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A chronic autoimmune condition where skin cells grow too fast, forming red, scaly, often itchy patches.
means A chronic autoimmune skin condition causing skin cells to multiply up to ten times faster than normal, piling up into red, scaly, often itchy patches.
from From Greek 'psora' meaning 'itch' or 'mange,' with the '-iasis' suffix denoting a diseased condition — the same ending found in words like 'psoriasis' cousin 'elephantiasis.' Ancient physicians lumped many itchy skin conditions together under 'psora,' and it took centuries of medicine to tease psoriasis apart as its own distinct disease rather than just a type of itch.
- skin cycle
- normally 28 days, psoriasis speeds it to 3-4
- not contagious
- immune miscommunication, not an infection
- stress link
- flares often follow emotional or physical stress
- affects more
- joints too, in psoriatic arthritis cases