Psoriasis Symptoms

Psoriasis symptoms

        The problem with this disease lies in the appearance of unsightly rash especially when it reaches the exposed parts, face and hands and when it is extended. It is quite obvious that it can have a more or less important psychological impact and lead to reduced quality of life.

The signs of the disease

        Psoriasis can begin at any age, but there are two times more likely to see a psoriasis:

• Puberty: psoriasis is associated with family history
• About 40-50 years: when psoriasis is less often associated with family history of psoriasis

        Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease characterized by relapses and remissions (the latter are common in summer because the sun tends to bleach psoriasis). Psoriasis begins at different ages, often before age 20, and evolves in spurts. The 2 sexes are affected. The condition is most often benign, there are nevertheless serious.

Psoriasis symptoms- The plaque psoriasis

        The elementary lesion is a erythemato-squamous rounded to sharp limits plaque. Usually, thick pearly scales, cover the entire erythematous stain. Plaque psoriasis is sometimes surrounded by a clear ring. The psoriatic lesions are often symmetrical, can sit anywhere, but have preferred areas: elbows, knees, sacrum, scalp. There may be psoriasis at the site of trauma: the phenomenon of Koebner.

Psoriasis symptoms pictures

Psoriasis symptoms clinical forms

According to the aspect:

• Very hyperkeratotic, cretaceous (elbows, knees)
• Little scaly
• Small items: guttate psoriasis, which occurs mainly in children and follows a nasopharyngeal infection.
• Annular plates
• Note that eczematisation and superinfection are rare.

Depending on the location:

• Scalp: thick slabs of "big films, grayish white scales, the cross hair. There was no alopecia.
• Pleats: appearance of dry, red, slightly scaly, well demarcated, non-pruritic intertrigo (the inverse psoriasis).
• Palms and plants: significant, sometimes fissured, very few erythematous hyperkeratosis. Palmoplantar keratoderma) pose a differential diagnosis with mycosis (mycological examination), eczema (itching ), lichen (pruritus, purple appearance) or secondary syphilis (serology, scaly papules).
• Face: red, very limited spots, with fine dry flakes, or fatter very difficult to distinguish from seborrheic dermatitis.
• Nails: punctuated thimble, subungual hyperkeratosis, onycholysis.
• Mucous membranes: geographic tongue (glossitis exfoliative marginate), red, scaly patches on the glans.