PSORIASIS
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- Skin patches
- Dry or red
- Usually covered with silvery
scales
- Raised patches of skin
- Accompanied by red borders
- May crack and become painful
- Usually discrete, demarcated
patches
- Usually located on the
elbows, knees, trunk, scalp, hands or nails
- Skin lesions, including pustules,
cracking of skin, skin redness or inflammation
- Itching
- Small scaling dots on the skin (especially
in children)
- Joint pain or aching, which may
be associated with a special type of arthritis (psoriatic
arthritis)
Additional symptoms that may be
associated with this disease:
- Nail abnormalities
- Genital lesions in males
- Eye burning, itching, and
discharge
- Increased tearing
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