Both obesity and type 2 diabetes have been related as possible causes of psoriasis, it is more according to recent studies, they could even share the same genetic origin.
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease that affects the skin and has been diagnosed in approximately 3% percent of the population worldwide.
Psoriasis can affect a wide range of body parts including the face, scalp, lower back, knees, elbows, palms of the hands and soles of the feet, as well as other areas, such as genitals, inside the mouth and around the nails of one and the feet.
Skin disease has been related to metabolic disorders, such as obesity.People who are obese and people who have psoriasis often experience a higher level of the inflammatory marker known as "tumor necrosis factor", according to the medical News Today.
A twin study has recently shown that people who have type 2 diabetes are more likely to also have psoriasis.The research team has been led by Danish Dr. Ann Sophie Lönnberg, who works at the University of Copenhagen.She and her investigative colleagues examined the data, including the questionnaires, of 33,588 pairs of Danish twins that varied in age from the age of 20 and 71, in which more than half of the participants were women.
Dr. Lönnberg says "that psoriasis and obesity are associated with each other not only because of the common way of life, but also because they share common genes and risk factors associated with heart disease."
According to study data, 4.2 percent of participants had skin disease.In addition, 6.3 percent were considered obese with a body mass index that ranged from 30 to 34, and 1.4 percent of the study participants had type 2 diabetes. Of the participants who had type diabetes type2, 7.6 percent also had psoriasis, compared to 4.1 percent of the other participants who also had psoriasis.
The researchers took into account other possible factors, such as age, sex and smoking, but ended up concluding that one condition is not necessarily the cause of the other, both obesity and psoriasis derive from the same genetic cause.The research showed that diabetes and obesity could of fact cause psoriasis.
Previous studies have linked both obesity and diabetes type 2, with the inflammatory condition of the skin.This last study provides more evidence, which corroborates the theory.The researchers responsible for the recent study that links obesity and type 2 diabetes, with the inflammatory condition of the skin, psoriasis, said the evidence showed a significant association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and psoriasis, and between psoriasis and psoriasis andAn increased body mass index.