SOMETHING
PERSONAL TO HER.
SHE HOPE OPENED UP TO HELP
OTHERS.
>> ONE OF THE FASTEST FEMALE
SWIMMERS IN HISTORY.
FIVE TIME OLYMPIAN.
AJ AUTHOR AND MOM.
LIVING WITH SORE RYE SYSTEM.
MILLIONS OF OTHER ARE
LIVING WITH T DISEASE.
THAT'S WHY DARE AWE TORRES IS
OPENING UP.
>> BOTH OF YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DARE AWE, I WANT TO START
WITH YOU IN TALKING ABOUT HOW
THIS AFFECTED YOU, THE SYMPTOMS.
WHEN DID THIS START WITH YOU.
>> IT STARTED BACK IN THE EARLY
90S.
TRAINING WITH MY OLYMPIC TEAK
TEAM BARCELONA.
I NOTICED RED PATCHE.
IT WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING, MY
BUSINESS SUIT IS MY SWIMSUIT.
I WASN'T SURE IF PEOPLE THOUGHT
IF THEY WOULD GET IT IF THEY
TOUCHED ME OR DOVE IN THE WATER.
IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS
EMBARRASSED ABOUT.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW
YOU'RE OPENING UP AND SHARING.
NOW, THAT WE KNOW HOW SOMEBODY
WHO STRUGGLES WITH IT FIRST
FEELS OR SEES IT WHEN THEY ARE
GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH IT,
WHEN IS HAPPENING MEDICALLY.
>> IT HAS TWO COMPONENTS ONE IS
THE SKIN COMPONENT WHICH WE CALL
SORRY EYE SYSTEM.
>> IT IS AN I AM FLAM MASON OF
THE SKIN.
NOT AN INFECTION OR CONTAGIOUS.
THE INFLAMMATION CAUSES CELLS TO
GROW FAST SO THEY BECOME RED AN
SCALY, BECOMES TENDER.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO HIDE FOR SOME
PATIENTS
ABOUT 30 PERCENT DEVELOP SORRY
CRAT ARTHRIT.
WE CALL PSORIATIC DISEASE.
>> HOW DOES SOMEONE MANAGE THIS
ONCE THEY KNOW THEY ARE DEALING
WITH IT.
>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MANAGE
IT.
IN SOME PATIENTS, THERE
DIFFERENT TRIGGERS, STRESS, FOR
INSTANCE, CAN BE A TRIGGER TO
FLARE UP THE PSORIASIS.
CERTAIN MEDICATION.
SOMETIMES A SORE THROAT, VIRUS
OF THE THROAT CAN TRIGGER IT.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PATIENTS
WELCOME YOU CAN'T MC IT WITH
JUST NONTHERAPEUTIC WAYS.
THERE ARE TREATMENTS OUT THERE.
ONE GREAT TREATMENT THAT'S NEW
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
OTESLA.
OR PRIMALAST.
WHEN YOU TAKE THE MEDICATION, IT
GETS BETTER OVERTIME.
SOMETIMES IT COMPLETELY
RESOLVES, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
THAT MEDICATION TREATS THE JOINT
DISEASE, NOT ONLY IS IT A PILL,
BUT NO LABORATORY MONITORED
REQUIRED.
PATIENTS REALLY LIKE THAT.
NOW, WE KNOW HOW PEOPLE CAN
MANAGE IT.
DARA, YOU'RE USING YOUR PLATFORM
TO GET EDUCATION OUT AS WELL.
THERE IS A GREAT CAMPAIGN TO
DEAL WITH THAT.
>> I'M HONOR TO SHOW MORE OF YOU
THE CAMPAIGN.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL PHOTO
SHOOT WITH MARTI SCHULER.
THERE WERE FIVE OF US THERE, WE
GOT TO BOND A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU GO TO THE SHOW MORE OF
YOU DOT COM WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE
OUR PHOTOS, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
SUFFERING TO GO ON THERE AND
UPLOAD THE PHOTOS AND SHARE
THEIR STORIES.
EVEN THOSE WHO AREN'T SUFFERING,
LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
IT BE YOURSELF AND BE
COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN.
>> THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE.
COMING FROM YOU AND YOUR
PERSONAL JOURNEY THAT MEANS A
LOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DOCTOR A