What Is Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP)? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

What Is Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP)? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Generalized pustular psoriasis, or GPP, is a rare and severe form of the autoimmune disease psoriasis. A GPP flare involves a widespread rash accompanied by pustules — small bumps containing pus (a white or yellow fluid filled with dead white blood cells). “In psoriasis, there are microscopic little collections of pus cells, but in generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP), which is a very abrupt and severe flare, people get the psoriasis all over th…