These nutrients can help arm our immune systems to combat viruses, bacteria, and help
us with our psoriatic disease.
All of these processes are vital - especially when you're dealing
with psoriatic disease!
Obesity: Researchers have known for some time that people
with psoriatic disease are more likely to be obese than the normal population.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
As Leaders we have an opportunity to help mothers find current information about
psoriatic disease to share
with their healthcare providers.
«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 risk tool could also benefit people
with other inflammatory rheumatic
diseases that carry higher heart
disease risk, such as lupus and
psoriatic arthritis.
Until recently opinion was divided as to whether
psoriatic arthritis was a
disease in its own right, or psoriasis combined
with rheumatoid 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.
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).
Dating
with psoriatic arthritis is hard — I put myself out there, but I am also afraid that my
disease will keep men from wanting to get serious.
Here, people
with psoriatic arthritis tell us what they want others to know about living
with the
disease.
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.
Cardiovascular
Disease: Research continues to link psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, especially in people with severe pso
Disease: Research continues to link psoriasis and
psoriatic arthritis
with an increased risk for cardiovascular
disease, especially in people with severe pso
disease, especially in people
with severe psoriasis.
Having the right medical care is SO crucial when dealing
with any chronic condition, especially an autoimmune
disease such as
psoriatic arthritis.
And
with an autoimmune
disease such as
psoriatic arthritis, self - care is essential.
It's always bitter sweet to connect
with other
psoriatic disease warriors.
Through the years, Jen has also experimented
with different diets, which she says plays a huge part in helping her manage her
psoriatic disease.
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.