Experiencing Psoriasis in Hot and Cold Conditions
My life was drastically different living in 90-degree-plus weather versus living in tough winter Chicago. I served overseas for a year in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, two of ...
4 Things I Discovered After Connecting With Other People With Psoriasis
For the first year of my diagnosis, the only people who knew about my psoriasis were my immediately family and one or two friends. It was a dark place for me. I was ...
The Effects of Covid-19 on my Psoriasis
When the emergence of COVID-19 was announced, my family and I were quite concerned about my health because I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), both of ...
What I Would Tell Someone if They Get Diagnosed With Psoriasis
It’s fascinating how we can take healthy skin for granted. I was a happy-go-lucky individual who played sports, went to school, worked hard, and had an adventurous ...
The Diagnosis Process: The Psoriasis Enigma
For many years until the 1970s, psoriasis was considered a skin disease and nothing more. Often, it was misdiagnosed as something else (e.g., eczema or leprosy) and ...
The Effects Psoriasis Has on My Mental Health and Emotions 5 Years After My Diagnosis
Time heals all wounds, and in my case, time healed my confidence with psoriasis. The first year that I had all the patches, visibly irritated skin, and scarring ...