Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic (long-lasting) disease in which a person with psoriasis develops the symptoms and signs of arthritis - joint pain, stiffness and swelling. Psoriasis is a common, inherited skin condition that causes grayish-white scaling over a pink or dull-red skin rash.
Approximately 5% to 10% of the 3 million people who have psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis affects men and women equally and usually begins between ages 30 and 50. However,...
Read moreAs many as 30 percent of people with psoriasis actually have psoriatic arthritis, a form of inflammatory arthritis. How do you know,... Read more »
Byron Janis has a charming laugh. Maria Cooper Janis loves her husband. As a couple, the Janises are warm and inviting. I was... Read more »
"Can you work at all?" I was in the middle of my two weeks off to heal, hadn't shown any signs of healing yet and was talking to a... Read more »
Many people insist that they can tell when bad weather is coming because it makes their joints hurt. Usually people say that cold or rain... Read more »
I don’t know about where you are, but in Michigan, we had been having fairly constant rain for what felt like close to a month. We were... Read more »
Rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis are among the most disabling forms of arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which affects 1 percent of the U.S.... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Psoriatic arthritis is a type of arthritis that often occurs with psoriasis of the skin. Alternative Names Arthritis - psoriatic ... Read more »
From the FDA Consumer Magazine, March-April 2005 by Carol Rados Few people with arthritis would be willing to stop taking a medication that works,... Read more »
Diseases that fall under spondyloarthritis umbrella are ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis (known previously as Reiter's syndrome) psoriatic... Read more »