Psoriatic Arthritis (cont.)
What does the future hold for patients with psoriatic arthritis?
The future treatment of psoriatic arthritis will evolve as more
effective and safe medicines are developed. Recently, it has been shown
that vitamin D might actually improve the arthritis of psoriatic
arthritis. Other areas of research involve treatment with medications that
can alter the immune system of patients with psoriatic arthritis. As the
immune system changes and genetics are better defined in this illness, the
efficacy of these medical treatments will improve.
- About one in 10 people with psoriasis also develop
inflammation of joints (psoriatic arthritis).
- The first appearance of the skin disease (psoriasis)
can be separated from the onset of joint disease (arthritis) by years.
- Psoriatic arthritis belongs to a group of arthritis
conditions that cause inflammation of the spine (spondyloarthropathies).
- Patients with psoriatic arthritis can develop
inflammation of tendons, cartilage, eyes, lung lining, and, rarely, the aorta.
- The arthritis of psoriatic arthritis is treated independently of the
psoriasis, with exercise, ice applications, medications, and surgery.
For more information about psoriatic arthritis, please visit the
following sites:
National Psoriasis Foundation/USA
(http://www.psoriasis.org/)
References:
Clinical Primer of Rheumatology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, edited by William Koopman, et al., 2003.
Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, W B Saunders Co, edited by Shaun Ruddy, et al., 2000.
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