Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that mainly affects the skin. When you have psoriasis, your immune system sends ...

How to tell if you have psoriasis or ringworm as these two skin conditions look similar but need completely different ...

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD Psoriasis is a skin condition that causes patches of inflamed, scaly, flaky skin. It's most likely to affect your elbows, knees, or scalp, but psoriasis can ...

Autoimmune disorders are sometimes viewed as separate conditions, joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis, skin lesions in ...

Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease that causes discolored patches, inflammation, and lesions. Learn more about psoriatic types, symptoms, and causes.

Psoriasis afflicts about 7.5 million Americans, including more than 450,000 Northern Californians who have the more common skin psoriasis or also psoriatic arthritis, a type of inflammatory ...

Psoriasis starts as rough, red, scaly skin and grows into thick, usually silver-colored scales on top of those areas. These patches often show up on the scalp.

On lighter skin, plaque psoriasis can appear red; on darker skin, it can be purple or grayish. It often goes underdiagnosed and undertreated in the Black community, so it’s important to know ...

Psoriasis manifests itself as scaly patches that are often painful and itchy—and this looks different on different skin tones. Stress, illness, or injury to the skin can all cause flare-ups ...

Psoriasis can also be itchy, but there's something extra going on. Your skin may sting or burn. Some people say it feels like you're getting bitten by fire ants.

Brandon, 31, blames the eruption of psoriasis spots on his skin on his anxiety about how his loved ones would react to his coming out. “The stress of that transition was not helping my skin at ...

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that presents itself on the scalp, elbow, knees and nails as itchy and uncomfortable red, scaly plaques.