Clinico Epidemiological Study of Psoriasis in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Psoriasis was long considered is a common multifactorial disease, affecting skin mainly as an epidermal disease. Psoriasis a dermatological condition is of importance to a clinician beyond treatment of the skin lesions. Psoriasis of skin is chronic inflammatory disease characterized by inflammation of epidermis & dermis associated with thickened epidermis & atypical keratinocyte proliferation & differentiation. The use of anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of psoriasis and observation of a marked improvement in the disease led to exploration of the immunological background of this disease. Strong associated with HLA CW6 in patients with early onset. Psoriasis is present in several different forms in affected population. Patients tend to display any one form at a given point of time. Different forms have been found to co- exist as well. This could include manifestation of one psoriatic form from another. Around 80% of all psoriasis cases are classified as mild. There are three different types of classification. The present study shows the various patterns of presentations and prevalence of psoriasis among the patients attending dermatology outpatient.