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Psoriasis

Current topics:

• - 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
• - Can diet impact psoriasis?
  my doctor says diet doesn't effect the condition, well not that they can prove, but he said a lot of other suffers say it does. can anyone recommend any changes I could make please. I have recently ch
• - Shaving - does it irritate your psoriasis?
  I was wonder if it happened to you as well. my psoriasis is not very bad...I have it on my legs but is flaring up where my hair in grows  and it gets infected . I can't shave because is making it wor

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