Early Death and Severe Psoriasis

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Indexed  June 16, 2011

A study conducted by Joel M. Gelfand, M.D., M.S.C.E., and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and released by the Archives of Dermatology in December of 2007 shows that there is an increased risk for early death in men and women who have severe psoriasis. Severe psoriasis for purposes of clinical studies is defined as: when a patient has at least 10% of body surface area (BSA) covered involved in the disease and the severity index (PASI) score is greater than or equal to 12, than they are characterized as having severe psoriasis. The study results show that on average men with severe psoriasis died an average of 3.5 years sooner than male patients studied who did not have psoriasis. The study also showed that women with severe psoriasis ...   See the complete post here