Psoriasis Centre

Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic disease that about 10 to 30 percent of psoriasis sufferers experience in their life.It is an inflammatory disease that cause pain,stiffness and swelling of the joints.People may lose the usage of their hands,fingers,wrists or knees depending on the severity of the disease and where it is localized.The nails also can be affected by psoriatic arthritis and appear to be pulling away from the fingers or toes.
Early diagnosis is necessary to avoid permanent disability in people suffering from psoriasis but sometimes the arthritis developed before the patient have time to find psoriatic plaques on his body.
It is recommended to people suffering from psoriasis to contact their doctor as soon as they begin experiencing stiffness and pain.
Not only does psoriatic arthritis causes permanent disability it causes a loss of self-esteem for people suffering from it and can become a source of stress. It is sometimes believed that living in warm areas can prevent psoriatic arthritis from developing. However this belief does not have any scientific proof backing it. Although researches are continuing on this disease we can say that we are stii very far from a cure.
As long as there will be no treatment for psoriasis this chronic inflammatory disease will continue to plague the life of a lot of psoriasis sufferers.