Psoriatic Arthritis

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My daughter's CRP was high when they ran a test 2 weeks ago.

Jolene- Did your psoriasis attack your nails? That is where my daughter's

started nearly a year ago. She has been exhibiting symptoms throughout the past

few months but they really came to a head 2 weeks ago when the joints in her

fingers were painful and hot to the touch. As soon as I googled " psoriatic

arthritis " , the first picture that popped up looked just like her hand.

I am in a holding pattern right now until we have this other bloodwork run....

She is better. What I did to help her was buy pencil grips and fatter pencils

and pens.

*~ Kami ~*

Re: [ ] Inflammatory arthritis with chronic urticaria

I have psoriatic took them almost a year to diagnos it. No blood worked

showed until about six months after i had the flare of which was the start of

it. My crp test was high. have they done this? have you lost weight?

I lost 30 pounds after about three months of the first show of the

psoriasis, couldn't eat, couldn't walk etc.

Jolene

In a message dated 9/30/2008 9:49:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tainabell@... writes:

Hi everyone,

I'm a new member. I have had inflammatory (not rheumatoid, I tested

negative for the rheumatoid factor) arthritis and chronic urticaria

for almost two years now. I also tested negative for ANA, ruling out

a lot of other things like lupus, etc. My x-rays show erosive changes

in my hands so my doctor has me on methotrexate now.

I'm on a dose of 12.5 mg of mtx and 200 mg daily of plaquenil (for

six months now) and am seeing NO results for either the

swelling/joint pain or the hives. I'm sort of at a loss.

Here are my questions. Do a lot of people not see any results from

these meds? Also, how atypical is it that my doctors haven't

specifically categorized my arthritis yet? Shouldn't I at least have

a diagnosis? Also, I just ordered The New Arthritis Breakthrough

about antibiotic treatments. Is anyone on this board doing this with

any success?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jen

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I have psoriatic arthritis and or ra its a hard diagnosis, i woke up one

day with the sores but as my doctor says its hard to make a difference

between the two, although they are both different they are treated mostly the

same............

Jolene

In a message dated 10/12/2010 8:40:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

anelica1016@... writes:

Hi, I haven't posted for awhile. I am seronegative blood but present with

joint pain in back, neck, wrists, hands and feet. Sometimes knees. I have

been on Plaquenil for 4 months. I think it may be helping, but hard to tell

because I found out I was pregnant a month ago. Plaquenil is safe for

pregnancy.

The RA doctor has been leaning towards a diagnosis of RA, however, I have

developed nail problems. I blamed the Plaq. but she assured me it does not

do this. I went to dermatologist who tested for fungus infection which came

back negative and she said most likely its psoriasis of the nails.

I went to my RA doctor and let her look at my nails and she concurred with

dermatologist that it is. She said it can be associated with joint pain

and swelling. When I looked it up on internet, looks like I may have psoriatic

arthritis.

What does anyone know about this disease? Or, can I have RA still and

psoriasis of the nails? Any input is welcomed. Thanks