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Psoriasis

Current topics:

• - Coronavirus and psoriasis: Is my treatment putting me at risk?
  Hello everyone, Since psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease, you are probably taking anti-inflammatory medications (corticosteroids, etc.), immunosuppressants (methotrexate) or biologics (Humira
• - How others look at me
  When psoriasis is visible, the way others look at you can be a real problem that can lead to feelings of shame, social withdrawal and even depression. What are the psychosocial consequences of your ps
• - Our survey results on living with psoriasis
  "Don’t go near her, she’s dirty, she has a dirty house" 36% of our members who responded to the survey have psoriasis that they would consider visible. For 31% of them, they would consider it ver

Current topics:

• - Injections
  Hi, Has anyone tried the injections you can get to treat psoriasis? I have always been tempted but the side effects always worry me. Kind regards, Gary
• - Light therapy
  hey I have been referred to have a light therapy..Anyone had it?Is it effective? Thanks x 
• - Stelara; wife gaining weight
  My wife has psoriasis and has started the treatment of stelara. I believe that this has contributed to a vast amount of weight gain...has anyone else experienced it with this medication?  Perhaps it

Current topics:

• - Do you have other autoimmune diseases?
  Unfortunately, very often a patient with an autoimmune disease develops other medical conditions, autoimmune or others. Have you developed other chronic conditions? Was it before or after you were dia
• - side effects of the drugs used to treat psoriasis
  what side affects have you had whilst using any of the treatments for psoriasis good or bad ??
• - Psoriasis: mirrored flare-ups
  Hi, This message is just to see if anyone recognises any patterns regarding how psoriasis appears on their body. the reason I ask is; I have always noticed that if I have any new psoriasis appear on o

Current topics:

• - EU green light for Cimzia to treat psoriasis
  The European Medicines Agency has approved a label extension for UCB’s Cimzia allowing its use to treat adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy. The
• - A new survey on biological therapy
  Hi everyone,You are suffering with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis and you know nothing about biotherapy (biological therapy)? Then it's time to talk about it!-      What is biotherapy?-    
• - A new patient's story on Carenity!
  @magicmick‍  who has had psoriasis since birth, tells us about how it has affected him at different stages of his life. Having had trouble receiving proper treatments for a long time, he advocates