Rheumatoid Arthritis (and its variants) :

Psoriatic arthritis ????? - - Posted by sheepful (sheepful), 16 June 2003

Hi guys,

was just wondering if any of you out there are suffering from psoriatic arthritis.
I have got recurrent joint probs and suffer from psoriasis since I was a child - but I am too much of a chicken to ask my doctor about it (asked a derm before but got an answer like "oh - doesn't matter if you have it or not, would not make a difference in your treatment anyway").

Has anyone been diagnosed with it  WITHOUT directly adressing the suspicion to your doctor?

cheers,

sheepful
Posted by cat (cat), 16 June 2003

Haha, you sound like me!
I've been chicken too and am finally getting around to having the labwork done to check for RA. Better to know than not so you can get treatment I suppose!
cat
Posted by Iona_-Uk (Iona), 12 July 2003

Hi Sheepful
I don't know if this is any good but I found this on the net for you

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/pq/psoriaticarthritis.htm

http://www.rheumatology.org/patients/factsheet/psoriati.html

http://www.psoriasis.org/facts/psa/

Hope those help
Posted by sheepful (sheepful), 12 July 2003

Hi Iona,

very helpful!
Thanx so much!!!

sheepful
Posted by sheepful (sheepful), 12 July 2003

Found a couple fo more links:


https://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/psoriatic_arthritis.asp
 
http://www.arc.org.uk/about_arth/booklets/6029/6029.htm
 
 
These are quite good too,

sheepful
Posted by Iona_-Uk (Iona), 12 July 2003

Just an idea, why not put the links in the useful links forum, that way if the post gets archived we can still get the web links?

This old Forum was so valuable that we have kept it as an archive. It is just for reference. If you want to ask questions or offer advice, there is also a current Bulletin Board which you can access from our home page.