Psoriasis

Psoriasis: a 'misunderstood' condition

Those who don't know enough about psoriasis are usually frightened just by hearing this word, however, information about the subject easily dispels the myths that have prevailed about it. In our country, psoriasis affects the daily life of approximately 300,000 people, with 15% affecting children and young people under the age of 20.

But what is psoriasis? 

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and ranks among the most well-known and frequent autoimmune diseases. In the case of psoriasis, the body's immune system is "incorrectly" activated, causing skin cells to mature and multiply faster and then accumulate in its upper layers, creating thickening of the skin and plaque formation, the familiar unsightly image that everyone  we know So, while the surface cell replacement cycle lasts about a month for most people, it only lasts a few days for people with psoriasis. So these psoriatic plaques are expelled from our body in the form of flakes or scales and cause itching. The most commonly affected areas are the elbows, knees, skull, lower back, palms and soles.

What causes psoriasis?

We still do not know exactly what causes psoriasis. It is certainly a complex disease with multiple potential causes in which genetic predisposition plays an important role.
It is "triggered" by other factors, probably environmental and psychological such as

• stress
• excess work
• psychological shock
• clothing that rubs against the skin
• specific drugs
• any infection (nasopharyngitis, pharyngitis... )