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Quality of Life Concerns
- 75 percent of people with moderate to severe psoriasis report that their disease has a moderate to large impact on their everyday lives:
- 26 percent alter their normal daily activities
- 21 percent stop their normal daily activities
- 40 percent say their psoriasis affects their clothing choices (avoiding dark colors, covering up arms and legs)
- 36 percent say it affects how they sleep
- 36 percent report bathing more than normal
Other Facts
- Psoriasis appears to be slightly more prevalent in women than in men
- Psoriasis may disqualify a person from serving in the U.S. military
- On average, 350 people die from psoriasis or complications of its treatment annually
- 400 people a year are granted disability by the Social Security Administration because of psoriasis
Psoriatic Arthritis
- About 1 million people in the U.S. population have psoriatic arthritis; that equals about 0.5 percent of the country
- Between 10 percent and 30 percent of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis usually develops between the ages of 30 and 50, but it can develop at any time
- Generally psoriasis appears before the psoriatic arthritis, but it can develop without the characteristic skin lesions
- There are five types of psoriatic arthritis
Psoriasis Patients
- Psoriasis patients make nearly 2.4 million visits to dermatologists each year
- Overall costs of treating psoriasis may exceed $3 billion annually
- 150,000 to 260,000 cases of psoriasis are diagnosed each year
Genetic
- If one parent has psoriasis, children have a 10 percent to 25 percent chance of developing psoriasis
- If both parents have psoriasis, children have a 50 percent chance
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