Abstract

THE TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS – APPROACHES AND ADVANTAGES

M. Dimitrov, N. Koleva, D. Obreshkova and V. Petkova*

ABSTRACT

Psoriasis is the most common skin disease of modern times (psoriasis - from the Greek "psora", which means "itchy") affecting 1 to 3 percent of the population (140 to 210 million people are living with psoriasis).[9] It affects both sexes at any age with higher frequency in areas of limited sunshine (1-2% of the population of the United States, Germany, Russia, Scandinavia and others.) and is less frequent among Mongoloid and Negroid races. The incidence is highest between the ages of 20-39 years for men and 40-59 years for women, with an equal ratio of M-W.[26] There is no accurate statistics on the incidence of the disease in Bulgaria. On incomplete data, about 90 000 people,adults and children. suffer from psoriasis in the country. The disease affects the quality of life of patients to an extent comparable to that of other major diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, neoplasias.

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