Scared parents of a 7 years old with psoriasis

[AmandaL]

Hello everyone,
I am new here. My seven years old has been diagnosed with psoriasis. The onset was 2 years ago at least, so he was around 5. At first dr thought it was eczema, only in the last year or so that it become scaly. We did not know much about psoriasis when we got the diagnosis, and thought it was just mild skin condition. Only recently a friend of mine mentioned about how surprised she was to know that my son get psoriasis when he is this young and that her husband has psoriasis and it progressed to psoriasis arthritis. Because of that, I decided to  learn more about psoriasis and frankly now we are scared and worried that my son will get psoriasis arthritis and or uveitis. And the facts that there is no cure. Can anybody share with me what the prognosis is like for children who start to have psoriasis this early? Did any of you had the onset during your childhood? Does yours progress to arthritis? If yes, when did it hapen? Do children with psoriasis have higher chance to get psoriasis arthritis as compared to adult with psoriasis? Please share your stroy if you dont mind, especially those of you who had the onset during your childhood or have children with psoriasis.



Thank you so much

Hello I was diagnosed very young at around 4 years ago after getting strep throat, but psoriasis runs in my family. I did develop the arthritis in my early 20's, but I had very severe psoriasis at the time and other automommune conditions which probably contributed to it.

Their is such a range of treatment for psoriasis these days, is his quite severe? I don't remember it affecting my childhood too much, but I'm happy to answer any questions if requires.