We’ll discuss the distinct traits of psoriatic arthritis in Black patients, and the various environmental and genetic factors ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) develops in four stages: the preclinical stage, where those ...

Psoriatic arthritis commonly affects the back, fingers, toes, hips, knees, back of the heel and sole of the foot. The pain may be eased with over-the counter (OTC) pain relievers and NSAIDs ...

Most of the time, psoriasis is the first symptom of psoriatic arthritis. It causes silvery-white skin lesions called plaques, which may appear on your scalp, elbows, knees, and lower back. Eventually, ...

Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) affects men and women equally ... might play a role in developing PsA. Fingers and toes may swell, and nails might become pitted or separate from the nail bed. The heel or ...

and may cause complete swelling of a finger or toe, a condition that is also called dactylitis. (A diagnosis of psoriasis refers only to the skin disease.) People with psoriatic arthritis can also ...

Objective Dactylitis is a hallmark of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) where flexor tenosynovitis is common ... Methods Twelve patients with psoriatic dactylitis (4 fingers, 8 toes), and 10 healthy ...

Background Clinical metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPj) swelling is a frequent finding in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). It is assumed to be caused by intra-articular synovitis (IAS). However, ultrasound (US ...

Objectives Patient care can vary substantially by country. The objective was to explore differences in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) across countries for disease activity, impact and treatments. Methods A ...

Psoriatic arthritis is a type of arthritis linked with psoriasis - a chronic skin and nail disease that causes red, scaly rashes and thick, pitted fingernails. Even though the condition is similar ...

Introduction We aimed to compare the proportions of patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remaining on methotrexate (regardless of other ...

The research also sheds light on predictive factors for methotrexate treatment in psoriatic arthritis and atopic eczema. These findings could pave the way for personalized treatments and contribute to ...