Epidemiology of Psoriasis and Comorbid Diseases: A Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that remains active for a long period, even for life in most patients. The impact of psoriasis on health is not only limited to the skin, but also influences multiple systems of the body, even mental health. With the increasing of literature on the association between psoriasis and extracutaneous systems, a better understanding of psoriasis as an autoimmune disease with systemic inflammation is created. Except for cardiometabolic diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, chronic kidney diseases, malignancy, and infections that have received much attention, the association between psoriasis and more systemic diseases, including the skin system, reproductive system, and oral and ocular systems has also been revealed, and mental health disease

SUBMITTER: Bu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226890 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature