By Robert Preidt <\/p>\n
HealthDay Reporter <\/p>\n
THURSDAY, April 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Severe psoriasis is much more common in men than women, a new study from Sweden reports. <\/p>\n
Researchers reviewed data from more than 5,400 people in Sweden with the common skin disease. The study found that women had a significantly lower rate of severe psoriasis than men. <\/p>\n
This was true for all age groups and for all parts of the body except the head, where severity scores were about the same for both sexes. <\/p>\n
The discovery that men's psoriasis is often more serious helps explain a gender gap, with more men than women seeking psoriasis treatment, said study senior author Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf. He is a researcher at Umea University's Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine. <\/p>\n
\"These findings should motivate a gender perspective in the management of severe psoriasis and its comorbidities, such as cardiovascular and metabolic disease,\" Schmitt-Egenolf said in a university news release. <\/p>\n
Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease. Unlike severe psoriasis, most autoimmune diseases such as lupus and multiple sclerosis are more common in women than in men. <\/p>\n
The study was published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. <\/p>\n
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SOURCE: Umea University, news release <\/p>\n
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