A report published by the Israel Psoriasis Association found that the number of Israelis stricken with the disease has risen.
According to the association's data, 265,260 psoriasis patients live in Israel. In the past year there has been a dramatic increase in the number of patients and approximately 4,890 babies, children, Israeli women and men have joined the ranks of those coping with the disease.
At the beginning of 2017 there were 262,290 psoriasis patients in Israel and in previous years there were approximately 240,000.