Contents:
- Medical Video: Psoriasis
- Number of people with psoriasis in Indonesia
- How quickly does psoriasis spread to other parts of the body?
- What are the complications of psoriasis?
- Is psoriasis a hereditary disease?
Medical Video: Psoriasis
Many people who still consider psoriasis are a contagious, disgusting, and deserving disease. Yet the reality is not like that. This negative stigma makes it difficult to treat psoriasis. The faster you help detect and treat it, the more psoriasis symptoms can be controlled and prevent psoriasis complications. Indeed, how dangerous is it, psoriasis? Check out the full review below.
Number of people with psoriasis in Indonesia
Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease that is not contagious and has a chronic form, aka long term. This disease can affect anyone, both men and women of all ages. But usually, the symptoms of psoriasis appear first before the age of 20 years and most occur at the age of 40 years.
According to data from the Department of Skin and Sex FKUI and RSCM, there were around 56 new cases of psoriasis in Indonesia in 2015. This number had dropped to 38 cases in 2016, but unfortunately it again increased to 65 cases in 2017.
Health experts believe that this number could be more than reported. "The number of psoriasis patients in Indonesia is likely to reach five million. The number may continue to increase because during this time there is often a misdiagnosis or psoriasis patients do not check their health, "said Dr. Endi Novianto, SpKK, FINSDV, FAADV, as Chair of the Indonesian Psoriasis Study Group (KSPI) met by the Hello Sehat team at the RSCM Kencana, Central Jakarta, Thursday (1/11) at a media meeting hosted by Johnson & Johnson.
How quickly does psoriasis spread to other parts of the body?
The main characteristic of psoriasis that distinguishes it from other skin infections is red, scaly, thick skin. The form of psoriasis is also often mistaken for dandruff. The difference is that 'dandruff' due to psoriasis tends to be abnormal and wider than usual dandruff.
In addition to the scalp, psoriasis also affects the most elbows, knees, buttocks, nails and joints. Because, these body parts are easily traumatized or hit.
"For example, we sit with our elbows resting on the table and then knock. Over time this can cause psoriasis to appear more easily. Psoriasis can also occur in the upper buttocks because the body supports when leaning, "continued Dr. Endi.
If it has begun to appear, psoriasis can develop rapidly on the skin in just a few hours. For example, if a rash starts to appear on your right hand, psoriasis can spread quickly to your left hand in a few hours. Even in just one day, this skin disease can extend to the entire body.
However, psoriasis that appears on the elbow or knee usually takes longer to spread, which is about one year. This depends on where psoriasis appears.
What are the complications of psoriasis?
In addition to the skin, the complications of psoriasis can also affect the joints or psoriasis psoriasis. You will usually experience swelling, stiffness, and pain, especially in the joints of the hand.
Symptoms of psoriatic psoriasis at a glance are similar to gout due to attacking joints. However, over time this can trigger a condition calledtelescopic finger if not addressed immediately.
Telescopic finger is damage to the distal (tip of the joint) to the fingers and toes so that it cannot function normally.
"If observed, the fingers of psoriasis sufferers will shorten but can be pulled back and forth because the joints are damaged. That is why the name telescopic fingerbecause it looks like the shape of a telescope, "explained Dr. Sumariyono, SpPD-KR, MPH, who is the Chair of the Indonesia Rheumatism Association (IRA) when met by the Hello Sehat team at the same event.
In addition to attacking the joints, complications of psoriasis can enter deeper and affect the organs in the body that are far from the skin. One of them causes heart disease. How come?
When exposed to psoriasis, inflammation in the skin causes proinflammatory substances to enter the blood. These substances then trigger inflammation and wounds along the capillaries in the body, one of which is the heart.
If there is inflammation in the blood vessels, the blood cells or platelets will accumulate and clog the bloodstream. This platelet should be used to stop bleeding, but if it continues to accumulate it can increase the risk of heart disease.
Besides triggering heart disease, other psoriasis complications include:
- Hypertension
- Type 2 diabetes
- Metabolic syndromes, such as hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and obesity
- Kidney illness
- Other autoimmune diseases, such as Celiac disease, and Crohn's disease
Is psoriasis a hereditary disease?
Although it generally occurs in adults aged 40 years and over, babies and children can also get psoriasis, you know. In fact, nearly 20,000 children under the age of 10 in the world are diagnosed with psoriasis every year, as quoted from Healthline.
It should be noted that not all genetic factors of parents with psoriasis will be reduced 100 percent to their children. If her parents have psoriasis, then her child will not necessarily be affected by the same skin disease.
Vice versa. You might get psoriasis even though your parents don't experience it. More clearly like this.
- If one of your parents, whether mother or father, has psoriasis, then you might get a congenital gene from them by 10 percent.
- If your parents have psoriasis, then you are at risk of developing the same disease by 50 percent.
- If your siblings have psoriasis, then you risk 4-6 times more likely to get psoriasis.
Basically, the genetics in your body do not work alone in triggering psoriasis. Usually, this genetic can cause psoriasis if you are stressed or continue to have an unhealthy lifestyle. For example smoking, eating fatty foods or containing alcohol, and certain drugs. This combination of factors can reduce a patient's quality of life and worsen psoriasis complications.
Due to the severity of psoriasis complications, the Indonesian Ministry of Health has included psoriasis as one of its main programs since 2016. Therefore, let's remove the negative stigma about psoriasis and prevent the risk as early as possible with a healthy lifestyle.
