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Article: International Federation of Psoriasis Associations, IFPA: Psoriasis is a real disability that deserves attention!
- Article from:
- Psychology & Psychiatry Journal
- Article date:
- November 14, 2009
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October 29 is World Psoriasis Day. Conceived by patients for patients, World Psoriasis Day is a truly global event focusing on the burden of living with psoriasis. There are more than 125 million people with psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis in the world. Psoriasis is a severe chronic inflammatory disease that effects all ages, genders, races and ethnicities.
The recent progress in the understanding of the disease has been remarkable. Psoriasis is now considered as a potentially severe inflammatory disorder. It may impose major social, psychological, physical and health impairment on patients, promote metabolic syndrome, inflammatory and cardiovascular co-morbidities ...