ABOUT PSORIASIS
Psoriasis is a disease which troubles the patient physically , psychologically and socially. This is a chronic occasionally acute, non –contagious, relapsing skin disease. Reddish papules and plaques covered with thick silvery white scale are the classical lesions. As the rate of division of cells in upper layer is increased tremendously, it is covered by scaly appearance. Often the lesion starts with severe dandruff in the scalp. Elbow , knees, back, belly, hip , ear are commonly affected areas. Mostly the patches are itchy. Change in the atmosphere, consumption of certain allopathic medicines, hormonal ups and downs , stress trigger, exaggerate the disease. Sometimes the disease is inherited in next generation. 10-15 % of psoriatic patients develop arthritis at later age.