People with psoriasis may also be at an increased risk for periodontal disease. The findings of a new study linked the itchy, red skin condition to the health of teeth and gums. Psoriasis is a chronic ...

Psoriasis occurs when the immune system becomes overactive, causing skin cells to grow too rapidly and appear as thick, red, scaly rashes. (Envato Elements pic) Dry skin and a burning sensation, along ...

Genital psoriasis doesn’t look like most other forms of the disease. Patches are often bright red, smooth, and shiny. You usually don’t see scales because they rub off when you move. When they rub off ...

Psoriatic skin and an immune synapse (Inset). (From T.S. Kupper, N Eng J Med, 349:1987–90, 2003.) The red, cracked, and bleeding scales of psoriasis appear on the scalps, knees, elbows, and trunks of ...

Psoriasis is a chronic, noncontagious, genetic disease of the immune system that appears on the skin, most often as red, scaly patches that itch and bleed. Psoriasis is the most common autoimmune ...

It’s tempting to peel and pick at those itchy scales, but if you can help it, there are better ways to cope. Psoriasis is more than just an outbreak of itchy skin rashes. It’s a systemic inflammatory ...