I Have Psoriatic Arthritis

Hi everyone, thanks for having such a great group available. I am a 59 year old female diagnosed with a plethora of syndromes/diseases,etc. In my daily routine I take 13 different meds, for the PsA it's methotrexate, sulfasalazine...

This pain is awefull, i have been on loads of different treatments, and not one has helped it or worked. The pain that im suffering is awefull, am now on nothing while im waiting for news about a grant to have the treatment i need. All...

i came down with psa in 2007. even though my psoriasis is quite mild (just a few areas in the scalp) my psa affected my entire body and there were times i wished i wouldnt wake up anymore the following morning because that's when it...

I was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was roughly 24 years old. My psoriasis was and is moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, some inverse psoriasis, and I have it pretty much everywhere on my body.

Two years ago I started to feel...

10 yrs. ago, I received my Herbal studies certificate & started my herbalism career. Then 4 yrs. after that, I was stricken w/ psoriatic arthritis & did not know that I have it. I was just jogging one day then after that, my knee...

I am a 59 yr old woman, diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis (PSA) when I was 25, 34 years ago. The disease has progressed over the years, at first slowly, but then more rapidly with age. During Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer, the Chemo...

i've been feeling on top of the world lately. i took 2min off my 5km run and broke the 10.00 min mile mark, hiking more often, and enjoying some winter birdwatching to name a few things that have given back some time to myself. i went...

I have psoriatic arthritis and on humira for 3 years I called them my miracle injections my joint pains disappeared and so did my skin condition.

After 3 years humira is no longer working for me my horrendous joint pains are back with...

I am 41 years old now. I was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was 12 years old. The doc looked at my rashes then looked at my fingenails for tiny pits and ridges, which were present. He didn't know much about it, so treated it as...

Hi everyone!
I am 28 and was diagnosed with Psoriasis 2 years ago. Since I also had the nail changes I knew psoriatic arthritis was probably following. The doctor also prescribed methotrexate back then, but I never took it since I love...

It started during a time of high stress in my life, this psoriais, a disease I have learned to live with but secretly I have lived in fear of what next? It came last week when I started having swelling in my fingers, then my wrist, and...

Was only told yesterday at hospital. Although I have 2 have my 12 x-ray results back 2 confirm it.  I had 3 blood tests and have a ultrasound scan on my hands coming up dont know when yet though. I carn't walk very far before my...

I'm pretty sure my symptoms began while I was still in high school. I thought I just had a severe dandruff problem. For a few years after I graduated, I just tried to put up with it, trying every dandruff shampoo I could find. None...

I was diagnosed with PSA (Psoriatic Arthritis) about 6 or 7 years ago so i would have been only about 14 or 15 this was only after i have manny tests and x-rays on my second toe and knee they first thought that i have broken my toe...

I was about 60% finished having my left arm sleeved out when the latest tattoo in my collection just would not heal.  It would scab and flake, scab and flake.  The conditions were as sterile as can be, although with tattoos...

I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in my feet and ankles when I was 15 years old (I'll be 24 in a few weeks time) and I started with psoriasis when I was 7. After two failed relationships over the past several years I can't...

I have been diagnosed with arthritis and have severe psoriasis on my head.
It is in my knees, elbows, shoulders, hip lower back pain constantly. Now three days
Ago I woke up with dry swollen and sore finger. Aleve doesn't help nor does...

Since I was a kid.. I Believe back in pre-school? I have dealt with psoriasis.. it started out when I fell down on the play ground and scuffed up my knees and from there I had psoriasis which over the years has come and gone to...