Psoriasis - the cause of death?

Reuters reports that, for unknown reasons, people are dying with severe psoriasis, at a younger age than those with a mild form of the disease or condition. According to scientists, patients with severe psoriasis, a census, increasing preventive care, reducing the risk of death. Studies in the UK over the period 1987-2002 showed that men with severe psoriasis died earlier average of 3.5 years than men without the disease, and the women to 4.4 years earlier than non-psoriasis patients the female sex. There was no increase in deaths in people with a mild form of the disease. Psoriasis - a chronic skin disease characterized by scaly rash of small white bumps on the red soil. In severe cases, the rise and scaly lesions cover most of the body, although this rarely happens. The authors reported that people who are abused very sick, smoking, obesity, high blood pressure and had cancer, which is also the cause of the high mortality could. By itself, psoriasis can be fatal in rare cases. Further research is needed to solve this problem, scientists say.