By Nestor Corrales INQUIRER.net <\/p>\n
MANILA, Philippines A group of psoriasis patients decried latest news reports maligning the disease as communicable. <\/p>\n
Psoriasis Philippines founding chairman Josef De Guzman on Wednesday said the case of a patient in Pangasinan who has been diagnosed with psoriasis has been sensationalized by a news report. <\/p>\n
De Guzman was reacting to the report of ABS-CBN news program Bandila on Monday night saying that a mysterious flesh-eating illness is slowly spreading in Pangasinan. <\/p>\n
I am making an open plea to them for a more responsible reporting because they are not helping other people. They are isolating us instead, De Guzman told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview. <\/p>\n
He said that psoriasis is not communicable and added that the news report was maligning. <\/p>\n
A lot of our members are now afraid to go out of their houses because of discrimination. There was no outbreak. The report just wants to sensationalize the situation, he said. <\/p>\n
He appealed to the media to be responsible in reporting. <\/p>\n
Media has been our greatest ally and we hope them to be responsible in news reporting, he said. <\/p>\n
He mentioned that Psoriasis Society has a Hug Me campaign which is now on its seventh year to show people that the disease is not communicable. <\/p>\n
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