Psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune disease, meaning that your cells and antibodies (part of your immune system) fight your own tissues. Rarely, a person can have psoriatic arthritis without having obvious psoriasis.
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Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis associated with psoriasis, a chronic skin and nail disease characterized by red, scaly rashes and thick, pitted fingernails.
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Psoriatic Arthritis
What is Arthritis?
Approximately 40 million people are affected by arthritis. The term arthritis refers to a group of disorders which involve the body's joints and have similar symptoms.
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Psoriatic Arthritis: Diagnosis and Prognosis
What is Psoriatic Arthritis?
The Genetic Link to Psoriatic Arthritis ...
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Psoriatic arthritis
Definition
Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritic joint disease associated with the chronic skin scaling and fingernail changes seen in psoriasis.
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Psoriatic arthritis
Definition:
Psoriatic arthritis is an arthritis that is often associated with psoriasis of the skin.
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Although psoriatic arthritis normally affects only people with psoriasis, skin and joint problems usually don't develop simultaneously.
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Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammation of the joints that occurs in some people with a chronic skin and nail condition known as psoriasis. Psoriasis causes flare-ups of raised patches of skin covered with silvery scales.
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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.
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Psoriatic arthritis
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Psoriatic arthritis is an arthritis that is associated with psoriasis of the skin.
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Psoriatic Arthritis - Learn more about psoriatic arthritis, including a description, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medications, and future outlook. Source:MedicineNet ...
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Enbrel (etanercept) New indication: use in reducing signs and symptoms of active arthritis in patients with psoriatic arthritis.
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Large numbers of white blood cells may indicate gout, pseudogout, inflammatory forms of arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis), psoriatic arthritis, trauma, or infection.
Presence of crystals. Uric acid crystals in the joint indicate gout.
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most common forms are osteoarthritis (this article), rheumatoid arthritis (which see), gout (which see), and ankylosing spondylitis (which see). Other diseases which also infect the joints include lupus, Lyme disease (which see), psoriatic arthritis, ...
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Examples include gold sodium thiomalate, auranofin, and aurothioglucose. These medications are indicated in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Felty's syndrome, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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When joints are inflamed they can develop stiffness, warmth, swelling, redness and pain. There are over 100 types of arthritis. (see osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus, gout, pseudogout).
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