Jennifer Pellegrin, 33, found out she had
psoriatic arthritis at a doctor's visit for an unrelated procedure.
Taming the beast «I describe psoriasis to my patients as a wild animal in a room — and the room is their life,» says dermatologist Andrew Blauvelt, MD, who sees a variety of complex cases as the research director of the Center of Excellence for Psoriasis and
Psoriatic Arthritis at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.
Not exact matches
One drugmaker is skipping the crowded psoriasis track altogether and going straight to
psoriatic arthritis: Pfizer, whose Xeljanz also came up big in studies presented
at ACR.
Cosentyx can steadily improve the signs and symptoms of
psoriatic arthritis — including patient - reported pain — over three years, Novartis said
at the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) annual meeting.
Psoriasis and
psoriatic arthritis can also place people
at risk of side effects from the long - term use of medications such as steroids and injectable medications.
Psoriasis (Ps) and
psoriatic (so - rye -
AT - ick)
arthritis (PsA) are conditions of the immune system that affect the normal production of healthy skin cells on the body.
«For many years, the rheumatology and dermatology communities have been trying to understand which patients with psoriasis go on to develop
psoriatic arthritis and how we might detect it earlier in the disease course,» explained senior investigator Cheryl Barnabe, MD, MSc, of the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine,
at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Based on recent laboratory work demonstrating that major depressive disorder is associated with increased systemic inflammation, the team of researchers hypothesized that psoriasis patients who develop depression are
at increased risk of subsequently developing
psoriatic arthritis.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers
at the University of Calgary, Canada, have found that psoriasis patients who developed depression were
at a 37 % greater risk of subsequently developing
psoriatic arthritis, compared with psoriasis patients who did not develop depression.
These mechanisms may include altered systemic inflammation as a consequence of depression, or even the role of lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity or nutrition, which are typically worsened by depression, and which may place an individual
at risk for
psoriatic arthritis.
The results of a large population study presented today
at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2015) showed an increased risk of developing
Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) among psoriasis patients exposed to physical trauma, particularly when the trauma involved bone and / or joints.
The results of two studies presented
at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference revealed promising data supporting two new drug classes for the treatment of
psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Researchers led by the
Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics at The University of Manchester have identified genetic variants that are associated with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) but not with psoriasis, in the largest study of PsA ever p
Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics
at The University of Manchester have identified genetic variants that are associated with
psoriatic arthritis (PsA) but not with psoriasis, in the largest study of PsA ever p
arthritis (PsA) but not with psoriasis, in the largest study of PsA ever published.
The findings could, in future, lead to the identification of people with psoriasis who are
at risk of developing
psoriatic arthritis.
Just as people with
psoriatic arthritis are
at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, they're also more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
In the case of rheumatoid
arthritis and
psoriatic arthritis, for example, «control [ling] inflammation is the goal of treatment,» says Dr. Askanase, although she notes that other pain management methods are usually used in addition to therapies aimed
at controlling inflammation, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
That means people with
psoriatic arthritis — most of whom developed psoriasis first — are
at risk as well.
So
at the time, I actually thought it could be helpful to find out that I had
psoriatic arthritis,
at least for insurance purposes.
At first, being diagnosed with
psoriatic arthritis didn't seem so bad.
«There are still generally a lot of people who don't know this condition exists,» says Alexis R. Ogdie, MD, director of the
Psoriatic Arthritis Program
at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.»
«Many of these supplements or vitamins may ease some of the symptoms of
psoriatic arthritis, but none have been shown to prevent damage,» says Guy Fiocco, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, in Bryan.
Clinics that offer a broader, team - based approach to treating psoriasis are also beginning to emerge, says dermatologist Andrew Blauvelt, MD, a professor
at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland and the research director of the universitys Center of Excellence for Psoriasis and
Psoriatic Arthritis, which combines the efforts of dermatologists, rheumatologists, and psychiatrists.
If you have psoriasis, or know anybody who does, it would be most advantageous to look
at this most comprehensive website called thepsoriasisprogram.com There are many articles including over 50 psoriasis suitable recipes The Psoriasis Program is the most comprehensive natural treatment program ever created for the psoriasis patient, it consists of 13 separate e-books (almost 700 pages in total) that allow the psoriasis or
psoriatic arthritis patient to successfully treat their condition
at home — without having to rely on creams or drugs.
Diabetes: People with psoriasis and
psoriatic arthritis are
at an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a 2012 study.
One study showed that children with psoriasis were
at much greater risk of being obese, while another showed being overweight
at 18 increased the risk of developing
psoriatic arthritis.
Julie Cerrone,
psoriatic -
arthritis blogger
at It's Just A Bad Day, Not a Bad Life, shares her favorite videos on her post «How Can I Get Into Yoga?»
In addition, biologics can improve mood very quickly, as people with
psoriatic arthritis are
at great risk for depression.
Here, we take a look
at some common myths associated with
psoriatic arthritis and debunk them once and for all.
Researchers have long known that people with autoimmune forms of
arthritis, such as rheumatoid
arthritis and
psoriatic arthritis, are
at higher risk for celiac disease 2,3, an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten.