Leo
Pharma Asia’s Top Executive to join National Psoriasis Week
Ricky Teo, a top ranking
executive of LEO Pharma-Asia will grace this year’s celebration of the National
Psoriasis Awareness Week at the Kaban ng Hiyas of the Mandaluyong City Hall.
The
annual event, a testament to the importance of the Presidential Proclamation
No. 179 declaring every last week of October as the National Psoriasis Week,
will carry the global theme “Put
Psoriasis on The Agenda Now” for this year’s celebration.
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| Photo from Asian Psorclub Group |
Despite
his hectic schedule, Teo, Leo Pharma-Asia’s Area Director for South Asia, will
join the national events as a show of support for the region. Teo is
responsible for Leo Pharma’s markets in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand,
Taiwan, Singapore, Hongkong, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.
Teo
will discuss the topic on the stigma of psoriasis on why a great number living
with it take their own lives to escape the suffering that it entails and why is
this the only solution they see. He will also post the question why in a world
where beautiful and clear skin is the benchmark of beauty, psoriasis patients
are being treated negatively because of their inflamed, thick red scaly lesions
found in their skin.
Most
people think that the physical symptoms of psoriasis patients are contagious
and people tend to ostracize patients with psoriasis. These instances lower the
self-esteem of the patients and they shy away from the public, hiding from the
judging eyes of the outside world. They hide at their homes and most patients
fall in to depression.
About
30% of Psoriasis patients develop painful and debilitating psoriatic Arthritis.
Their quality of life is lessened and can’t do some of the simple things that
most people take for granted in their daily lives. Recent global studies also
show that psoriasis patients are at higher risk of developing other co-morbid
conditions such as: hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, Crohn’s
Disease, and other chronic conditions.
Psoriasis
Philippines, along with Leo Pharma and Teo, advocates for the Filipinos with
psoriasis who are estimated to be between 1 to 2 milllion. Every year Psorphil
celebrates World Psoriasis Day together with 64 other countries.
This
year's Psoriasis awareness week is also supported by Pfizer Phils, Janssen
Pharmaceuticals, Galderma Phils. and Pascual Laboratories.
Happy that you have this organization. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteTaas ang kamay ko sayo for being active on this kind of organization :)
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