Tiredness and psoriasis

[Fred]

Yes it's common in people with Psoriasis I think more so in people with Psoriatic Arthritis, Fatigue often occurs when there is inflammation in the body. Inflammation is linked with the release of powerful chemicals. These include:

• Inflammatory proteins which increase the stickiness of blood platelets.
  
• Proteins which bind to antibodies and circulate as immune complexes
  
• Immune system chemicals that help immune cells communicate with each other such as interleukins, especially interleukin 1.
  

I'm not always tired but have found the worse the psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis the more tied I feel, my dermatologist always asks me how tired I have been feeling.

There is a slightly related thread: Psoriasis and Sleep Apnea study I have this too occasionally.