Pictures can make it easier to understand or recognize the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, including joint swelling, nail changes, and dactylitis.

Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are both psoriatic diseases, which means they are related. Psoriasis increases your risk of PsA, but this doesn't mean you will get it. While there's no ...

To diagnose psoriatic arthritis in general, your doctor will probably do X-rays of your painful joints. They might also order an imaging test called an MRI , which takes pictures of the inside of ...

When psoriatic arthritis symptoms are under control, you may be tempted to stop taking medication. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.

A psoriatic arthritis rash can form anywhere on the body, but Dr. Cohen says they’re most common in places like the scalp, ears, elbows and knees. RUTH JENKINSON/Getty.

Metabolic syndrome is common in psoriatic arthritis and is a known risk factor for worse symptoms and poor treatment outcomes ...

Psoriatic arthritis and burden of disease: Patient perspectives from the population-based multinational assessment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (Mapp) survey. Rheumatol Ther . 2016;3(1):91 ...

Sometimes connection points for tendons to bones (entheses) can get inflamed and become painful due to injury, overuse, or disease. This is known as an enthesopathy; specifically, enthesitis.

Enthesitis is a key, but often overlooked, feature of psoriatic arthritis. Learn how this inflammation at tendon and ligament attachment sites can affect diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment.

Nearly 44% of psoriatic arthritis patients had symptoms for six months to five years before being referred to a doctor, ... Photos. Picturing This Week in History. U.S. News Decision Points.