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Researchers have determined that a number of environmental factors, including trauma, are related to the onset of psoriatic arthritis in patients who have psoriasis. Dr. Ian N. Bruce, of the University of Manchester, UK, and his team investigated 98 patients with psoriasis who had developed inflammatory arthritis. These were compared to 163 psoriasis patients [...] Psoriatic arthritis is a joint disease developed by and estimated 20 to 40 percent of psoriasis patients. Detecting the disease in the early stages can provide an opportunity to administer treatments that can lessen the damage to the joints. Pharmaceutical company PharmaGenoma, through its subsidiary PsoriasisDx, has developed a genetic test to assist [...] Monday was global Psoriasis Awareness Day which lead me to research for today’s post. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that causes redness, itching, scaling and inflammation of the skin and inflammation of the joints, a condition known as psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis affects up to 15% of people with psoriasis. Psoriasis is not contagious [...] Today marks the 4th observance of World Psoriasis Day. The purpose is to increase awareness of this genetic immune system disease which affects 7.5 million people in the U.S. and 125 million people around the world. Psoriasis is a non-contagious skin condition that can lead to other serious conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, liver [...] Psoriasis is a genetic disease with at least eight chromosomes so far that researchers have identified as being connected to the genetic transmission of the disease. There are also several environmental factors that play key roles in the development of psoriasis, among them are drugs, skin trauma, infection and stress. [...] Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto-immune disease marked by inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissue. Psoriatic arthritis is a condition related to psoriasis, a chronic skin condition that is also an auto-immune disease. Psoriatic arthritis is usually confined to the knees, ankles, and joints in the feet. Treatment for psoriatic arthritis has generally [...] The first international guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis has been developed and published by a group of rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates. [...] |
  
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