World Psoriasis Day

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What are the causes of the onset of psoriasis?

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By: Céline Guillaume

50 min

On the occasion of World Psoriasis Day which takes place on October 29, we take stock of this inflammatory skin disease which can affect different parts of the body (elbow, knees, scalp ...).

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Red patches, itching ... Psoriasis is characterized by the appearance of thick patches of skin that flake off.

Associated with a lot of physical suffering, psoriasis also generates psychological pain.

How to diagnose this disease?

What are the causes of the onset of psoriasis?

What treatments are there?

How to treat it?

• Pr Hervé Bachelez,

  Professor of Dermatology, dermatologist at

  Saint-Louis hospital

  in Paris.

  International expert in psoriasis.

  President-elect of the European Dermatological Research Society.

• Dr Fatimata Keita,

  head of clinic in the dermatology department - MST of the CHU Donka in Conakry, Guinea

• With the testimony of

  Delphine Devulder

  , suffering from cutaneous psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, responsible for community life within

  the France Psoriasis association

At the end of the program, we take stock of the first

.

We are talking about it with

, president of La Fondation de l'Avenir.

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