Guest guest Posted August 30, 1999 Report Share Posted August 30, 1999 You mentioned Psoriatic Arthritis (PA) does not respond well and/or quickly to AP. Given the similarity of joint involvement to AS, is it better to follow the AS AP treatment? (Pierre posted a note about different antibiotics). This is a rather depressing thought (yep - I have PA)... -Mike- Re: rheumatic ...Dr Chiu >From: Dr Graham Chiu <anon_emouse@...> > >In article <002801bef09b$d1064a00$449966a6@sasc>, SC <sasc@...> >writes >>From: " SC " <sasc@...> >> >>This is very interesting. My dad had psoriasis and for a long time I had >>scabs on my scalp. This went away when in the hospital taking antibiotics >>after my hip operation but the arthritis really flared up. I have it in the >>sternum too and the moving around of joints, lower back and sore hands >>sounds familiar. Is it possible to have this without a lot of swelling? >>However my hands, feet and knees when they kick up do it symetrically most >>of the time. My hands altho rarely swelled show the typical joint >>involvement pattern of RA. Does any specific test show psoriactic arthritis? >> > >Not really. It's a clinical diagnosis. > > >------- >Regards, Dr Graham Chiu >Prospective Internet Observational Study in Arthritis >Home Page http://www.compkarori.com/arthritis/ >Contribute at http://www.compkarori.com/arthritis/contrib.htm >Data Entry at http://www.compkarori.com/cgi-local/piosa.cgi > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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