis in a person who already has the disorder.
Trauma
Abrasion of the skin and blunt trauma can provoke new areas of psoriasis in a person with the disorder. Scratching of the skin has a similar effect. Localization of psoriasis to the knees and elbows is probably due to the repeated knocks received by these parts of our anatomy.
Pregnancy
Psoriasis frequently goes into remission during pregnancy but also it often appears for the first time after delivery.
Finally, we can say that several factors are not important in causing psoriasis. Psoriasis is not an infectious disease and it is not caused by any known bacteria or virus. Diet has no proven influence on psoriasis. Psoriasis is not caused by a vitamin deficiency and is not improved by taking ordinary vitamins.
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leading manufacturer of UV phototherapy.
Psoriasis is a common disorder affecting between 1% and 2% of the population. Psoriasis can appear at any age and runs a very unpredictable course. In most patients, the disorder is confined to the skin where it develops as small to large, thickened plaques covered with a fine silvery scale.
Plaques of psoriasis result from an abnormality of the epidermis which is the most superficial layer on the surface of the skin. In psoriasis, the cells of the epidermis multiply at an abnormally rapid rate so in effect, too much skin is being produced and it becomes thickened and scaly. It is now known that an abnormal immune response causes the skin to react in this way and psoriasis is now considered to be an auto-immune disease.
Genetic Factors
About 70% of patients with psoriasis have a near or distant relative with the disorder. However, the inheritance is somewhat indirect and a child of a patient with psoriasis has only about a 10% risk of developing the disorder at any time in his or her lifetime.
Infections
A viral or bacterial infection of the throat can trigger psoriasis but such infections do not tend to make established psoriasis worse.
Psychological Factors
Psoriasis may appear for the first time during a period of stress but more importantly, emotional stress frequently exacerbates psoriasis in a person who already has the disorder.
Trauma
Abrasion of the skin and blunt trauma can provoke new areas of psoriasis in a person with the disorder. Scratching of the skin has a similar effect. Localization of psoriasis to the knees and elbows is probably due to the repeated knocks received by these parts of our anatomy.
Pregnancy
Psoriasis frequently goes into remission during pregnancy but also it often appears for the first time after delivery.
Finally, we can say that several factors are not important in causing psoriasis. Psoriasis is not an infectious disease and it is not caused by any known bacteria or virus. Diet has no proven influence on psoriasis. Psoriasis is not caused by a vitamin deficiency and is not improved by taking ordinary vitamins.
www.kerneluvb.com---The leading manufacturer of UV phototherapy.