Introduction: Nail psoriasis has a profound negative influence on quality of life and has a more closely relationship with psoriatic arthritis. However, patients with nail changes only were often overlooked with the diagnosis of psoriasis. It is necessary to pay more attention to nail psoriatic ...
Nails:Nail changes are common in psoriasis. The nails may have small indentations or pits. The nails can be discolored and separate from the nail bed at the fingertip. (See Nail Psoriasis.) This may be similar in appearance to fungal nail infections and may coexist with, a fungal infection...
Your knees, elbows, scalp, stomach, and back are usually affected. You may also have nail changes, such as pitting, thickening, or lifting of the nails off the nail beds. Guttate is the most common type among children and young adults. It usually happens after a sore throat or other ...
You may also have nail changes, such as pitting, thickening, or lifting of the nails off the nail beds. Guttate is the most common type among children and young adults. It usually happens after a sore throat or other infections. This type looks like red, raised, pea-sized drops on ...
Herein, we report a 24-year-old male patient with nail changes as the initial sign of psoriasis who was finally diagnosed with nail psoriasis. Case presentation:The nails presented with white streaks, deformations, and ha...
Nail Changes Nail changes can occur in any type of psoriasis. Among patients with psoriasis, fingernail changes occur in 50% of patients and toenail changes occur in 35% of patients. Nail changes are com- 8 Fig. 1.12 Palmoplantar pustulosis: a mild case on the palmar surface G. W. ...
Hormonal changes Infection Stress Sunlight Using certain medications, smoking and alcohol Common treatments for psoriasis Treatments are aimed at reducing plaques as much as possible. During flare-ups, you may need different treatment to help keep it under control. Treatments don’t work for everybody...
other types of psoriasis include guttate psoriasis and pustular (localised or generalised) forms distinctive nail changes occur in around 50% of all those affected and are more common in people with psoriatic arthritis several studies have also reported that people with psoriasis, particularly those ...
Nail.When the nails on your hands or feet are affected, they develop pits and are discolored. Your nails might become loose and separate from the nail bed. They also might crumble. Scalp.You might have fine scales on your scalp that look like dandruff, or you might have thick plaques tha...
Nail.When the nails on your hands or feet are affected, they develop pits and are discolored. Your nails might become loose and separate from the nail bed. They also might crumble. Scalp.You might have fine scales on your scalp that look like dandruff, or you might have thick plaques tha...