Reality TV star Kim Kardashian suffers from psoriasis, an incurable skin disease, often very badly experienced by those who suffer from it.
Yesterday Sunday March 17, reality star Kim Kardashian shared a new image on his Instagram account revealing the stigma of the skin disease from which she suffers: psoriasis. The one who usually only appears in public with extremely made-up skin this time published a photo of her natural, entitled “hello psoriasis”. We can see the wife of Kanye West on waking, with clearly visible red marks on his eyes, on his forehead, chin and cheeks. Previous shots have also revealed the legs of the celebrity, attacked by the skin disease, diagnosed with Kim Kardashian since 2011.
We do not know how to cure this disease
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin, progressing in flare-ups. Non-contagious, it is due to an accelerated renewal of the epidermis and its occurrence is triggered in subjects genetically predisposed by various environmental factors. It is manifested by red patches covered with scales (small films of skin, editor’s note). At present, we do not know how to cure this disease, but treatments can reduce the symptoms and improve the quality of life. In France, psoriasis affects 2% of the population, or three million patients.
Source of difficulties within their couple life
7 out of 10 people with psoriasis consider their disease to be embarrassing in their professional and personal life. More precisely, 30% say they have already felt discouraged in the face of the disease, and this on a repeated basis. In addition, nearly 10% of people with psoriasis report that the disease also causes difficulties in their family. life as a couple, and more particularly concerning their sex life (up to 15%).
The quality of sleep is also affected for one in three patients, since nearly 34% report having difficulty falling asleep. The diseases frequently associated with this dermatological disease add to the difficulties. 17% of respondents say they have an associated bone and joint disease, compared to 8% of French people without skin problems. 15% of participants also report suffering from depressive syndrome, compared to 6.4% of French people without skin problems.
A third of people with psoriasis are not monitored at all
And even if 9 out of 10 patients (92%) say that the diagnosis of psoriasis was made by a health professional, less than one in two French people with psoriasis (45%) say they are followed by a dermatologist for the management of his disease. Worse still: more than a third of people with psoriasis are not medically monitored at all.
Aware of this situation, the association France Psoriasis launched‡ its new awareness campaign “Noémie, 19 years old, can’t take it anymore. Yet there are solutions” and highlights the importance of being guided and supported in an optimal way in order to find the appropriate solutions to better live on a daily basis. “Let us also remember that according to the WHO’s global report on psoriasis, it is not the severity of the disease that causes exclusion, it is largely the way society reacts to it”, says President Roberte Aubert.
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