Knowing triggers and early warning signs is key. When Julie Cerrone developed psoriatic arthritis (PsA), she didn’t know what it was. She’d had knee problems and chronic pain for years but wasn’t ...

Early diagnosis ... by the Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) score; the mean (SD) DAPSA score was 17.5 (14.3) for patients with axPsA and 11.2 (7.4) for patients not diagnosed with PsA.

Blood tests check for signs of inflammation ... Keeping joints as mobile as possible. Early, aggressive treatment of PsA helps to minimize the effect of the disease on your quality of life. Managing ...

About half of the people who have plaque psoriasis see signs of psoriasis on their fingernails at some point 2. When psoriasis affects the nails, you may notice: Psoriatic arthritis When psoriasis ...

For example, RA may cause scarring on the lungs that makes it hard to breathe. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory ...

To elucidate this topic, we studied which baseline clinical characteristics ... in PSoriatic Arthritis (IRR=1.05, p=0.006) and swollen joint count (IRR=1.07, p=0.034) as predictors. Conclusions ...

Patients with inadequate response entered early escape at week 16. The primary measure of clinical response was ACR20. Other measures included Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC), Psoriasis ...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most well-known form of arthritis ... If a child has the following joint pain issues, they must be treated as "warning signs" and urgent consultation and proper ...

Methods We used data collected in the Dutch southwest Early Psoriatic Arthritis cohoRt study to select patients ... Table 1 shows the baseline characteristics of patients starting on MTX monotherapy ...