Patients' knowledge about psoriasis and comorbidities; their participation in treatment decisions.

BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory disease. Having more information about psoriasis and comorbid diseases means that patients have more involvement in treatment. AIM: Evaluate the knowledge levels of psoriasis patients about the disease and comorbidities and also to determine participation in treatment decisions. METHODS: Totally 103 patients over the age of 18 with diagnosed psoriasis were included into the study. A questionnaire including items on knowledge about disease and treatment options, comorbid diseases were filled out by the patients. Total knowledge score (TKS) was found by giving 1 point to the questions that the patients knew correctly. RESULTS: Patients were well informed about their risk of depression (64.1%), but were less well informed about their risk of atherothrombotic disease (14.6%). About 50.4% of the patients thought that psoriasis may be due to an internal organ disease. There was a negative correlation between the patient's age, the age of diagnosis and TKS. About 42.7% wanted to leave the decision entirely to the physician. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that majority of patients with psoriasis are not aware of the increased risk of comorbid diseases and do not have enough knowledge about psoriasis.

Ischial Pain and Sitting Disability Due to Ischiogluteal Bursitis: Visual Vignette.

Ischial bursitis or ischiogluteal bursitis is the inflammation of the ischiogluteal bursa due to excessive or inappropriate physical exercise, prolonged sitting, running, repetitive jumping, and kicking. Since ischial bursitis is a rare, infrequently recognized pathology and is difficult to differentiate from the soft tissue disease and tumors (both malignant and benign), herein exemplified is a case with ischiogluteal bursitis whereby the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the prompt diagnosis has been highlighted.