Arthritis psoriatica is a joint inflammatory disease associated with the disease psoriasis. Arthritis psoriatics is among the seronegative spondylartropathies. Seronegative means that there is no rheumatoid factor in the blood, as is the case with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis psoriatics occurs in about 10 to 30% of psoriasis patients. The disease can also occur in patients who have not previously had psoriasis. Joint arthritis psoriatic arthritis can be arthritis, but also an inflammation of the tendonitis (enthesitis). Both the joints of the limbs such as knees, hands and feet may be affected (the majority of patients) as the backbone (minority of patients.) Arthritis psoriatics seems to occur frequently in the family; Therefore, 80-85% of patients carry the HLA-B27 gene. Clinical image
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The treatment of psoriatic arthritis is the same as rheumatoid arthritis.
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