Psoriasis : Complications

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Complications could include:
Pain; Severe itching; Secondary skin infections; Side effects from medicines used to treat psoriasis.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 14, 2008
Most cases of psoriasis can be controlled, and most people who have psoriasis can live normal lives. Some people who have psoriasis are so self-conscious and embarrassed about their appearance that they become depressed and withdrawn. The Social S...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Most cases of psoriasis can be controlled, and most people who have psoriasis can live normal lives. However, some people who have psoriasis are so self-conscious and embarrassed about their appearance that they become depressed and withdrawn. Oth...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. But true clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for an extended time. See also depression in the elderly and adolescent depression .
Source:ADAM
Date:January 28, 2008
Depression, also known as depressive disorders or unipolar depression, is a mental illness characterized by a profound and persistent feeling of sadness or despair and/or a loss of interest in things that once were pleasurable. Disturbance in sleep, appetite, and mental processes are a common accompaniment.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Depression is sometimes referred to as the common cold of mental illness. It is a debilitating disease with significant societal costs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
An activities of daily living (ADL) evaluation is an assessment of an individual's physical and sometimes mental skills. In the area of physical or occupational therapy , it reflects how well a disabled patient or someone recovering from disease or accident can function in daily life.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Psoriatic arthritis is an arthritis that is often associated with psoriasis of the skin.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 24, 2008
Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritic joint disease associated with the chronic skin scaling and fingernail changes seen in psoriasis . Physicians recognize a number of different forms of psoriatic arthritis.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Septicemia is the presence of bacteria in the blood ( bacteremia ) and is often associated with severe disease.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
Blood poisoning, also known as septicemia or sepsis, occurs when the bloodstream becomes infected by bacteria (i.e.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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