What is Psoriatic Arthritis?

What is Psoriatic Arthritis?

• Psoriatic Arthritis: Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the skin (psoriasis) and joints (arthritis). Psoriatic arthritis is said to be a seronegative spondyloarthropathy and therefore occurs more commonly in patients with tissue type HLA-B27.
• Psoriatic Arthritis: a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Psoriatic Arthritis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Psoriatic Arthritis: Introduction

Types of Psoriatic Arthritis:

Broader types of Psoriatic Arthritis:

• Autoimmune diseases
• Rheumatic conditions
• Arthritis
• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
• Seronegative Arthritis
• Arthritis-like conditions
• Skin conditions
• Joint conditions
• Pain conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Immune system conditions
• Non-pathogenic inflammatory conditions
• more types...»

Who gets Psoriatic Arthritis?

Gender Ratio for Psoriatic Arthritis: female predominance

What causes Psoriatic Arthritis?

Causes of Psoriatic Arthritis: see causes of Psoriatic Arthritis

What are the symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis?

Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis: see symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis

Onset of Psoriatic Arthritis: Psoriatic arthritis can develop at any age, however on average it tends to appear about 10 years after the first signs of psoriasis. For the majority of people this is between the ages of 30 and 50, but it can also affect children

Can anyone else get Psoriatic Arthritis?

Contagion of autoimmunity: generally not; see details in contagion of autoimmune diseases.

Psoriatic Arthritis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Psoriatic Arthritis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Psoriatic Arthritis.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Psoriatic Arthritis: Rheumatologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Psoriatic Arthritis.
Treatments for Psoriatic Arthritis: see treatments for Psoriatic Arthritis
Research for Psoriatic Arthritis: see research for Psoriatic Arthritis

Society issues for Psoriatic Arthritis

Hospitalization statistics for Psoriatic Arthritis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Psoriatic Arthritis:

• 0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 92% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 62% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 38% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Psoriatic Arthritis:

Organs and body systems related to Psoriatic Arthritis include:

• Joints

Name and Aliases of Psoriatic Arthritis

Main name of condition: Psoriatic Arthritis

Class of Condition for Psoriatic Arthritis: autoimmune

arthropathic psoriasis, psoriatic spondyloarthritis, Arthritis psoriatica, Psoriatic arthropathy

Psoriatic Arthritis: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Psoriatic Arthritis:

• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Onchylolysis
• Dactylitis
• Arthritis mutilans
• Spondylitis

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