Impacto de la calidad de vida en pacientes con psoriasis

Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting 2% globally. This disease is idiopathic in cause; however, related factors stimulate the disease, such as physical and mental stress, prolonged exposure to the sun, medications, smoking, obesity, genetics, and metabolic diseases This study aims to describe the impact on the quality of life in patients with psoriasis and how they cope with their daily lives due to psoriasis's physical and emotional consequences. It is essential to emphasize that it depends on the type of psoriasis that the individual presents since some are more affected than others; all this depends on the more marked appearance of the clinical characteristics of the disease. This is what triggers how each person feels according to its clinical manifestations and how it affects the physical and social part so that the impact on the patient's quality of life is not only physical but also affects the individual emotionally, developing tension when relating to other people, aggressiveness and even depression. Thus, it is vital to know and investigate the different types of psoriasis and how it affects the clinical characteristics of a patient with this pathology concerning their quality of life