GENERALIZED PUSTULAR PSORIASIS

Course overview

GENERALIZED PUSTULAR PSORIASIS IS A RARE AND EXTREME FORM OF PSORIASIS CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF STERILE PUSTULES. THE INCIDENCE PEAKS BETWEEN 40 AND 59 YEARS OF AGE, BUT INFANTILE AND JUVENILE CASES ARE ALSO REPORTED. THE AGE AT ONSET TENDS TO BE EARLIER IN THOSE WITH PURE GENERALIZED PUSTULAR PSORIASIS WITHOUT PLAQUE PSORIASIS. GENERALIZED PUSTULAR PSORIASIS IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND POLYARTHRITIS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF GENERALIZED PUSTULAR PSORIASIS AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING THIS CONDITION.