Arthritis Precedes Psoriasis More Often Than Expected

Hannah Y. Gantz

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New research has found that symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) often precede psoriasis (PsO) development and psoriasis skin lesions.¹

“PsA occurs in about 30% of patients with PsO, and an additional 5%–15% of psoriasis patients may have undiagnosed PsA. The current dogma is that PsO skin lesions generally occur before the emergence of arthritis. Recognizing arthritis as PsO in patients who do not yet have cutaneous PsO may be challenging, however. Physicians may diagnose patients with PsA in the absence of psoriasis as having other forms of arthritis,” lead investigator Hannah Y. Gantz, MD candidate, Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and colleagues wrote.¹

Gantz and colleagues…