Psoriasis - Causes,Symptoms,Treatment and how to control

Psoriasis

Causes of Psoriasis

When you have psoriasis, your immune system is overactive. This creates inflammation inside the body, 

which is a cause of the symptoms you see on the skin. 

More healthy cells are produced than normal. Those excess cells get pushed to the surface 

of your skin too quickly. Normally, it takes about a month for your skin cells to 

cycle through your body. With psoriasis, it takes days.Your body simply can’t shed 

skin cells that quickly, so the cells build up on the surface of your skin. 

The thick, red patches you see on your skin (called plaques) are actually a buildup of excess skin cells.

Symptoms

whitish-silver scales or plaques on the red patches

Red, raised, inflamed patches of skin

dry skin that may crack and bleed

soreness around patches

itching and burning sensations around patches

thick, pitted nails

painful, swollen joints

Psoriasis isn’t contagious. You can’t pass the skin condition from one person to another. 

Touching a psoriatic lesion on another person won’t cause you to develop the condition.