Bumps can appear on the elbow for various reasons, such as skin irritation, arthritis, eczema, or an injury. Bumps on the elbows range in size from small to large, may be hard or soft, and may or may ...

Your immune system can cause both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Not everyone with psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis. But about six to 42 percent of people with psoriasis will develop an ...

Your elbows can provide a direct insight into your health. As unusual as it may seem, dry skin that won’t improve with the best cream on the market, or dark elbows, could be important signs about your ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common cause of elbow arthritis. The long-term disease makes your immune system attack the lining of your joints, causing pain, swelling, and inflammation. It often ...

About 7.5 million Americans have psoriasis. But, despite psoriasis being a fairly common skin condition, it's often misunderstood. In case you're not familiar with it, psoriasis is a condition that ...

If you've just been diagnosed with psoriasis, you may have a few questions about it. Here are answers to some of the more common ones people ask. To an untrained eye, these conditions may seem alike.

Red and near-infrared–emitting fabric clothing may improve symptoms of mild psoriasis, polymorphous light eruption (PMLE), and alopecia areata (AA), but further research with larger groups is needed ...

The human body contains 10 times as many bacterial cells as it does human cells. Biologists have now taken a census of the bacteria that live on our skin, and it turns out that the diversity of life ...

As surprising as it may sound, your elbows can be more than just joints—they can actually reflect internal health issues. Dry, flaky skin that won’t heal even with the most expensive cream, or dark, ...

Have you heard of “alligator skin?" In addition the animal variety, it is also a term to describe skin that is dry, scaly and sometimes discolored. Alligator skin on the elbows can be especially ...