The burden
Psoriatic disease is a systemic condition affecting multiple body sites. It is a chronic, noncommunicable, painful, disfiguring and disabling disease for which there is no cure. It can have a significant, negative impact on an individual's quality of life. Psoriatic disease is an immune-mediated disease whose cause remains unclear. It is associated with significant comorbidities, including cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, depression and arthritis.