Psoriasis is a common, poorly understood condition that affects the skin and sometimes the nails whose symptoms are red, inflamed skin, covered by scales which flake easily. Affected areas can appear all over the body and can be very itchy but it is mostly concentrated on the arms (elbows), legs (kn ... [read more] The National Institutes of Health (NIH) describes the condition as "an immune system disorder that affects the skin, and occasionally the eyes, nails, and joints." Psoriasis is characterised by dry red scales called ‘plaques’ that are both painful and unattractive – a sometimes heartbreaking conditi ... [read more] Eczema can be an acute or chronic inflammatory skin condition with scales, papules, crusts, pustules, and/or scabs. There may or may not be a watery discharge. Eczema is more realistically describing a symptom rather than a disease. It is synonymous with another word, dermatitis, used to describe th ... [read more] A person affected might first mistake it for fungal infection, a disease that also causes white patches to appear on the skin. A big difference between the two is the inflammation of the affected area and the silvery white scale that covers it. These patches are called “lesions.” The coverage area o ... [read more] |