A new study suggests severity of the skin condition psoriasis is associated with increased inflammation of the blood vessels, or vasculitis. Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin condition characterized by red, flakey patches on the skin, most commonly on the elbows, knees, scalp, face, lower back, palms and soles of feet. Past studies have suggested that people with psoriasis are at greater risk for heart attack and other cardiovascular events, as well as increased risk of cardiovascular-related death. Senior author Dr.
Nehal N. Mehta, a Lasker clinical investigator at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and colleagues studied about this association between blood vessel inflammation and psoriasis. For their study, Dr. Mehta and colleagues set out to investigate whether psoriasis may be associated with vasculitis - a condition in which…
