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2016-07-01 13:07:08
My room mate is psoriasis patient,is psoriasis contagious ? I have observed red itchy dots on all over body body and have fever from past 4 days. Please suggest
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Psoriasis is not a contagious disease , u may be having some other problem.

Answered2016-07-01 17:09:42

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