Psoriasis
Skin diseases in alcoholics
The most common skin manifestations of alcoholism presented in this review article are urticarial reactions, porphyria cutanea tarda, flushing, cutaneous stigmata of cirrhosis, psoriasis, pruritus, seborrheic dermatitis, and rosacea
Relationship between smoking and the clinical severity of psoriasis.
CONCLUSION: Smoking is associated with the clinical severity of psoriasis and highlights the importance of smoking cessation in patients with psoriasis.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between different components of smoking history and the clinical severity of psoriasis. DESIGN: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.
Alcohol as a risk factor for plaque-type psoriasis.
We recommend that clinicians discourage patients with psoriasis from consuming alcohol, especially during periods of disease exacerbation.
Psoriais is a systemic disease and should be treated as such!
Well here is another rant about how psoriasis is truly a sysptemic disease, a fact that Chinese medicine has identified for hundreds of years. A recent article published in the British Journal of Dermatology stated that people with psoriasis have an increased risk of heart disease. The authors stated that traditionally western dermatologists mainly focused on psoriasis in the skin and joint level, but failed to view any correlation to other organ systems.
