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Psoriasis
* Most psoriasis occurs in patches.
* affects approximately two percent of the populations of European and North America
  - females slightly more than males in all age groups
  - men and women equally
* affects millions of men, women, and children of all ages and races
  - people
* also produces erythema and plaques that can occur in any location
  - tends to run in families
* appears in men and women in equal number.
* appears to be an inherited disorder
  - slightly more prevalent in women than men
* are autoimmune diseases
* can affect people both in their perception of themselves and in their relationships.
* can affect the lid, conjunctiva, and cornea
  - nails, scalp, skin and joints
  - type of work people do if it is visible
  - also be a side effect or reaction of the consumption of strong drugs and medicine
* can appear at any age, but becomes less common in older people
  - in several different forms
* can be a physically and emotionally painful condition
  - painful and even disfiguring
  - physically and emotionally disabling
  - very uncomfortable
  - become a chronic skin problem and often affects the scalp
  - cause thick flaky patches on the head, the elbows, and the knees
* can develop at a site of physical trauma such as surgery, sunburn, or scratching
  - de novo, or be aggravated, and is usually difficult to treat
  - for the first time in sites of skin injury from cuts, burns or infections
  - differ by appearance
  - occur at any age from infancy to the elderly
* can range from mild to moderate to very severe and disabling
  - in severity and affect any part of the body, including the nails and scalp
  - start at any age
  - strike men, women , children at any age, at any time
* causes the skin to lose water to the environment
  - thick, red patches on the body with a covering of flaky, silvery scales
* chronic , lifelong condition that can be controlled with treatment
  - disease characterized by over production of new skin
* chronic disease that leaves the skin red and scaly
  - red, scaly, uncomfortable and easily irritated
  - with profound social implications
  - illness that, in many cases, requires continuous treatment
  - recurring skin disease
* chronic skin disease characterised by red, scaly and often itchy blotches of skin
  - in which itchy scaly red patches form on parts of the body
  - disease, in which the skin surface covers with dark red scaly patches
  - disorder that can be painful and disabling
* chronic, recurrent disease of the skin
  - recurring disease with silvery bumps and plaques of various sizes
* classically is on the elbows, knees and trunk in scaling patches and plaques.
* comes in many different variations and degrees of severity
* common and chronic skin disease of unknown cause
  - chronic skin condition that causes red patches on the body
  - condition which, at times, can be difficult to treat
  - inflammatory disease of the skin
* common skin condition that occurs when the skin cells replace themselves too quickly
* common, chronic skin disorder.
* complex skin disease that affects people physically and emotionally.
* condition that has no satisfactory treatment at present.
* disease of the elderly
* disorder that varies in type and degree of severity.
* generally attacks on genital and surrounded area, underarms, scalp, elbows, and ear
  - precedes the arthritis
* growth of too many skin cells.
* has physical symptoms that are well known
  - very definite features on biopsy
* hereditary condition.
* involves hyperproliferation of the keratinocytes in the epidermis.
* is an obstinate condition, where there is no sure cure, even with homoeopathy
  - overgrowth of the epidermis caused by abnormal cell division
  - associated with changes in the nails of the hands and feet
  - believed to be a result of poor utilization of fat
* is characterized by a waxing and waning course
  - excessive growth and shedding of the outer layer in the skin
  - frequent episodes of recurrences and remissions
  - recurring remissions and exacerbations
* is characterized by red patches covered with a thick silvery scale
  - plaques with thick, flaking, silvery scales
  - thick plaques on the elbows, knees and body, dandruff and thick nails
  - contagious
  - degenerative diasease
  - derived from the Greek word 'psora', which means itch
  - even occasionally responsive to zinc supplementation
  - extremely rare among people with dark skin
  - indicated when arthritis and skin scaling at the elbow accompany pitting
  - neither infectious nor contagious
* is often hereditary
  - misunderstood by the public, which can make social interactions awkward
  - recurrent and occurs in varying severities
  - one of the commonest skin conditions in Britain
  - possibly a fumaric acid metabolism defect
  - rare in countries where a low fat diet is found
  - seen as a natural degenerative progression of overall allergy in the human body
  - similar to rheumatoid arthritis in numerous ways
  - sometimes worse in winter and clears up during the summer months
  - treated in a similar manner, though with different medications
  - triggered by an increased cell division activity in the basal layer of the skin
* knows no boundaries - it attacks from birth to old age.
* means that the skin changes seven times faster than normal.
* misunderstood condition.
* non-contagious chronic skin disorder characterized by abnormal cell growth
  - skin disorder that usually appears as inflamed and scaly skin lesions
* occurs equally among men and women
  - often in skin creases or folds
  - when new skin cells are made too quickly
* occurs when skin cells are produced too quickly
  - form too quickly and never mature
  - with equal frequency in both sexes
* often gets worse with physical or emotional stress or with injuries to the skin
  - runs in families
* paradigm for skin diseases in general.
* presents in several different clinical variants along with varying degrees of severity.
* problem only because it itches and can be unsightly
  - is unsightly
* scaly skin condition which can take many forms.
* seems to run in families and occurs most often in teenagers and young adults.
* single disease with several forms of expression and a range of severity.
* skin condition that can be found anywhere on the body
  - disease that causes scaling, inflammation, and dry, cracked skin
* skin disorder that results in thick patches of inflamed, red skin
  - s largely inherited
  - with a genetic basis
* typically goes through cycles.
* usually precedes arthritis
  - the onset of arthritis by several years
  - presents with red scaly patches on the scalp, body and limbs
  - starts as one or more small red plaques that become excessively flaky