Psoriatic Arthritis News

We begin with a 24-year-old previously healthy female presenting with gradual worsening — over the last few months — migraine-like headaches accompanied by nausea but no vomiting. She was in a usual state of health when she started getting headaches, that were described as intermittent with a deep ache sensation. The headaches were unilateral and would switch from left to right and sometimes occur between the eyes. The patient described the severity as 8 out of 10. The headaches did not wake her from sleep, and she was unsure of what triggered them. She denied hearing loss, tinnitus, numbness or tingling of extremities, weakness, joint pain, joint swelling or rashes. She reported no new medications.

Just 32.1% of reproductive-age women with rheumatic diseases use any kind of prescription contraception, while at the same time more than 70% use at least one fetotoxic medication, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Patients with psoriasis affecting less than 10% body surface area can be considered severe cases, especially among those with psoriatic arthritis, based on features including location, quality of life and comorbidities, according to a presenter at the Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

Johns Hopkins Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Survey as the top-ranked hospital in the country for rheumatology for the 2018 to 2019 year.

Almost one in five patients with psoriasis worldwide also had psoriatic arthritis, with congruous results seen across many different statistical subpopulations, according to data recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Physical activity should be an integral part of standard care in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis and knee and hip osteoarthritis, and all health care providers should take responsibility for promoting its use, according to recommendations released by EULAR.

Axial involvement in psoriatic arthritis is associated with a greater risk for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, with higher disease activity and a more pronounced impact on the patient’s quality of life, according to findings published in the Journal of Rheumatology.

Healio Rheumatology is proud to announce the launch of Rheuminations, a podcast series hosted by Adam Brown, MD, focusing on medical mysteries and other ripping yarns of the immune system gone awry.

Health-related quality of life measures for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis were generally similar, with a tendency toward worse scores among those with psoriatic arthritis, according to findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

AMSTERDAM — More than 75% of patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with certolizumab pegol demonstrated low disease activity in a 4-year study, and nearly 60% achieved minimal disease activity, according to findings presented at the EULAR Annual Congress.