Psoriatic arthritis
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What is psoriatic arthritis?
Psoriatic arthritis is a type of inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis of the skin and nails. Psoriatic arthritis is a seronegative spondyloarthropathy.
Common symptoms reported by people with psoriatic arthritis
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Skin sensitivity to sun (photosensitivity)
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for psoriatic arthritis
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Data from patients with psoriatic arthritis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with psoriatic arthritis
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
for psoriatic arthritis (3 evaluations)
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(8)
Perceived effectiveness
for psoriatic arthritis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
stomach pain
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(3)
Perceived effectiveness
for psoriatic arthritis (2 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
2
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(3)
Perceived effectiveness
for psoriatic arthritis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(3)
Perceived effectiveness
for psoriatic arthritis (3 evaluations)
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(3)
Perceived effectiveness
for psoriatic arthritis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(2)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
psoriatic arthritis
(1)
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with psoriatic arthritis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has psoriatic arthritis on PatientsLikeMe?
- 6 new patients joined this month
- 1437 say psoriatic arthritis is their primary condition
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
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<20 | 7 | |
20s | 44 | |
30s | 222 | |
40s | 565 | |
50s | 979 | |
60s | 781 | |
70+ | 317 |
Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
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0-19 years | 166 | |
20-29 years | 275 | |
30-39 years | 390 | |
40-49 years | 388 | |
50-59 years | 196 | |
60-69 years | 46 | |
70+ years | 10 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
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Male | 586 | |
Female | 2356 |
Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
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Diagnosed | 1827 | |
Not Diagnosed | 89 |
These charts show data from psoriatic arthritis patients who have completed their condition history
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