Psoriasis

Psoriasis is not contagious. So there is no fear of it being ‘caught’ from others, or of passing it on.

Psoriasis is at the present time incurable, though treatable in varying degrees, and many symptoms can be very greatly alleviated.

It is believed to affect up to some 3% of the population, and up to 10% of sufferers tend also to develop various joint pain and other troubles, due to psoriatic arthritis.

Psoriasis mainly manifests itself in the form of what is known as plaque - raised red lesions covered in what is known as ‘scale’ – dead skin cells, whitish in colour.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
“A lesion is a non-specific term referring to abnormal tissue in the body”.

Psoriasis manifests itself in five different ways.

• Plaque – the usual form.
• Pustular – reddened skin surrounded by white blistering
• Inverse – appears in the groin, armpits, back of knee and other skin folds
• Guttate – red spots on the skin
• Erythrodermic – strong redness over large areas of the body