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by istultus 662 days ago
Like many a disease with an old name, Psoriasis refers to a localized cutaneous autoimmune disease usually treated by dermatologists, and a severe family of Rheumatic (autoimmune) diseases, part of the Spondyloarthropathy family, that happens to have a cutaneous element which is the same (and often is the first symptom). This treats the latter, debilitating and possibly life-threatening variety.