I liked this description of Psoriatic Arthritis so I decided to post..
According to Penn Medicine:
Psoriatic Arthritis is a rheumatoid-like arthritic condition characterized by pain and swelling (inflammation) of the joints (arthritis) that occurs in association with gray discoloration or scaly plaques of the skin (psoriasis). Abnormalities of the nails may also be present. In many cases, skin symptoms precede the development of arthritis by several years. The exact cause of the psoriatic arthritis is unknown.
I had symptoms of arthritis long before psoriasis; and now only recently were they able to diagnose me with PsA because I got my first patch of psoriasis a week before I saw my rheumatologist.
Hi, Im sorry to hear that. I had a similiar instance I was suffering with a (L) foot pain from the toes upwards from last year January, had gone to specilaists was hospitalised and no results as to what was causing the pain until I went to a dermatologist for a patch that was not going away, she had diagnosed me with psoaritic arthritis.