Can plaque psoriasis kill you?

0 votes
asked May 20, 2020 in Body/Skin by SandSam (7,630 points)
Can plaque psoriasis kill you?

2 Answers

0 votes
answered May 23, 2020 by outofcontrol1112 (540 points)
No the plaque psoriasis cannot kill you.

The plaque psoriasis is uncomfortable, embarrassing, itchy etc but the plaque psoriasis cannot kill you and does not mean you'll have a lower life expectancy than other people without plaque psoriasis.

Even when you have plaque psoriasis you should still live a good long life as long as you're healthy in other ways.

Some people experience plaque psoriasis flare ups when they are stressed out.

Stress is one of the triggers of plaque psoriasis so if you do have plaque psoriasis it's best to avoid stress when possible.

Stress can kill you though because it affects your heart, blood pressure and can lead to heart attacks, strokes and heart disease.

But with plaque psoriasis it's not a deadly health issue.
0 votes
answered Apr 11, 2023 by Cathy21 (85,770 points)
The most effective biologic for psoriasis is Adalimumab (Humira), a TNF-alpha-blocking antibody.

Other effective biologic medicines for treating psoriasis are.

Adalimumab-adbm (Cyltezo), a biosimilar to Humira.
Brodalumab (Siliq), a human antibody against interleukins.
Certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), a TNF-alpha blocker.

The strongest medication for psoriasis is Deucravacitinib (Sotyktu) which is a medication approved to treat moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.

Other ways to treat and manage your psoriasis include.

Take daily baths.
Keep your skin moist.
Cover the affected areas overnight.
Expose your skin to small amounts of sunlight.
Avoid scratching.
Avoid psoriasis triggers.
Stay cool.
Strive to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Psoriasis occurs when skin cells are replaced more quickly than usual.

It's not known exactly why this happens, but research suggests it's caused by a problem with the immune system.

The human body produces new skin cells in the deepest layer of skin.

Psoriasis and Eczema can seem similar but the main difference between psoriasis and eczema is in the itching.

With eczema the itching is usually much more intense and more severe itching occurs with eczema.

The Psoriasis can also cause itching but the itching with Psoriasis is usually not as severe and is less intense.

Also when you have eczema the skin is usually thicker and more inflamed with eczema than it is with psoriasis.

Psoriasis is not contagious so you cannot catch psoriasis from someone who has it.

Even if you touch the person who has psoriasis you cannot catch psoriasis from someone.

Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease and not a contagious disease so it's safe to be near someone who has it or even touch the person who has it.

You might get Psoriasis yourself but it's not because the other person had it.

The Psoriasis causes red scaly patches to appear on your skin and looks like a rash that seems contagious but it's not.

So the good news is that Psoriasis cannot be spread from person to person.

100,795 questions

96,407 answers

1,285 comments

6,999,586 users

...