Patients with psoriasis have a higher mortality rate than the general population, particularly from cancer, CVD, and pneumonia. Psoriatic arthritis is a progression of psoriasis, to psoriasis plus joint pain. Chlamydia psittacosis, a bird pathogen, is an intracellular bacteria with the potential to cause psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ocular melanoma, skin melanoma, and cancer; and to induce variants when combined with intracellular viruses.
The correlation between psoriasis, CVD, pneumonia and cancer; the reported correlations between these conditions and chlamydia psittacosis; and the higher rate of mortality in psoriasis patients, suggests one or more underlying intracellular pathogens is causing these co-morbid conditions.
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