Psoriasis And Psoriatic Arthritis
Some patients present only with psoriasis on some parts of the body, only on the skin. Some patients might present with only some form of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis where only joints are affected. However, there are some patients who may present with psoriasis on skin as well as arthritis which is related with psoriasis; which is called as Psoriatic arthritis. Patients having psoriasis and arthritis pose a greater difficulty in its management and treatment. It is much more complex a disease than treating only psoriasis or only arthritis in isolation. The complexity and the challenge in the treatment is because of the fact that internal changes within the body which are essentially immunological and genetic are more complex, more severe and more intense in the cases of psoriatic arthritis where by various parts of skin are affected as well as the joints and ligaments of body at various levels may have been affected along with the skin . The disease is definitely more sev