Results of a new study find that having psoriasis can put a person at increased risk of diabetes, hypertention and other health problems.
The study was carried out by researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
According to researchers, this is not the first time that studies have found a link between the debilatating skin condition, and the associated heightened risk of health problems, and is just more evidence that people with the skin condition should take really good care of their physical health.
For the study the researchers studied data on 78,061 women aged 27 to 44.
All of the women in the study had participated in a Nurses Health Study, and all were free of diabetes at the beginning of the study.
The researchers compared the rate of diabetes in the women who had psoriasis compared with those who did not.
Women with psoriasis were more than 60% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than women without psoriasis.
Psoriasis is a type of skin condition, that is said to effect up to 3% of the general population.
The study can be found in the April issue of the Archives of Dermatology.
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