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The Best Treatment for Nail Psoriasis

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  Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease with a prevalence as high as 3.1% in the United States. In patients with psoriasis, dysregulation of the immune response is thought to result in a chronic imbalance in the production of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines.Available therapies suppress inflammatory responses or target specific mediators implicated in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. However, long-term use of these therapies is often compromised by variable efficacy,safety, and tolerability issues,or need for administration via injection or infusion. Dermatologic signs and symptoms of psoriasis often occur in difficult-to-treat areas such as the nails and scalp. Nail involvement occurs in approximately 50% of patients with plaque psoriasis, with a lifetime incidence of 80% to 90%; scalp involvement affects up to 80% of patients with psoriasis. Involvement of these difficult-to-treat areas may have particularly detr...