What is Psoriatic Arthritis?
What is Psoriatic Arthritis?
- Psoriatic Arthritis: Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the skin (psoriasis) and joints (arthritis). Psoriatic arthritis is said to be a seronegative spondyloarthropathy and therefore occurs more commonly in patients with tissue type HLA-B27.
- Psoriatic Arthritis: a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Psoriatic Arthritis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Psoriatic Arthritis: Introduction
Types of Psoriatic Arthritis:
Broader types of Psoriatic Arthritis:
Who gets Psoriatic Arthritis?
Gender Ratio for Psoriatic Arthritis: female predominance
What causes Psoriatic Arthritis?
Causes of Psoriatic Arthritis: see causes of Psoriatic Arthritis
What are the symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis?
Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis:
see symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis
Onset of Psoriatic Arthritis: Psoriatic arthritis can develop at any age, however on average it tends to appear about 10 years after the first signs of psoriasis. For the majority of people this is between the ages of 30 and 50, but it can also affect children
Can anyone else get Psoriatic Arthritis?
Contagion of autoimmunity:
generally not; see details in contagion of autoimmune diseases.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Psoriatic Arthritis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Psoriatic Arthritis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Psoriatic Arthritis:
see treatments for Psoriatic Arthritis
Research for Psoriatic Arthritis:
see research for Psoriatic Arthritis
Society issues for Psoriatic Arthritis
Hospitalization statistics for Psoriatic Arthritis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Psoriatic Arthritis:
- 0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 92% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 62% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 38% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 17% of hospital consultant episodes for psoriatic and enteropathic arthropathies required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Psoriatic Arthritis:
Organs and body systems related to Psoriatic Arthritis include:
Name and Aliases of Psoriatic Arthritis
Main name of condition: Psoriatic Arthritis
Class of Condition for Psoriatic Arthritis: autoimmune
Other names or spellings for Psoriatic Arthritis:
arthropathic psoriasis, psoriatic spondyloarthritis, Arthritis psoriatica, Psoriatic arthropathy
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