Psoriatic Arthritis or PsA is an autoimmune disease and is a type of inflammatory arthritis. Only 30% of people who have skin involvement called psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis. This condition happens when the immune system breaks and mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. This results in inflammation throughout the body that causes painful swollen joints, stiffness and skin lesions.
There is NO cure!
It is imperative that you seek medical attention with a board certified rheumatologist who can properly diagnose and start the appropriate treatment to keep it from causing permanent joint and tissue damage.
Managing Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms Managing Psoriatic Arthritis symptoms, it’s like playing darts. One of the biggest challenges of managing psoriatic symptoms is deciding which one to focus on next. It is like an endless game of throwing darts and never hitting the bullseye. You think you have one symptom managed and then a host of …
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Do You Hide Behind Your Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnosis? Psoriatic arthritis symptoms and the challenges associated are widely misunderstood. Truth is, if we don’t talk about our psoriatic arthritis, people will never understand what we go through. They will never understand the grave impact it has on our daily lives. There is nothing normal about this …
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Do you have the early signs of psoriatic arthritis? Have you been recently diagnosed? You are truly UNIQUE! You are unique because only 30% of the 7.5 million people in the US who suffer from psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis in their lifetime. There are about 2 million of us who have been diagnosed and …
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