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Psoriasis is a long-term autoimmune condition that causes patches of abnormal skin—typically red, pink, or purple, dry, itchy, and scaly—and is not contagious. It matters because it can range from affecting small areas to covering the entire body, and skin injuries can trigger new psoriatic patches to develop.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Psoriasis
- Medical condition.image
- Psoriasis on back1.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Back and arms of a person with severe psoriasis
- Medical condition.specialty
- Dermatology, immunology, rheumatology
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Red (purple on darker skin), itchy, scaly patches of skin
- Medical condition.complications
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Medical condition.onset
- Adulthood
- Medical condition.duration
- Long-term
- Medical condition.causes
- Genetic disease triggered by environmental factors
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms
- Medical condition.treatment
- Steroid creams, vitamin D3 cream, ultraviolet light, immunosuppressive drugs such as methotrexate and biologics
- Medical condition.frequency
- 79.7 million / 2–4%
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Research
75,122 papers- Childhood psoriasis.ReviewEuropean journal of dermatology : EJD · 2016Mahé EDOI: 10.1684/ejd.2016.2932
- Challenge of Nail Psoriasis: An Update Review.ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2021Ji C, Wang H, Bao C et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12016-021-08896-9
- What is Psoriasis?ReviewPediatric dermatology · 2025DOI: 10.1111/pde.16031
- Psoriasis and Papulosquamous Disorders.ReviewPrimary care · 2025Helm MF, Clebak KT, Critchfield L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2025.05.007
- Psoriasis.ReviewDisease-a-month : DM · 1973Baden HP, Pugliese MM
- Homocysteine and psoriasis.ReviewBioscience reports · 2019Lin X, Meng X, Song ZDOI: 10.1042/BSR20190867
- Psoriasis and Obesity.ReviewDermatology (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Jensen P, Skov LDOI: 10.1159/000455840
- Pustular psoriasis: A distinct aetiopathogenic and clinical entity.ReviewIndian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology · 2023Vasudevan B, Das P, Bhatt SDOI: 10.25259/IJDVL_542_2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Psoriasis on back.jpg
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- risk factor
- smoking
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- desonide
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Psoriasis
- topic's main category
- Category:Psoriasis
- health specialty
- dermatology
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3346
- ICPC 2 ID
- S91
- genetic association
- SPATA2
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8893
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