LeAnn Rimes, Showing Skin

" Hello -- to health talk a dr. Manny. Psoriasis is a disease that affects people from all walks of life and can lead to poor self image and embarrassment. My guest today has been battling so rises since she was a toddler but that hasn't kept her out of the spotlight. Joining me now is Grammy Award winning country music star Leann Rimes well com and welcome very exciting to have you here. Now let's talk about psoriasis because that's what you -- that to talk about you were diagnosed at the -- with an 80% of your body was covered with psoriasis. How did that affect you growing up it was."

" Very tough to about the stress this my thing keynote when my self -- definitely was. It was the and that hurt the threat has severely I think Unita became kind of an increase in LA and I think music was definitely -- outlet because I couldn't express my feelings you know because I always discovering myself and -- you know never running the show that's my skin but am I don't music was kind of -- personality."

" A win when you had you know because it doesn't -- to so I'd you know the -- probably don't know what's going on right. But when you got to be let's say a young teenager in -- mean things like that it especially girls are. How do you deal with that you get you know -- treat me being treated and --"

" It was really tough I mean it started singing in the spotlight Reno major success when I was thirteen so. Food going up see you know just to be in normal teenager in the half psoriasis payment covering my body at the time I would wear it like to campaigning has before you know put those on file and on stage. I'd wear jeans and -- hot summer time you know it. It is definitely Allen hi -- hide behind clothing I would always get asked you know -- that being -- having to be on photo shoots and ground for people changing clothes nothing people would always point though we -- is that. I think that's what's so interesting about sciences. And general public there's not really much knowledge about what's practices. And that teamed up -- at with the strides since National Science Foundation an avid and then the American academy of dermatology. But this campaign to raise awareness raised awareness to that people understand it's not contagion that they're not gonna hurt accident accent. And then step over seven million people living."

" Did -- did it ever stop you from doing what you wanted to do you Korea now and never I mean it never really did there are times when. I wouldn't participate in certain summer events that other slip these are doing -- because that it want to show too much -- that when it came to the farming. It hurt sometimes to perform I would you know where we just to wear clothes sometimes that her communicating agent here cadence and believed in. So -- how do I treated and how did you keep it on the control you know I am -- only been clear for about the last forty years there's been so many medical advancements -- great things that I am I found a great -- apologist I found the treatment that was right for me a lot of -- an hour trying many different team different means different things he had called all sorts of treatment you can imagine top schools. Oral medications and."

" it takes is Paula tonight you know you you like that. -- in the what are you stunning yeah McCain appeared on the picture of health paying any natural stuff because everybody likes to always you know it goes you know I'm sure you meet Howland particularly -- and well away I don't know in the natural secret yeah."

" Yeah I grew up and I grew up in south fiasco I can't call and I ate fried food and out love food you know Ohio. I think I had hit a guy anyway Matt overall health and not just good not just concentrate on treating the problem that really focusing on eating night. Doing you know that taking care of my stress stress is a huge cheer for stress patients are finding out triggers years writes this this is very important. And you know the semi achievement options out there I think during the campaign we really are encouraging people to go. Buying a dermatologist and get treated and stop hiding that award is the website people can finally."

" We all want to mention again and yet the show."

" But I visited completely under control now it is at the moment I know -- to -- it's a chronic immune disease psoriasis you know can affect more than just the skin and can affect the heart. In effect and nails the joints. So right now mine is under control I know a flare up again right it's just something -- have to feel it now you mentioned before going to want to kind of bring that up because this is so true."

" Misconceptions. You know when you see it -- which is somebody with psoriasis -- a misconception only to -- it."

" Tell me about that it is who's not bring then that it is not contagious it is not it can not container and and you and that I think that's why we won and so it's about -- see this campaign while wanted to get involved so that the wire we educate people the better can it be for psoriasis sufferers to go out public and not have the high. Then they can start living their life and people like it's gonna spared and you've do you think that that happens more."

" 'cause you know you you didn't do that in in any -- on the UN and you got your dream and you're success -- away on a new kind of dealt with -- very mature way. But do you think that people today with psoriasis irrespective of the --"

" Sort of high island they they leave behind. Sweet -- answer -- them -- definitely linked to depression on of the tunnel is gonna bring them yes and and because we do hide and I think you know. That's why -- wanted to be involved in this campaign to something a face that people see every day with the disease today hopefully I can inspire them say hey I'm not hiding anymore. I've got mine under control there is hope. And I settled all right."

" I want to talk about the campaign again -- is bake bake the message for psoriasis sufferers out there gates. To go get treatment got to stop hiding -- art that I know once -- stop hiding -- or Eric yet as we can find all the information. Yet and I gotta tell you this is a very honorable position that you have taken am glad that you're here talking about everything you. Thank you for joining us today that -- message and remembered go to the website. Adding if you haven't helped Bob did you want to talk about email via fox a document you foxnews.com. Until next time. I'm document."