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Your Psoriasis - Psoriasis’s Deadly Consequences
Psoriasis is no fun.
Like
itchy, flared-up, sometimes bleeding skin, unsightly dried scales, red
blotches, heavy dandruff and all the other horrible effects of psoriasis weren’t enough…
…now
a new study published in JAMA
Dermatology reveals that this skin condition also causes at
least 11 types of cancer.
And
we’re not talking small chances here. With one cancer the increase is 180%,
with another 100%.
58
previous studies were used to calculate the increased likelihood that people
with psoriasis will also develop some form of cancer.
They
discovered that people with psoriasis were 18 to 22 percent more likely
to develop cancer.
They
also found an increased risk for a range of site-specific cancers:
1.
18
percent higher for colon cancer,
2.
34
percent higher for colorectal cancer,
3.
58
percent higher for kidney cancer,
4.
79
percent higher for laryngeal cancer,
5.
83
percent higher for liver cancer,
6.
40
percent higher for lymphoma,
7.
28
percent higher for non-Hodgkin lymphoma,
8.
71
percent higher for keratinocyte cancers,
9.
100
percent higher for esophageal cancer,
10.180
rcent
higher for oral cavity cancers, and
11.41 percent higher for pancreatic cancer.
Severe
cases of psoriasis increased the sufferer’s risks of
getting liver, esophageal, and pancreatic cancers; it also significantly
reduced their chances of being able to survive the cancer.
Why is
psoriasis such a cancer risk?
One
explanation is inflammation can lead to cancer. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin
condition. Previous studies also show that other inflammatory conditions, like Crohn’s disease, also increase the risk of
developing cancer.
Another
possibility is that some of the treatments used to fight against psoriasis, such as biological treatments
and phototherapy, are carcinogenic.
Common
drugs for psoriasis also suppress the immune systems, which could put people at
greater risk.
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Your Psoriasis - How Psoriasis Messes with Your Head
We
normally think of itchiness as merely annoying, but a study that has just been
published in the Journal
Investigative Dermatology now suggests that psoriasis may also have psychological
consequences.
Researchers
obtained information on 3,530 patients with skin diseases.
They
compared it to 1,094 healthy people.
All
subjects were given questionnaires to complete to assess their levels of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and
levels of stress via negative life events and
economic difficulties.
They
were also examined to confirm the presence or absence of a skin disease and
were asked about the presence of itchiness, its intensity, and its frequency.
The
findings were shocking…
90
percent of people with prurigo
complained of itchiness, 86 percent of those with atopic dermatitis, 82 percent
of those with hand eczema, 78 percent of those with other
types of eczema, 76 percent of those with urticarial, and 70 percent of those of psoriasis.
14
percent of patients with itch reported depression compared to 5.7 percent of
patients without itch, six percent of healthy people with itch, and three
percent of healthy people without itch.
This
definitely suggests that it is not only itchiness, but the specific type of
itchiness that accompanies skin diseases that makes sufferers feel depressed.
Even
more concerning is 15.7 percent of patients with itch even reported having
suicidal thoughts.
When
they crunched the numbers further, they found that patients with skin diseases
were 53 percent more likely than the other participants were to have depression, 27 percent more likely to have
suicidal thoughts, and 24 percent more likely to experience economic
difficulties.
But
why?
One
possible reason is that the bodies of people with itchy skin diseases produce more
neurotransmitters and neuropeptides like serotonin that are also involved in depression.
Whichever
way, if you suffer from itchy psoriasis and struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts, you are
not alone. It is also essential that if you do experience severe depression or thoughts, you seek
medical help immediately.
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Your Psoriasis - Psoriasis and Liver Failure Connection Discovered
Psoriasis is a skin disease (or so most people think).
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a liver disease
(or so most people think).
So
how can a new study presented at the 28th Congress of the European Academy of
Dermatology and Venereology in Madrid prove that one leads to the other with
possibly fatal consequences?
The
Spanish scientists recruited 64 male subjects, all with severe psoriasis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
NAFLD occurs when fat builds up in your liver. Your liver is a fatty organ anyway, but if more
than 10 percent of your liver is fat, usually caused by overeating
(if not caused by alcohol) then you have NAFLD.
The
American Liver Foundation estimates that around a third of Americans have NAFLD, including 20 percent of children.
The
64 subjects in the Spanish study were all obese with a body mass index above 30. 53
percent of them had diabetes as well.
The
researchers wanted to know whether the severity of psoriasis and the severity of NDFLD were related.
To
examine this, they used the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index to
measure the severity of their subjects’ psoriasis and an ultrasound to rate liver
stiffness.
Liver
stiffness indicates that the liver contains a lot of scar tissue that can no
longer function as liver tissue. It is the stage on the way to liver failure,
depending on what percentage of the liver is affected.
They
concluded that only those people with the highest psoriasis scores had significant liver
stiffness, suggesting that the most severe psoriasis cases were also the most severe
NAFLD cases.
So
how can a skin disease and a liver disease be so
connected?
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And if you already suffer from NAFLD, here is why everything you have learned about this disease is
wrong and what to do instead to permanently get rid out your fatty liver…
This
post is from the Psoriasis Program created by Julissa Clay. She provides you
with tips and techniques which she used while struggling with psoriasis.
Julissa is a natural health researcher and has written many health program
e-books and digital guides. She spent all her life to the service of all the
people and helped them to recover from various health issues naturally. You can
easily avoid the side effects of the medications by following her.
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