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. Yes, around 400 die from complications caused by psoriasis each year.