alconcher in A Sentence

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    The biggest daily challenge for Alconcher is managing her skin.

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    To help manage her condition, Alconcher tries to live stress-free and stay positive.

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    Alconcher says she has not had flares since she's been on this psoriasis medication.

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    In three weeks, Alconcher's legs were nearly 60 percent covered with these lesions.

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    People also don't realize that psoriasis can put you in a deep depression, says Alconcher.

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    Alconcher says she tries her best to eat right and exercise, and she likes yoga.

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    According to Alconcher, many people think psoriasis is contagious or those with the disease simply have dry skin.

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    But when the arthritis started to affect her joints, Alconcher decided to try a biologic psoriasis medication.

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    In 2002, while scuba diving on vacation in Mexico, Abby Alconcher, now 48, suddenly lost buoyancy and scraped the back of her legs.

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    As time passed, Alconcher became more accepting of her illness, more open to accepting her family's support, and more active in advocating for people with psoriasis.

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    For the first 15 years after her psoriatic arthritis diagnosis, Alconcher says she tried only alternative treatments such as herbal supplements, vitamins, and watching what she ate.

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    With the guttate psoriasis diagnosis, Alconcher says, she didn't rely on family and didn't tell friends though the psoriasis symptoms were painful and itchy, and it was hard to go out in public.

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