Vesagas: World Psoriasis Day

OCTOBER 29 is also known as the World Psoriasis Day (WPD).

For this year, the theme is Global access to treatment, which conjures for the breakdown of social inequality in terms of access to healthcare services and therapeutics for people suffering from psoriasis.

The International Federation of Psoriasis Association (IFPA) notes that statistically, over 125 million people suffer from psoriasis globally.

According to Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, psoriasis is defined as a chronic (long-term) inflammatory disorder in which the epidermal layer (outermost surface of the skin) turnover occurs at six to nine times faster than normal.

Health experts explain that under normal conditions, the skin sloughs off or the so-called change skin occurs every 26 to 28 days.

For patients with psoriasis, the process of change skin occurs in three to four days and this abnormal process does not allow the normal protective layer of the skin to form.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) informs that psoriasis causes patches of thick red skin and silvery scales.

These patches are typically found on the elbows, knees, scalp, lower back, face, palms, soles, but can also occur on other places: fingernails, toenails and mouth.

In the similar vein, the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) maintains that the following are conditions or factors that trigger psoriasis: stress; injury to skin; and (certain) medications.

Although the exact mechanism of how stress triggers psoriasis remain unclear, NPF explains that it (psoriasis) could be the bodys way of coping with stress just as the immune system responds to infection or injury by sending chemicals that cause inflammation.

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Vesagas: World Psoriasis Day