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Struck By Painful Rashes

There are several different patterns of psoriasis.
Plaque psoriasis is the most common and it affects the outer surfaces of the arms and legs.

Sometimes, little pockets of pus can appear anywhere on the body. This form is referred to as pustular psoriasis and can cause the patient to feel sick and feverish.

The most debilitating and painful type is erythrodermic psoriasis. The whole body will look very red and swollen, with lots of shedding of dead skin.

No one knows exactly what causes psoriasis. It can affect the young and the old.

Scarred For Life

In about one in 20 people who receive the BCG vaccination, the scar develops into a keloid. These keloid scars are thicker, larger and redder. They do not stop growing but continue to increase in size, even many years after they first appear. Keloid sufferers, apart from living with the physical disfigurement, often report persistent pain or itch within the scars.

Mozzie Alert

The bites of mosquitoes have always been a source of nuisance and disease. A nuisance because their bites are annoyingly itchy; and dangerous because they spread diseases, namely dengue, chikungunya and malaria.

Children between the ages of two and seven are most prone to insect bites. Mosquitoes are known to embark on their feeding frenzy at dawn and dusk.