%0 Journal Article
%T A STUDY ON CO MORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PSORIASIS
%A Meenu Vijayan
%A Emmanuel James
%A Remya Reghu
%A Roshni PR
%J International Research Journal of Pharmacy
%D 2013
%I International Research Journal of Pharmacy
%X Psoriasis is a chronic, disfiguring inflammatory and proliferative condition of the skin. The present study focused on the comorbidities associated with psoriasis patients and also the medications used for the treatment of the same. It was a Non experimental (Observational) prospective and cross sectional study and done in the department of dermatology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, (a tertiary care referral and teaching hospital, in Kochi). A total of 100 cases of psoriasis were identified in this study from a total of 6340 patients. Out of 100 patients 45 patients were found to have comorbidities.Diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemiawere the most commonly associated diseases seen in psoriasis patients. In this study Diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia were found to be in 8% of patients. Oral hypoglycaemic agents and antihyperensives were the most commonly prescribed medications for the treatment of associated diseases. The present study revealed that psoriasis patients appear to be at high risk for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. So this study provides data to advice health care providers to pay more attention towards the psoriatic patients.
%K comorbidities
%K psoriasis
%K comedications
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