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I also have a friend with Psoriasis, not with arthritis or at least not yet, thank G-d but it is so sad because of the visible signs of the disease how much they are discriminated against. It is devastating. Not only do these people have to deal with the symptoms of their disease but they have to deal with people staring at them, others wont hire them and even family members turning them away because they are “gross”. So sad
I cannot understand why the stigma of an illness. I know it is real, but it is just ridiculous to me that people react that way to illnesses. It’s akin to famous people hiding RA. It does not make sense to me.
I’ll bet educating is the key to this problem also. We are so educated about certain issues that the stigma is almost gone – such as cancer and mental illness and even HIV. We will get there for autoimmune diseases.
Kelly, I think you are right. It is about education and awareness. People seem to me at least so stuck on awareness of their selves and what is directly around them that they don’t have time or desire to look around at the rest of the world.
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