Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that mainly affects the skin. When you have psoriasis, your immune system sends signals to your skin cells to grow too fast. Normally, skin cells take about ...

About 7.5 million Americans have psoriasis. But, despite psoriasis being a fairly common skin condition, it's often misunderstood. In case you're not familiar with it, psoriasis is a condition that ...

It is unclear exactly what causes psoriasis, but a variety of factors appears to be at play: genes, an outside trigger and an immune response. Scientists are investigating all three of these to better ...

Australian researchers say they have identified a gene mutation that causes the skin disease psoriasis. A chronic inflammatory condition, psoriasis causes red, scaly, itchy patches on the skin. Some ...

(WNDU) - According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, more than eight million people in the U.S. have psoriasis. Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes red, itchy scaly patches, most commonly on ...

Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare, severe form of pustular psoriasis that affects large areas of the body and can cause life threatening symptoms like high fever and rapid pulse. The ...

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease where red, scaly, itchy patches break out all over your body. It’s an autoimmune disease in which your immune system goes haywire and triggers inflammation of your ...

Ear psoriasis is a chronic – meaning ongoing – skin condition that happens when your immune system reacts too strongly to protect against germs and other invaders. This causes dead skin cells to build ...

Imbalances in the gut's microbiome – the microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract – caused by a high sugar and fat diet may heighten the symptoms of inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis, a ...

Psoriasis treatments have been a staple of TV advertising for nearly 50 years. That’s because the skin disease is relatively widespread throughout the United States. Roughly 80 to 90 percent of ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Key Takeaways Psoriasis causes thick patches of skin called plaques that are dry and ...