Psoriatic Arthritis Psoriasis
Several years after
psoriasis has broken out, the patient may be affected by
psoriatic arthritis.This
is an inflammatory, chronic arthritis with variable degree of joint
manifestations.It involves peripheral joints (the hips, shoulders, hands
and feet) in 70% of cases.About 10 percent to 30 percent of people with
psoriasis also develop
psoriatic arthritis,
which causes pain, stiffness and swelling in and around the joints.but
for most people it appears between the ages of 30 and 50.
Psoriatic arthritis seems to affect men at a slightly higher percentage than women.