Archive for the ‘Psoriatic’ Category
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 |
Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis that affects people that suffer from psoriasis. Arthritis by definition means inflammation of the joints, psoriatic arthritis is no different and has similar symptoms, the joints become inflamed and painful.
Psoriasis usually affects the patient before the onset of arthritis, although in some rare cases the arthritis can occur [...]
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007 |
The actual cause of psoriatic arthritis is unknown however it is related with the skin disease known as psoriasis. Psoriasis often runs in families, as does arthritis. The cause of psoriasis could therefore be hereditary.
However only 10% of the people that have psoriasis go on to develop this type of arthritis, and in some cases [...]
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007 |
Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis that affects sufferers of psoriasis. Psoriasis is a fairly common skin condition that affects 2% of the population, if that’s difficult to visualize, imagine 50 people, one person out of 50 will have psoriasis.
Psoriasis is a disease that affects the skin and nails, resulting in red scaly skin [...]
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007 |
A doctor will normally come to the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis after hearing a description of the symptoms the patient suffers, and also physically examining the patient for any of the scaly patches of skin caused by psoriasis which is related to psoriatic arthritis. The doctor may also insist on X-rays to determine what type [...]
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