What is Psoriatic Arthritis.

Arthritis Psoriasis is an auto immune disease, without cure and characterized by  chronic inflammation of the skin and the joints. It is considered as a type of psoriasis.

Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis.

In 70% of psoriasis cases, the skin psoriasis appears first before the onset of joint inflammation ( the gap could be months or years). In 15% of the cases, the psoriasis of the skin and  psoriatic arthritis appear simultaneously. In 15% of the cases, the joint involvement may appear before the skin symptoms.

It was only in 1960 that psoriatic arthritis was clinically diagnosed and distinguished from rheumatoid arthritis.

About Psoriatic Arthritis.

Arthritis psoriasis can affect any joint of the body – small or big – such as the joints of the fingers or the joints of the vertebrae in the spine. As in skin psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis can be mild or severe and is characterized with periods of remissions and flare-ups. This disease can be disabling, if it is not controlled with treatment.

Psoriatic arthritis is more commonly seen in patients who have severe form of psoriasis. Peripheral joints are diseased in 95% of the psoriasis arthritis cases while axial spine involvement is seen in the balance 5% of the cases.

Prevalence|Statistics of Arthritis Psoriasis.

  • There is a considerable variation in prevalence of psoriatic arthritis  in different populations.
  • According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, 30% of the people who have skin psoriasis, develop psoriatic arthritis.
  • In the U.S. this condition affects 2% of the Caucasian (white) population.
  • About one million people in the U.S. have psoriatic arthritis.
  • It is less commonly seen in Native Americans and African Americans.
  • Psoriatic arthritis is usually seen between the ages of 30 tears to 50 years. Also refer to psoriasis statistics.
  • Males and females are equally at risk to have psoriasis arthritis.
  • In males, the spine is more commonly affected (spondylitic form) while in women, involvement of multiple joints are seen (rheumatoid form).
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