Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis.

This disease can develop slowly or can have a rapid and severe onset. It is characterized by periods of remission and flare-ups. This type of arthritis more commonly involves the knees, ankles and the small joints of the feet.

Most of the psoriatic arthritis patients already have predeveloped skin psoriasis and you could read those in symptoms of psoriasis. It is important that this condition be diagnosed early to prevent damage to joints in the later stages.

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Signs and Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis.

Generally some of the following symptoms and signs are seen.

  • Fatigue
  • Swelling, pain and tenderness of one or more joints.
  • Stiffness of the joints which is typically more in the mornings causing morning stiffness.
  • Joints become red and feel warm on touch
  • Reduced mobility of the joints
  • Sausage-like swelling of the fingers or toes due to swelling of the entire digit because of  inflammation of the joint of that digit. This is called dactylitis.

Psoriatic arthritis of the fingers.

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  • Pain over areas of attachments of the tendons and ligaments to the joints, more commonly at the back of the heel and the sole of the foot. The former is called Achilles tendonitis and the latter is called planter fasciitis. This can cause pain while walking
  • Pitting of the nails, yellow spots and their separation from the nail bed. This happens usually when the distal joints of the fingers and the nails are affected. Nail abnormalities are seen in 80% of the psoriatic arthritis cases.

Nail changes in psoriatic arthritis.

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  • Lowermost back pain over the sacrum (tail bone) due to inflammation (spondylitis) of the joints of the spine. This inflammation occurs between the joints of the vertebrae and the joints between the spine and the pelvis.
  • Similarly pain can occur in the neck and the upper back due to inflammation of the joints of the upper spine.
  • Similarly, inflammation of the joints of the breast bone and the ribs (costochondritis) can cause chest pain.
  • 30% of psoriasis arthritis patients develop conjunctivitis and iritis (inflammation of the iris).
  • Acne is commonly seen in patients with this type of arthritis.

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