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<p>Psoriasis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases, constituting a significant health and socioeconomic problem. Despite numerous therapeutic options, the results of treatment often remain insufficient. This may be due to the lack of compliance with medical prescriptions and patients’ limited knowledge of their disease. Psoriatic patient's skin well-being is affected by many factors, including lifestyle. The course of the disease is affected by obesity, improper diet, and stimulants. Often these factors coexist. Excessive weight gain in psoriasis can be caused by a decrease in physical activity, caused by feelings of social stigma, coexistence of psoriatic arthritis, depression, and increased alcohol consumption. Several studies have confirmed that the average fat, protein, and calorie content in the diet of a patient with psoriasis are above the recommended norms. On the other hand, adhering to a low calorie, reducing diet results in a clinically significant improvement in the Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) and patients’ quality of life (i.e., reduction of Dermatology Life Quality Index [DLQI]). Weight reduction caused by diet and exercise reduces the severity of skin lesions, even in people who have not achieved improvement after general treatment. Therefore, it is important to educate the patient about the nature of the disease at the very beginning of treatment. Patients with moderate to severe forms of the disease are predisposed to the development of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, and anxiety. That is why plaque psoriasis requires a comprehensive treatment and a holistic approach to the patient.</p>
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Psoriasis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases, constituting a significant health and socioeconomic problem. Despite numerous therapeutic options, the results of treatment often remain insufficient. This may be due to the lack of compliance with medical prescriptions and patients’ limited knowledge of their disease. Psoriatic patient's skin well-being is affected by many factors, including lifestyle. The course of the disease is affected by obesity, improper diet, and stimulants. Often these factors coexist. Excessive weight gain in psoriasis can be caused by a decrease in physical activity, caused by feelings of social stigma, coexistence of psoriatic arthritis, depression, and increased alcohol consumption. Several studies have confirmed that the average fat, protein, and calorie content in the diet of a patient with psoriasis are above the recommended norms. On the other hand, adhering to a low calorie, reducing diet results in a clinically significant improvement in the Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) and patients’ quality of life (i.e., reduction of Dermatology Life Quality Index [DLQI]). Weight reduction caused by diet and exercise reduces the severity of skin lesions, even in people who have not achieved improvement after general treatment. Therefore, it is important to educate the patient about the nature of the disease at the very beginning of treatment. Patients with moderate to severe forms of the disease are predisposed to the development of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, and anxiety. That is why plaque psoriasis requires a comprehensive treatment and a holistic approach to the patient.

Effect of diet and weight loss on the severity of psoriasis

Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology

Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum

Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej

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Psoriasis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases, constituting a significant health and socioeconomic problem. Despite numerous...

Effect of diet and weight loss on the severity of psoriasis

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Dec 15, 2022

Page range: 450 - 460

Received: Dec 28, 2020

Accepted: Apr 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2022-0039

Keywords
psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, lifestyle, diet

© 2022 Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effect of diet and weight loss on the severity of psoriasis

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Dec 15, 2022

Page range: 450 - 460

Received: Dec 28, 2020

Accepted: Apr 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2022-0039

Keywordspsoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, lifestyle, diet

© 2022 Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, lifestyle, diet