SA’S DOMINO EFFECT: PsorAfrica calls for urgent recognition of psoriasis as part of South Africa’s non-communicable disease crisis
By NewsSA Staff:
In a nation already battling high rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and depression, psoriasis has become the overlooked domino. Studies now show that psoriasis, often mistaken for a surface-level problem, is silently impacting many other organs too.
On World Psoriasis Day (29 October 2025), PsorAfrica called for the inclusion of psoriatic disease on the national health agenda.
The hidden domino in the NCD crisis
Psoriasis is a lifelong autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks itself, creating painful, itchy, inflamed patches on the skin. But research now shows that this inflammation spreads far beyond the skin, affecting the joints, the heart, metabolism and mental health.
South African studies published in the...