Table 3 Plaque Psoriasis Symptoms
From: The content validity of the PSS in patients with plaque psoriasis
N | % | Key quotes | |
|---|---|---|---|
Itching | 20 | 100% | 001–004: Very, very intense, I guess you’d say. It’s kind of like if you’ve ever had poison ivy or poison oak, it’s similar to that, but it doesn’t stop. It just keeps on itching and burning until you finally claw it enough, then the next thing you know you’re bleeding, gotta get that stopped. |
Pain | 15 | 75% | 002–005: it hurt—it hurt, you know, um, almost like a toothache until you were able to tend to it and get something to ease the pain, it was there, you know. |
Burning | 13 | 65% | Now, burning, describe it to me again? 003–011: Um, it’s a sensation like, um, I suppose it would be similar to having a severe sunburn or any other type of burn, you just feel a heat sensation that is unbelievably hot in a spot on your leg—in my case it was my legs, lower legs. |