Psoriasis: Signs And Symptoms

By Author: Dr. A Shah
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease affecting the person at any age. The symptoms and signs of psoriasis problem are prominent on person's body or scalp or both. In this condition the person's autoimmune response is altered and due to the faulty immune response the turnover of the cells of the skin increases to a great extent. The normal cycle of the turnover of the cells of the skin is usually 21 days in which there is replacement of the skin taking place in the epidermal region but in the psoriasis the duration of the cycle is reduced to 3 - 4 days.

In today's pace of life where the stress level is at its saturation the disease can be seen in large number of people as stress is one of the precipitating factor of this disease.

The symptoms and signs of psoriasis are listed below which will help you in properly diagnosing the disease and also it will help in finding an effective and a better way to handle it.

1- Scales: Scaling of the skin which is typically silvery white in its nature can be seen. Along with this you will also see that the surrounding is red and if a medical terminology has to be used to ...
... describe it appears inflamed.

2- Patches: At the beginning of the course of disease small oval patches of approximately 5 cm in size may occur but with the progression of disease it becomes larger an erratic in shape. The color would change to brown, red or purple.

3- Itching: Scaling of the skin is accompanied by itching.

4- Bleeding: The scales are dry and fixed to the underlying skin. It cannot be removed easily. The redness underneath the scales becomes visible only after the manual removal of the scales. Scratching of the underlying skin may even lead to bleeding.

Scaling of the skin is not only limited to the scalp but it also involves areas like eyebrows, posterior surface of the ears and the eyelashes.

There are lots of precipitating factors leading to psoriasis. The grade and intensity of it varies from person to person according to one's lifestyle and dietary habits. Weather conditions also play an important factor as symptoms are aggravated in winters.

5- Hair fall: Scaling in the scalp may lead to scratching of the scalp due to which hair fall may occur if the grade of psoriasis is very intense. The scaling of scalp may be so intense that one will be able to find flakes throughout the shoulder which is because of the scratching of the scalp by the patients.

To conclude with psoriasis may also be accompanied with other autoimmune condition like diabetes and thyroid issues which are termed as autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune diabetes.

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