Suicidal ideation rates among Filipinos living with psoriasis rose to 24% from 18% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Philippine Coalition for Psoriatic Disease (PCPD).
Medicine CabinetPsoriasis Philippines estimates there are up to 2 million Filipinos living with psoriasis, a chronic, noncommunicable, painful, disfiguring, and disabling disease.
Both men and women can get psoriasis. While it occurs mostly in adults, children can also have psoriasis. The US Centers for Disease Control said that some people with psoriasis also have an inflammatory condition which affects their joints, called psoriatic arthritis. Psoriasis is also associated with other serious, debilitating and chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart conditions. The CDC, meanwhile, emphasized that psoriasis is not contagious.
The proposed legislation also mandates the creation of a Psoriasis Assistance Fund to support the program; and donations to the fund will be exempted from taxes. It also directs the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to expand its benefit packages to include screening and treatment for all types and severity of psoriasis. People living with psoriasis are considered persons with disabilities under the proposed law.
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