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Thu-27-09-2018, 07:30 AM
Hi Imapsomum,
Principally the dermatologist is right. For Psoriactic Arthritis it is known that it is mostly in the small joints, like fingers and feet. Still I read from people on the forum with Psoriactic Arthritis that they may also have problems with the larger joints like knees and hips.
Still this does not answer your question, the stiffness.
I remember when I got the Psoriactic Arthritis, the first signals were not my joints but my tendons. I used to be a runner in my younger youth, and it all started with several injuries on my Achilles‘ tendons, before it became feelable the joints of feet and fingers.
I don’t know if others have identical experiences, but I once have read somewhere (don’t know where anymore) that injuries to tendons may be a signal for approaching Psoriactic Arthritis.
So if you expand this thought, the stiffness in your sons neck might be related. But, this is a wild guess and totally not supported by any evidence, just a thought and rememberance of my own problems.
If he will be on treatment I suspect that in that case also the effect for his neck may change in the good.
Caroline
Principally the dermatologist is right. For Psoriactic Arthritis it is known that it is mostly in the small joints, like fingers and feet. Still I read from people on the forum with Psoriactic Arthritis that they may also have problems with the larger joints like knees and hips.
Still this does not answer your question, the stiffness.
I remember when I got the Psoriactic Arthritis, the first signals were not my joints but my tendons. I used to be a runner in my younger youth, and it all started with several injuries on my Achilles‘ tendons, before it became feelable the joints of feet and fingers.
I don’t know if others have identical experiences, but I once have read somewhere (don’t know where anymore) that injuries to tendons may be a signal for approaching Psoriactic Arthritis.
So if you expand this thought, the stiffness in your sons neck might be related. But, this is a wild guess and totally not supported by any evidence, just a thought and rememberance of my own problems.
If he will be on treatment I suspect that in that case also the effect for his neck may change in the good.
Caroline