Psoriasis can cause a rashanywhere on the body— even on your eyelids, ears, and genitals. Places that arecommonly affectedinclude: Hands and feet Nails Face and scalp Genitals Torso Skin folds Depending on your type of psoriasis, your skin might have: Small, round, red bumps White, pus-fi...
Nail psoriasis on a person of color may look brown, gray, or even purple due to the contrast against darker skin. (Photo Credit: Rasika Pereira/Medical Images) Prevention of Nail Psoriasis Symptoms Good nail care is the best way to treat nail psoriasis. Try these prevention tips: Keep yo...
See Psoriasis: Manifestations, Management Options, and Mimics, a Critical Images slideshow, to help recognize the major psoriasis subtypes and distinguish them from other skin lesions. Signs and symptoms Signs and symptoms of psoriasis may include the following: Worsening of a long-term erythematous ...
ankles, and joints in the feet. There may also be a loss of range of motion of the involved joints as well as joint stiffness. Psoriatic arthritis can also cause inflammation of the spine and the sacrum, which causes pain and stiffness...
20% have moderate to severe disease involving > 5% of body or affecting crucial body regions including the hands, feet, face, or genitals. Inverse, also called intertriginous or flexural psoriasis is characterized by psoriatic plaques with minimal scale that are located in skin folds. Inverse ps...
Picture of plaque psoriasis on the legs. Source: iStock.com. The types of psoriasis include: Plaque psoriasis: Plaque psoriasis typically affects elbows, knees, scalp, and lower back, but can also affect palms, soles of feet, navel region, and nails. Plaque psoriasis is marked by red, rais...
On light skin, scalp psoriasis may show up as pink or reddish patches with white scales. (Photo Credit: Farina2000/Getty Images) About half of the estimated 7.5 million Americans with psoriasis — which can affect any skin surface — have it on their scalp. Sometimes, the scalp is the onl...
Jeremy Pawlowski/Getty Images Psoriasis can have a big impact on your quality of life, and social stress, in turn, can worsen psoriasis. Social support, self-acceptance, and mental health resources are important in managing the condition. Psoriasis can interfere with sex and dating, but touch ...
Note the clearly defined, raised bumps on the skin that are filled with pus (pustules). The skin under and around these bumps is reddish. Courtesy of ... See Psoriasis: Manifestations, Management Options, and Mimics, a Critical Images slideshow, to help recognize the major psoriasis subtypes...
Getty Images Come wintertime, everyone's skin looks a little drier and flakier. You might get dry patches on your face, or dry, itchy hands and legs. But is that weird patch of rough skin that won't go away due to dryness..or the chronic condition known as psoriasis? You're not th...