Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease characterized by red patches on the skin, often accompanied by silvery-white scales of dead skin cells. It is not contagious.
Psoriasis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, meaning the body’s defense system attacks healthy cells in the body. This creates skin cells that mature and die in less than a week, which is extremely rapid considering normal skill cells mature and replace dead ones usually in a month’s time.
The buildup of dead cells on the skin’s surface is called plaque. While these can occur anywhere on the body, they are more common in the following areas:
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