Plaque psoriasis is the most common form and is characterized by inflamed lesions topped with silvery white scales. A chronic and recurrent disease characterized by dry, well-circumscribed, silvery, scaling papules and plaques of various sizes. Onset is usually before the age of 20, but all age groups are affected. The severity of this condition can vary from 1 or 2 lesions to a body-wide spread, from a benign cosmetic source of annoyance to a physically disabling and disfiguring affliction. No., psoriasis is not something you can catch or pass-on.
Psoriasis is degenerative diasease.
Psoriasis is a growth of too many skin cells. A normal skin cell matures in 28 to 30 days but a psoriatic skin cell takes only 3 to 6 days . Both male and female alike. Psoriasis can strike at any age, but most often between 15 and 35years of age. Between 150.000 and 250,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.