Pain but no swelling?

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" new jersey " <newjerseyy@... wrote: " I have pain all over and am on

15mg's of methotrexate .

I have psoriatic arthritis...25 years old... How come i never have swelling?

and can joint damage occur without swelling? "

All I can say is that I have never noticed the slightest bit of swelling,

but I certainly have the pain! My PA mainly seems to affect my tendons etc

rather than joints, but even where I do have joint pain, there's no swelling

visible to me, although I don't know what it might look like under an x-ray

or MRI or whatever. Although I'm glad that the PA doesn't affect my

appearance (and the P is only minimal too), it's also frustrating because on

the outside, there's not the slightest indication that there's anything

wrong, until you watch me walking up stairs or trying to get up from a

chair. But even if the outside world can't see it, don't for one minute

start thinking you're imagining the pain!