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Types of Psoriatic Arthritis

Arthritis Mutilans
Arthritis Mutilans

Psoriatic arthritis mutilans is a rare type of psoriatic arthritis in which bone tissue disappears. Find out who's at risk, what the symptoms are, and more. Psoriatic arthritis mutilans is a rare type of psoriatic arthritis in which bone tissue disappears.

Asymmetric Arthritis
Asymmetric Arthritis

According to the Annals of Rheumatic Disease, between 6 and 42 percent of people who have psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis. The disease usually appears between the ages of 30 and 55 in people who have psoriasis, but it can be diagnosed during childhood.

source: arthritis.org
Distal Interphalangeal Predominant (DIP)
Distal Interphalangeal Predominant (DIP)

Distal interphalangeal predominant (DIP) psoriatic arthritis involves primarily the small joints in the fingers and toes closest to the nail. DIP psoriatic arthritis is sometimes confused with osteoarthritis, a chronic disease that causes the deterioration of joint cartilage and bone as well as bone spurs at the joints.

source: webmd.com
Frequent Joint Tenderness or Stiffness
Frequent Joint Tenderness or Stiffness

The symptoms of psoriatic arthritis include joint pain and stiffness, skin rashes, nail changes, fatigue, eye problems, and swelling and tenderness in fingers and feet. The symptoms of psoriatic arthritis include joint pain and stiffness, skin rashes, nail changes, fatigue, eye problems, and swelling and tenderness in fingers and feet.

source: arthritis.org
Spondylitis
Spondylitis

spondylitis affects the spinal column and may cause inflammation and stiffness in the neck, lower back, spinal vertebrae, or sacroiliac region (pelvic area), making motion difficult. spondylitis also

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Symmetric Arthritis
Symmetric Arthritis

symmetric psoriatic arthritis affects the same joints -- usually in multiple matching pairs -- on opposite sides of the body. symmetric psoriatic arthritis can be disabling, causing varying degrees of

source: webmd.com

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