Types of Psoriasis:
Broader types of Psoriasis:
Prevalance of Psoriasis: 5.5 million people in the USA (NIAMS)
Prevalance Rate of Psoriasis: approx 1 in 49 or 2.02% or 5.5 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Psoriasis:
Psoriasis affects between 1 and 2 percent of
the United States population, or about 5.5 million people. (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers About Psoriasis: NIAMS)
...
Psoriasis is common
and may affect more than 2 out of 100 Americans. (Source: excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID)
...
Psoriasis affects 1.5 to 2 percent of the United States population, or
almost 5 million people. (Source: excerpt from Psoriasis: NWHIC)
Patient Profile for Psoriasis: Typically adults but any age possible.
Profile for Psoriasis: Although the disease occurs in all age groups and about equally in men and women, it primarily affects adults. (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers About Psoriasis: NIAMS) ... It occurs in all age groups and about equally in men and women. (Source: excerpt from Psoriasis: NWHIC)
Gender Profile for Psoriasis: Males and females equally.
Complications of Psoriasis:
see complications of Psoriasis
Causes of Psoriasis: see causes of Psoriasis
Causes of Psoriasis: Recent research indicates that psoriasis is
likely a disorder of the immune system. This system includes a type of
white blood cell, called a T cell, that normally helps protect the body
against infection and disease. Scientists now think that, in psoriasis,
an abnormal immune system causes activity by T cells in the skin. These
T cells trigger the inflammation and excessive skin cell reproduction
seen in people with psoriasis.
(Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers About Psoriasis: NIAMS)
Risk factors for Psoriasis:
see
risk factors for Psoriasis
Symptoms of Psoriasis: see symptoms of Psoriasis
Complications of Psoriasis: see complications of Psoriasis
Onset of Psoriasis: usually 50-60 years of age
Contagion of autoimmunity:
generally not; see details in contagion of autoimmune diseases.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Psoriasis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Psoriasis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Psoriasis.
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Psoriasis: General practitioner, Primary care physician, Dermatologist, Rheumatologist, Orthopaedic surgeon, Immunologist, Cardiologist, Genetic disease specialist, Psychologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Psoriasis.
Treatments for Psoriasis:
see treatments for Psoriasis
Research for Psoriasis:
see research for Psoriasis
Hospitalization statistics for Psoriasis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Psoriasis:
Organs and body systems related to Psoriasis include:
Main name of condition: Psoriasis
Class of Condition for Psoriasis: autoimmune
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