Did you know psoriasis raises your risk for other health problems? Dr. Sravya C Tipirneni Consultant Dermatologist & Cosmetologist Columbia Asia Hospital – Whitefield reveals top 5 things that your doctor might be hiding from you if you are a psoriasis patient. 1. Psoriasis raises your risk for other health problems: Diseases like inflammatory arthritis and psoriatic arthritis are very common among those who are affected by psoriasis. Other diseases linked with psoriasis are spondyloarthropathy (upto 40% of patients with early onset chronic plaque psoriasis) inflammatory bowel Uveitis a kind of disease which has inflammation of the eye obesity hypertension