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HEALTH - Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that attacks the skin. Generally, psoriasis occurs during adolescence and young adulthood or in the productive age. So the question arises, whether psoriasis will affect the fertility of men and women?
Doctor Rudy Hidayat, SpPD-KR revealed that nearly all autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis does not affect fertility. Psoriasis patients, both men and women need not worry difficult to have children because of psoriasis.
"Patients whose disease is more severe lupus can still be pregnant. So, when the disease itself no need to fear," said Rudy in Psoriasis Care symposium at the House of the Ministry of Health, on Saturday (26/11/2016).
Meanwhile, according to dr. Tjoet Nurul Alam Jacoeb, SpKK, there is no direct relationship between psoriasis with infertility problems (infertility). However, infertility can be influenced by other factors associated with psoriasis, such as stress or depression. People who did not have psoriasis can experience the same thing.
However, when the pregnancy can affect the autoimmune disease. In patients with psoriasis, pregnancy is generally not even raises recurrence. In fact, patients may not be taking drugs during pregnancy if the psoriasis is not raised.
This is due to the increasing estrogen during pregnancy that provides protection against various pemyakit pregnant women.
Psoriasis usually will relapse after childbirth or while breastfeeding, when estrogen starts to decline. Unfortunately, in certain types of psoriasis can adversely affect fetal health.
"The blood flow through the placenta to the baby disturbed. Often babies born with low birth weight," said Tjut.
Doctor Rudy warns, autoimmune patients who are planning a pregnancy, should be planned in remission or disease control.
