Psoriasis is not a skin condition. It is a chronic disease with impacts throughout the body and c…
Psoriasis is not a skin condition. It is a chronic disease with impacts throughout the body and can lead to related conditions – called comorbidities – like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, or anxiety. “There’s a misperception among some that psoriasis is ‘just’ a cosmetic skin disease. But it’s actually a disorder that’s driven by an overly active immune system that can attack many areas of the body,” “In psoriatic disease, inflammatory immune cells and the factors they release are overly produced ”. “They spread through the body in the bloodstream, causing extensive inflammation that can lead to the development of comorbidities.” “In psoriasis, immune cells attack places they shouldn’t” . “They go to the skin and cause psoriatic plaques, but they can also go to the joints and cause psoriatic arthritis. When they infiltrate blood vessels of the heart, they inflame the cells that line blood vessels. These fill with immune cells that don’t belong there and cause inflammation. That’s the beginning of cardiovascular disease.”
