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04-20-2009, 08:49 PM
Women with psoriasis run a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, perhaps because of the underlying inflammation that causes the skin condition, researchers said on Monday.
Psoriasis should be considered "a systemic disorder, rather than simply a skin disease," Dr. Abrar Qureshi of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston wrote in a study in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology.
They looked at data from thousands of female U.S. nurses who enrolled in a study in 1991 and have been checked periodically for numerous health-related issues.
They said 1,813 women were diagnosed with psoriasis over a 14-year period. These women were 63 percent more likely to develop diabetes and 17 percent more likely to develop hypertension than those who were psoriasis-free.
Full Article (http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE53J5X220090420).
Psoriasis should be considered "a systemic disorder, rather than simply a skin disease," Dr. Abrar Qureshi of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston wrote in a study in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology.
They looked at data from thousands of female U.S. nurses who enrolled in a study in 1991 and have been checked periodically for numerous health-related issues.
They said 1,813 women were diagnosed with psoriasis over a 14-year period. These women were 63 percent more likely to develop diabetes and 17 percent more likely to develop hypertension than those who were psoriasis-free.
Full Article (http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE53J5X220090420).