Causes and therapeutic approaches<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\nWorldwide, the incidence of psoriasis ranges from 0.09 (Tanzania) to 11.4 percent (Norway). Thus, the chronic inflammatory skin disease is a serious global health problem affecting more than 100 million people.<\/p>\n\n
Who treats psoriasis and is psoriasis curable? What can you do about it yourself? You can find answers to questions like these in the following article.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\nWhat is psoriasis actually?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nThe term psoriasis (psoriasis vulgaris, <\/strong>plaque psoriasis) is used by doctors to describe an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the skin. Although it can develop at any age, the disease usually breaks out before the age of 30 or around the age of 50. The predisposition is often passed on from parents to children. In the course of their lives, about two percent of men and women develop psoriasis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\nDandruff: Where does it occur?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nTypically, the disease manifests itself as dot-shaped to palm-sized, sharply demarcated red skin patches that are covered with silvery-white scales and trigger intense itching in attacks.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\n![\"Skin](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Psoriasis-Schuppenflechte-Stellen-1024x835.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nAs a rule, the skin symptoms form<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- on the outer sides of the large joints (elbow, knee and shin),<\/li>
- the lower back (sacrum, buttocks, genital area),<\/li>
- the hands and scalp.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
![\"Psoriasis:](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hand-mit-Psoriasis-1-1024x655.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nThe fingernails are often involved, turning yellow to brownish (nail psoriasis).1,2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\nPsoriasis has many faces<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\nPsoriasis manifests itself in different forms. Or to put it another way: every person affected has their own characteristic clinical picture. For this reason, psoriasis is often difficult to diagnose. Medicine knows many other causes for itchy and scaly eczema.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\nClassification of psoriasis<\/h3>\n\n
Depending on the age at which the disease typically manifests itself clinically, a distinction is made between the following 2 classes:<\/p>\n\n
Worldwide, the incidence of psoriasis ranges from 0.09 (Tanzania) to 11.4 percent (Norway). Thus, the chronic inflammatory skin disease is a serious global health problem affecting more than 100 million people.<\/p>\n\n
Who treats psoriasis and is psoriasis curable? What can you do about it yourself? You can find answers to questions like these in the following article.<\/p>\n\n
What is psoriasis actually?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nThe term psoriasis (psoriasis vulgaris, <\/strong>plaque psoriasis) is used by doctors to describe an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the skin. Although it can develop at any age, the disease usually breaks out before the age of 30 or around the age of 50. The predisposition is often passed on from parents to children. In the course of their lives, about two percent of men and women develop psoriasis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\nDandruff: Where does it occur?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nTypically, the disease manifests itself as dot-shaped to palm-sized, sharply demarcated red skin patches that are covered with silvery-white scales and trigger intense itching in attacks.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\n<\/figure>\nAs a rule, the skin symptoms form<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- on the outer sides of the large joints (elbow, knee and shin),<\/li>
- the lower back (sacrum, buttocks, genital area),<\/li>
- the hands and scalp.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/figure>\n
The fingernails are often involved, turning yellow to brownish (nail psoriasis).1,2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\nPsoriasis has many faces<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\nPsoriasis manifests itself in different forms. Or to put it another way: every person affected has their own characteristic clinical picture. For this reason, psoriasis is often difficult to diagnose. Medicine knows many other causes for itchy and scaly eczema.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\nClassification of psoriasis<\/h3>\n\n
Depending on the age at which the disease typically manifests itself clinically, a distinction is made between the following 2 classes:<\/p>\n\n
Dandruff: Where does it occur?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nTypically, the disease manifests itself as dot-shaped to palm-sized, sharply demarcated red skin patches that are covered with silvery-white scales and trigger intense itching in attacks.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\n<\/figure>\nAs a rule, the skin symptoms form<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- on the outer sides of the large joints (elbow, knee and shin),<\/li>
- the lower back (sacrum, buttocks, genital area),<\/li>
- the hands and scalp.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/figure>\n
The fingernails are often involved, turning yellow to brownish (nail psoriasis).1,2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\nPsoriasis has many faces<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\nPsoriasis manifests itself in different forms. Or to put it another way: every person affected has their own characteristic clinical picture. For this reason, psoriasis is often difficult to diagnose. Medicine knows many other causes for itchy and scaly eczema.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\nClassification of psoriasis<\/h3>\n\n
Depending on the age at which the disease typically manifests itself clinically, a distinction is made between the following 2 classes:<\/p>\n\n
<\/figure>As a rule, the skin symptoms form<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- on the outer sides of the large joints (elbow, knee and shin),<\/li>
- the lower back (sacrum, buttocks, genital area),<\/li>
- the hands and scalp.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/figure>\n
The fingernails are often involved, turning yellow to brownish (nail psoriasis).1,2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
<\/div>\n\nPsoriasis has many faces<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\n
Psoriasis manifests itself in different forms. Or to put it another way: every person affected has their own characteristic clinical picture. For this reason, psoriasis is often difficult to diagnose. Medicine knows many other causes for itchy and scaly eczema.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>\n\nClassification of psoriasis<\/h3>\n\n
Depending on the age at which the disease typically manifests itself clinically, a distinction is made between the following 2 classes:<\/p>\n\n
![\"Psoriasis](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Typen-von-Psioriasis-1-1024x728.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Psoriasis](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Junge-Frau-mit-Psoriasis-1-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Anti-inflammatory](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Creme-gegen-Psoriasis-1-1024x730.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Antioxidants](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vitamin-E-Kapseln-Zinc-Selen-Tabletten-1-1024x681.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Vitamin](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vitamin-D-Kapsel-Nahrungserga\u0308nzung-1-1024x658.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Anti-inflammatory](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Zutaten-enthalten-Vitamin-E-natu\u0308rliche-Mineralien-Dia\u0308t-Ballaststoffe-Gesundheit-Erna\u0308hrungskonzept-2.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Taking](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Probiotik-Sauerkraut-im-Glass-Fermentation-vegetables.jpg\")
<\/figure>![\"Stress](\"https:\/\/fundus.ayio-q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Atemu\u0308bung-und-Stressabbau-bei-Psoriasis-1-1024x736.jpg\")
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