Psoriasis arthritis is a type of psoriasis which affects the joints of hands and feet of the affected individual and is a chronic condition featuring skin inflammation with patchy, raised and red scaly areas. Being a systemic rheumatic disease, this condition shares its characteristics with other arthritic conditions as well and is usually observed to occur among men and women who belong to the forties and fifties age groups.
Since knowledge is the best defense against any disease, the following 10 facts listed here serve as important guidelines for psoriasis arthritis which every individual should be aware of:
- Like its parent disease psoriasis, psoriasis arthritis is also chronic nature and the intensity of symptoms may vary from one individual to another. Therefore, while the symptoms may come and go in case of patients who suffer from the mild form of this disease, they may be more persistent and painful in case of patients who experience it more severe form.
- Psoriasis arthritis is known to manifest itself in form of five clinical patterns and these are generally known to evolve from one another rather than existing exclusively. Some of the typical areas of the body which are affected from psoriasis arthritis are the large joints of the lower limbs, distal joints of fingers and toes and back and sacroiliac joints.
- Since the exact cause of psoriasis is unknown, so also the exact cause of psoriasis arthritis is also yet to be determined. Although there is strong evidence to prove that genetic factors may be the main cause of this disease, the possible role of environmental factors and bacterial infections cannot be ruled out.
- Although it is a form of psoriasis, only 15% of patients develop arthritis prior to psoriasis while in case of the majority 85% the symptoms of psoriasis manifest themselves much before the symptoms of arthritis.
- The symptoms of psoriasis arthritis like painful and swollen joints are similar to medical conditions like gout and rheumatoid arthritis as well due to which the probability of misdiagnosis is very high. In such a situation, skin biopsies and observation of skin and nail changes are used to confirm the occurrence of psoriasis arthritis.
- Patients who suffer from a mild form of psoriasis arthritis may experience periodic appearance and disappearance of symptoms and are therefore recommended to take medications only when the symptoms appear and refrain when they disappear.
- The symptoms of psoriasis arthritis are liable to aggravate if the patient has a strong family history of psoriasis, suffers from the disease from a very young age, is already afflicted with other forms of arthritis and has extensive skin involvement.
- Research has established that psoriasis arthritis usually occurs between 30-55 years of age and equally affects men as well as women. Likewise, while 95% of the patients of psoriasis arthritis suffer from swelling in joints, 80% are known to suffer from nail lesions.
- The hereditary nature of psoriatic arthritis is further emphasized from the findings that the chances of it spreading between identical twins is as high as 70% while the chances of the disease being passed on to the next generation is higher with fathers than mothers.
- Psoriasis arthritis does not co-exist with rheumatoid arthritis unless in extremely rare cases in which the latter is usually dominant.
Q:
Is it safe to get a bikini wax? I don’t have any sign of genital psoriasis. Or am I just asking for trouble?
A:
There is always a potential risk of producing psoriasis in any area of irritated skin. For instance, females often develop tiny “spots” of psoriasis on their legs following repeated shaving, and males have similar problems in their beard area. I have also seen psoriasis develop in areas of a bikini wax but feel that this is only occasional a problem. I would strongly recommend the use of , moisturizers after a bikini wax to reduce irritation. Should psoriais develop, it should be very easily controlled with small amounts of topical cortisone preparations.
Q: I just had a baby. I have a moderate outbreak of psoriasis, including lesions on and between my breast. What topical medications can I use while nursing that will not cause harm to my baby? Also, is it safe to use tar products or Dovonex in areas of the body that are not near the breasts while breast feeding?
A: Psoriasis often improves during pregnancy and flares up subsequent to pregnancy as in your case. Small amounts of cortisone creams as well as tar preparations are safe to use while nursing and will not cause any harm to the baby. As it is unsure as to whether Dovonex is excreted in human milk, is is not advised that Daivonex be used while nursing. Therefore, it is suggested that even though you are not using Daivonex near your breasts that this should not be used at all while you are nursing.
If you are curious what the effect might be of plastic or cosmetic surgery on psoriasis. Then I can only tell you what I read once.
The MD said that the only potential dangers with plastic surgery in patients with psoriasis would be the possibility of psoriasis developing within the scars of plastic surgery. This is not uncommonly seen when “face lifts” are performed, with psoriasis developing in the scars around the fringes of the scalp, particularly, behind the ears.
Likewise, “needle sticks” as would be utilized in liposuction could possibly lead to the production of psoriasis at the sites of the needle sticks. Your plastic surgeon should be warned of this possibility and a dermatologist consulted to reduce this risk
I thought I write a little Proz92 review and let you know about my experience with the product.
I ordered proz92 back in 2009 and used it for about 2 months, the experience was not very pleasant to put it mildly. So for starters you have to clean lesions with hydrogen-peroxide which if you have open lesions hurts already. Then you go to applying the proz92 which again hurts like crazy. I have to say the lesions start peeling as stated in the instructions. But the problem is they keep on peeling so if there is new skin it burns off as well and that way you irritate the skin and the P gets even worse
Hang on I am not finished with the proz92 review yet 
or am I? No. To summarize it smells bad it hurts and it only made my psoriasis worse. Now I have to be fair this doesn’t mean it will not work for you as we all know that what works for one doesn’t work for another. Now that can goes both ways right what doesn’t work for one might work for the other
I did give proz92 another try as my refund period was over before I decided this was not for me so I had one bottle left and tried it again and the same issues happened psoriasis got worse and applying the proz92 was hurting like hell again so I stopped it again after a month.
Now the statement they put on their website is a bit misleading to say the least, they say “ProZ92 is guaranteed to get you results or we’ll refund your purchase price.” I agree it gets you results but it would have been fair to say that it is not always a positive result as my experience shows.
I will go hunting for the next best psoriasis cure in the world at least I will read a lot because I have bought enough stuff now that doesn’t really work.
I have to say that at the moment I have my P kinda under control (knock on wood) but it is with a lot of sacrifice, I quite smoking, I quite drinking, I lost 25 LBS, take methotrexate and apply daivonex regularly now and the psoriasis is slowly slowly disappearing.
So the conclusion of my proz92 review is that it didn’t work but i can not say proz92 is a scam as that would be very hard and I take it proz92 don’t want to risk a lawsuit. And as I said it might work for somebody else and I did read of some independent people stating proz92 worked for them
So much for my proz 92 review if you have any comments concerns please leave me a comment at the bottom of this proz92 reviews post
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There are several types of psoraitic arthritis aka arthritis psoriasis- from a symmetrical arthritis of many joints that mimics rheumatoid arthritis, to arthritis affecting only the joints of the fingers and toes, to arthritis of the spine.
The common thread is pain, stiffness and swelling of the affected joints, occasionally with X-ray changes. If you have painful, swollen joints or morning stiffness that lasts for more than two weeks, and skin lesions of psoriasis, you should ask to be referred to a rheumatologist as well as your dermatologist.
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