In line with the World Psoriasis Day celebration, the latest installment of the Institute’s Communication and Engagement Office’s RITM Live: Ask the Expert series was broadcasted on October 28, 2022 with focus on the psoriatic disease and its burden, particularly the accompanying mental health struggles. Psoriasis is a life-long disfiguring and disabling disease with no continue reading : RITM Live highlights Psoriasis and its burden
Together with over 40 partner organizations, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) Psoriasis Club participated in this year’s World Psoriasis Day (WPD) activities of Psoriasis Philippines (PsorPhil) last October 23, 2022 in the San Andres Sports Complex in Malate, Manila. WPD is an annual celebration dedicated to people living with psoriasis and psoriatic diseases. continue reading : RITM Dermatologists celebrate World Psoriasis Day 2022
Psoriasis is a long-term (chronic) scaling disease of the skin which appears as red, raised scaly patches known as plaques. These lesions commonly appear on the elbows, knees and scalp. Normally a skin cell matures in 21 – 28 days and during this time it travels to the surface, where it is lost in a continue reading : Fact Sheet: Psoriasis Skin Health