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People can learn more about a condition which affects an estimated 7,000 Galway people at a free event in Salthill on Friday April 20.

A free psoriasis information day will take place on Tuesday March 22 between 10am and 1pm at Unicare Pharmacy, College Medical Centre, Ballinalee Road, Longford.

The Psoriasis Association of Ireland is urging the estimated 2,400 psoriasis patients living in Mayo to seek treatment for their condition rather than suffer in silence.

Psoriasis is one of the most common skin diseases seen in dermatological practice in Ireland. It is estimated that psoriasis affects about 100,000 people in Ireland. Psoriasis is a skin disorder where there is an increase in the rate at which skin cells are produced and shed from the skin. Usually skin cells take one month to be replaced but in psoriasis it is faster. This results in pink thickened patches with silvery white scales.

A special public information meeting for Carlow Psoriasis patients will take place in the Seven Oaks Hotel, Tuesday, October 7.

A leading dermatologist is to address a public psoriasis information meeting in Ormonde Hotel, this Tuesday evening March 31.

A free psoriasis information day will take place in Staunton’s Pharmacy, Castlebar, on Friday May 22 from 10.30am to 1.30pm. Dermatology nurse Caroline Kennedy will discuss patients’ individual cases and treatments. Psoriasis is a chronic, incurable, skin disease, characterised by dry red patches and thick silvery scales on the skin that are extremely itchy, leading to scratching and bleeding.

Psoriasis patients in Galway are invited to attend either of two free Psoriasis Information days next Wednesday July 1.

Two leading doctors will address the sixth national convention of the Psoriasis Association of Ireland in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, on Saturday, September 19 and the Psoriasis Association of Ireland is urging the estimated 2,400 sufferers from the county to attend the one-day event.