Sentences with phrase «of psoriatic disease»

Inflammation is the root of psoriatic disease - and really all chronic conditions.

Since one of the main drivers of psoriatic disease is an overactive immune system, by targeting the foods that invoke an immune response in your body, you can have the upper hand at controlling your inflammation.

Not exact matches

The play for psoriatic arthritis indications makes sense because it would add some depth to the companies» market penetration in the psoriasis - related disease space, which already has plenty of available options.

As of early this year, they're competing in psoriatic arthritis, too — and each drugmaker made its case this week with new data in that disease.

«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.

«The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of Inflectra (infliximab - dyyb), the first biosimilar to receive approval in the U.S. for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

Determining the individual contributions of each protein will help provide strategic therapeutic targets to change the course of a patient's psoriasis or, at the very least, provide a better understanding of how a change in the regulation of these proteins contributes to skin inflammation and psoriatic disease.

«Although anti-TNF treatments have revolutionised the management of psoriatic arthritis, new next - generation therapies are needed in the treatment of this disease,» he added.

Managing psoriatic arthritis can be challenging, especially since there's no cure for the autoimmune disease that tends to affect around 30 % of individuals who have psoriasis.

It's not clear which comes first — the weight or the disease — but extra weight stresses your joints, and ups your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and metabolic disorder (all of which are already a risk in people with psoriatic arthritis).

The good news for psoriatic arthritis patients is that there's a growing list of medications that can help treat the disease, from anti-inflammatory drugs such as Aleve to disease - modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).

Both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are autoimmune diseases, meaning the immune system attacks parts of the body (in the case of psoriatic arthritis, the joints).

And perhaps most importantly for psoriatic arthritis patients, omega - 3 fatty acids are famously heart - healthy and may reduce your risk of developing heart disease.

Most cases of asymmetric oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis (the most common form of the disease) are mild.

Psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune disease, which means the body's immune system turns on itself, in this case leading to inflammation of the joints.

And because extra pounds put added pressure on joints — potentially worsening psoriatic arthritis symptoms and leading to deterioration of the joints over time — patients should make it a goal to maintain a healthy weight, says Marie Jhin, MD, a board - certified dermatologist in the Bay Area who cares for patients with disease.

Like many other autoimmune diseases, symptoms of psoriatic arthritis tend to come and go, alternating between flares and periods of remission, often for reasons that are unknown.

(There are dozens of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.)

Osteoporosis: A study of people with psoriatic disease showed that 60 percent of patients had osteopenia, an early form of the bone disease, osteoporosis, and 18 percent had progressed to osteoporosis.

Metabolic Syndrome: There is a significant association between psoriatic disease and metabolic syndrome — a cluster of conditions that include heart disease, abdominal obesity and high blood pressure.

Only when I developed psoriatic arthritis did I start learning about the importance of diet in auto immune disease.

All of these processes are vital - especially when you're dealing with psoriatic disease!

Antioxidants that contain ample levels of flavonoids are very promising agents for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis as well as in other inflammatory diseases.

Here are a few of the top foods cut out by the vegan paleo diet, and how that can help psoriatic disease patients.

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.