New analysis has found a link between the use of antihypertensive mediations and the development of psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease.
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, which in rare cases can, also affect the nails, making them brittle, soft and painful.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, which in rare cases can, also affect the nails, making them brittle, soft and painful.
‘Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, beta- blockers, calcium-channel blockers, and thiazide diuretics, used for treating hypertension, may increase the risk of psoriasis.’
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The authors of the analysis propose different mechanisms by which blood pressure medications may affect an individual’s risk of developing skin conditions.Read More..
“Our findings indicate that patients who take antihypertensive drugs should be carefully monitored for psoriasis,” said senior author Hye Sun Gwak, PharmD, PhD, of Ewha Womans University, in Seoul.
Source-Medindia
