There is an estimated 125 million people affected by psoriasis living throughout the world.  Despite this fact, there is still a distinct lack of awareness about this condition among those who have it as well as those who don’t.

Thus psoriasis patients, medical specialists and other volunteers from around the world initiated the World Psoriasis Day.  This year, the event will occur on October 29th.  World Psoriasis Day exists to educate and empower people about psoriasis.

The International Federation of Psoriasis Associations will be the central organizer for World Psoriasis Day, as it has been from the beginning.  Throughout the year, members of this association meet and discuss the most pressing issues facing people with psoriasis today and then present these findings, including a variety of helpful resources, at this annual event.

Here are some of the most common misconceptions about psoriasis that WPD would like to dispel:

• Psoriasis is contagious (it’s not).
• There are no effective treatments for psoriasis (there are).
• Psoriasis has to consume your everyday life (it doesn’t).

For more information about World Psoriasis Day see WorldPsoriasisDay2007.com (don’t mind the year listed in the URL).