Cigarettes increase the risk of psoriasis, can also become ill of psoriasis or seeing worsen the disease is much higher as many if they smoke. Even if you stop smoking, after 20 years the risk fall to revert to normal levels.
These results were obtained from a study conducted jointly by Canadian research of Vancouver general hospital and scientists of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
In a period of 14 years were examined 116,608 women between 25 and 42 years and has found that smokers had a risk of falling ill of psoriasis by 78% higher compared to non smokers.
Moreover, the passive smoking in pregnancy or in infancy, also exposes the child to a high risk.
"These results – says Hyon K. says Hyon K. Choi, one of the authors of the study – as well as confirm the well-known risks of smoking, give an incentive to stop smoking for all those people who are at risk of psoriasis or already suffer from them. Yes saw it – ends – that stopping you can have a significant improvement in symptoms. "