- Autoimmune diseases occur when your immune system, which normally protects the body against pathogens like bacteria and viruses, launches an attack against your own body.
- In psoriasis, the immune system attacks one’s own skin and joints primarily. In other words, the immune system is “over-reactive” in psoriasis. This results in inflammation.
- The chronic inflammation affects the skin so that the affected person’s skin cells reproduce at a rate 4-7 times faster than normal.
- Inflammation in the joints also leads to swollen and painful join
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