Is Redness Of Skin Persistent When Diagnosed With Erythrodermic Psoriasis?

Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2015

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 Answered on

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 Last reviewed on

Question : In erthrodermic psoriasis does the redness come and go or is it constant. Is your skin just red or does it have a thickness to it? Mine comes and goes. It is most prominate at night.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Psoriatic erythroderma is constant; not evanscent

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us

I have gone through your query and I have noted down concern.

In erythrodermic psoriasis redness is not as short lived so as to disappear within a few hours and then reappear again. It is constant and can last for days or sometimes weeks together. Involved skin in erythroderma is thickened/ infiltrated because of inflammation and edema.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar