A new study reveals 55 percent of patients with psoriasis and 62 percent of patients with psoriatic arthritis reported improvements in their disease after undergoing bariatric or weight loss surgery.
According to the study's authors, the findings suggest that losing excess weight may improve symptoms in people who have these lifelong conditions. The NYU Langone researchers believe that obesity may contribute to the risk for development of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis through fat tissue-driven systemic inflammation....
A new study reveals 55 percent of patients with psoriasis and 62 percent of patients with psoriatic arthritis reported improvements in their disease after undergoing bariatric or weight loss surgery.
According to the study's authors, the findings suggest that losing excess weight may improve symptoms in people who have these lifelong conditions. The NYU Langone researchers believe that obesity may contribute to the risk for development of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis through fat tissue-driven systemic inflammation....