More than 100 different types of arthritis. Term arthritis is derived from the Greek arthron, "joint", and "itis", in accordance with, in accordance with the inflammation.
In spite of this, the conditions for the accession criteria are in some of the diversity of forms, which are the common lot of arthritis than others. Examples are Rheumatoid, osteoarthritis, Gout, pseudogout, psoriatic arthritis (PA).
PA is the arthritis that occurs if the patients who also have dandruff, skin condition in increased chronic, systemic, sia, based on the characters in the form. According to the National Psoriasis Foundation at a rate of 10-30% of people with dandruff to develop the PA.
In this condition, the symptoms may be mild. However, many of the patients develop severe arthritis high stiffness, joint pain and limited on behalf of the authorities, prepared. One of the disease differing joint and tendon joints next to the involvement of emotional life. Tendon and ligament involvement may be in terms of greater than the common participation.
Tendons, which are shown in the patellar tendon is often the Achilles tendon, knee, elbow and tendon, and toes.
Patients with the PA to develop painful local swelling and toes. Prepared can be so large that the numbers look like sausages. They are sometimes referred to by the "sausage two-digit years." PA unusual, but a devastating form may be the cause of the fingers of the deformity and mutilation.
The skin is not usually difficult for dandruff, participation in the on-the-spot, even though it would be important to examine all areas, if the rash can also occur on the back of the scalp and ears, armpits, belly button, and the lymph nodes of the gluteal region.
Finger nails and toe nails can display small stones, or appear to be, in fact, lift off the nail-bed. These changes are sometimes misdiagnosed as fungus.
Systemic symptoms and signs may be present. A large percentage of patients with psoriatic arthritis develop signs of eye disease. Significant morning stiffness, lasting at least one hour, and the fatigue is also of this disease.
PA may also attack the axial skeleton-spinal column.
PA treatment is proper diagnosis and aggressive therapy. Diagnosis is suspected clinically, and may establish procedures such as magnetic imaging (MRI).
Anti-rheumatic disease modifying drugs, such as methotrexate and sulfasalazine may be useful in tendon and ligament in peripheral inflammation. In General, while the patients require cancellation of the biologic therapy. Tumor necrosis inhibitors such as Enbrel, Humira, Remicade and Simponi can be quite useful.
Nathan Wei, MD, FACP, FACR is a rheumatologist and the arthritis treatment Center-http://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com/. He is a former Assistant Professor of medicine, University of Maryland, University of, school of medicine and consultant to the health of the plants. For more information: http://www.arthritis-treatment-and-relief.com/arthritis-treatment.html
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