DO I HAVE IT ?

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I have noticed a number of posts relating to psoriatic arthritis. I have had skin psoriasis for over 20 years. I have had it a various times on the scalp, legs. elboes, knees, etc. Lately I have been experiencing pain in my left leg which is intermittent, and seems to radiate up and down my leg & also with pain in my shin bone. Could this be psoriatic arthritis? If so, what helps this condition.

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>I have noticed a number of posts relating to psoriatic arthritis. I have had >skin psoriasis for over 20 years. I have had it a various times on the scalp, >legs. elboes, knees, etc. Lately I have been experiencing pain in my left leg >which is intermittent, and seems to radiate up and down my leg & also with >pain >in my shin bone. Could this be psoriatic arthritis? If so, what helps this >condition.

Hi, Dwandless… in the beginning especially, it can be difficult to diagnose PA.  Have you seen a doctor about this pain yet?  I would not delay… if your regular doctor has no answers for you, or if he mentions "some kind of arthritis" without being very helpful about treatment, it would be time to ask for a referral to a rheumatologist (the specialist in all kinds of arthritis). Frankly, the description you gave doesn’t sound a lot like PA, but like I say, it can be different when it first starts.  However, it usually does hurt in a joint anyway, rather than radiating to the shin bone until there is advanced disease in the joint causing the radiating pain. Again, I am NOT a medical professional, so go and start getting some answers from the pro’s.  I would start with the regular doctor because you didn’t say specifically a joint pain, so it might be something else.   If you’d like to read more about PA, here’s a good site: http://www.aztec.co.za/users/drdoc/ One feature about PA (and RA for that matter) is that in the beginning, the pains are intermittant, and sort of jump around from joint to joint (making you think maybe I’m crazy and imagining this <G>).   Hope this helps! Best regards, LadyAndy2

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