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Description and Symptoms of Psoriasis
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Tags: Psoriasis, immune-mediated disease, skin, skin disease, chronic disease, skin disorder, symptoms
Psoriasis (IPA pronunciation: [s?'ra?.?s?s]) is an immune-mediated disease[1] which affects the skin and joints. It commonly causes red scaly patches to appear on the skin. The scaly patches caused by psoriasis are often called psoriasis plaques or lesions.
| | Generally, the skin of the person suffering from the disease appears and irritated and may be covered with bright silvery scales. |
| | Sometimes there is also a little itching .The areas usually involved are the elbows, knees, the skin behind the ears, the trunk, and the scalp. |
| | The disease may also affect the underarms and genital areas. The lesions vary in size from minute papules to sheets covering large parts of the body. |
| | Quite often they are discs from half an inch to several inches in size. The lesions are always dry and rarely become infected. |
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