People who suffer from psoriasis not only have a greater risk of diabetes, but that risk increases in relation to the severity of skin disease, according to a recent study from Perelman's University of Pennsylvania in Perelman Medicine in Philadelphia.
A group of researchers led by Joel M. Gelfand, a professor of dermatology and epidemiology, has disseminated these findings through an article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, in which they affirm that “psoriasis is linked to thehigher diabetes rates ", while recognizing that" it is the first study to specifically examine how the severity of the disease affects the risk of a patient. "
Diabetes Channel has that researchers defend that findings describe that there is a biological connection between psoriasis and diabetes.
Approximately 85 % of people with this dermatological disease have plaque psoriasis, an inflammatory condition in which the immune system sends defective signals that make skin cells grow too fast.As the cells reach the surface of the skin and die, injuries that appear as thick red patches covered with silver scales are formed.
These patches develop typically in the elbows, hands, face, scalp, lower back, knees and soles of the feet, but can also affect the mouth, nails, or genitals.
To develop the study, Professor Gelfand and his team used data from two groups of adults (8124 with psoriasis and 76,599 without it) that were followed for about 4 years;And they found that people affected with up to 2% had 21% higher risk of developing diabetes compared to those without psoriasis.
Probably the most dramatic result of the study demonstrates how the severity of the disease affected the risk of diabetes;In such a way that the results showed that people with psoriasis with 10 % affectation or more, had 64 % more risk of developing diabetes compared to people without psoriasis.
