Psoriasis is a chronic disease where your immune system becomes overactive and makes skin cells too quickly. As these cells build up, they form psoriasis plaques, thick raised patches of skin with ...

Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated skin condition. It causes red, scaly, itchy, often inflamed patches. Because the ...

Guselkumab demonstrated strong efficacy in treating moderate to severe scalp psoriasis, especially in individuals with skin of color, achieving nearly 70% complete scalp clearance by week 48. The ...

What Is the Auspitz Sign? Auspitz sign is a distinctive mark seen when a skin plaque has been removed. Plaques (also called scales) are common in plaque psoriasis, but people with Darier′s disease and ...

A recent study found that psoriasis symptoms were associated with a higher intake of ultra-processed food, suggesting that these foods might promote inflammation in the body separate from the ...

Psoriasis occurs when the immune system becomes overactive, causing skin cells to grow too rapidly and appear as thick, red, scaly rashes. (Envato Elements pic) Dry skin and a burning sensation, along ...

Even as the prevalence of psoriasis increases around the world, with the highest proportions found in white populations, there is apparently a greater burden of disease among populations with skin of ...

As winter arrives, the stark shift to dry air and central heating presents a challenge for those with eczema and psoriasis.

Researchers in China report that global incidence rates of psoriasis rose slightly from 1990 to 2021 and are projected to ...

In his late teens, two significant things happened in Brandon Catapane’s life. He shared with his family that he was gay. And at the same time, the areas of dry skin on his scalp that had caused ...

Genetic analysis of psoriasis shows somatic mutations are not linked to the development or the spread of the condition. Psoriasis -- a chronic skin condition -- is not caused or spread by spontaneous ...