Health Boards
Thu-18-05-2017, 08:18 AM
Hello Angela,
Good morning (at least is is morning where I live) and welcome to Psoriasisclub.
I hope you will enjoy yourself with us. We are a friendly group of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis sufferers. With a broad range of problems, and luckily also some solutions that make living with Psoriasis better.
Soon, when the others are awake, some of them need a longer sleep, others will welcome you.
I can partially answer your questions, on my side it has been mostly the joint pain, the Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) part. What your doc says: "Joint pain is pretty normal", is not true. It is a sign of PsA and about 10% of the Psoriasis sufferers will have PsA in the end. If it becomes too much you need to do something about it to prevent damage in your joints, as the joint pain refers to inflammation in your joints.
What kind of doc do you have? A dermatologist?
I have it for about 15 years now and have it mostly under control.
I think Fred will point you to the location where you can score your P and PsA which will give you an insight of the severeness.
Hope to see you around.
Caroline
Good morning (at least is is morning where I live) and welcome to Psoriasisclub.
I hope you will enjoy yourself with us. We are a friendly group of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis sufferers. With a broad range of problems, and luckily also some solutions that make living with Psoriasis better.
Soon, when the others are awake, some of them need a longer sleep, others will welcome you.
I can partially answer your questions, on my side it has been mostly the joint pain, the Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) part. What your doc says: "Joint pain is pretty normal", is not true. It is a sign of PsA and about 10% of the Psoriasis sufferers will have PsA in the end. If it becomes too much you need to do something about it to prevent damage in your joints, as the joint pain refers to inflammation in your joints.
What kind of doc do you have? A dermatologist?
I have it for about 15 years now and have it mostly under control.
I think Fred will point you to the location where you can score your P and PsA which will give you an insight of the severeness.
Hope to see you around.
Caroline