Tuesday 13, Oct 2009
First-ever international guidelines for curing psoriatic arthritis
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Eminent rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates have come together for publishing the first-ever international guidelines for curing psoriatic arthritis, a disease that primarily affects individuals with psoriasis as well as those untouched by it.
The guidelines were presented by the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. The involved group was headed by Christopher Ritchlin, M.D., M.P.H., professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
From News-Medical.Net:
“In the past few years, new medications have become available that are incredibly effective for the various manifestations of psoriatic arthritis,” said Ritchlin, who treats about 250 patients with the disease. “Many patients’ find their lives changed for the better within just a couple of weeks. These guidelines are designed as a platform to make sure physicians around the world are aware of what’s available for their patients and to help them make sound treatment decisions.”
Psoriatic arthritis is an oft-forgotten cousin to its better known counterparts, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Doctors estimate that somewhere between 500,000 to 1 million people in the United States have psoriatic arthritis. Doctors say that about one out of four patients with psoriasis also gets psoriatic arthritis, and that conversely, about 15 percent of people who get the disease don’t have psoriasis.
It is believed that one out of every four patients with psoriasis also gets psoriatic arthritis and about fifteen percent of people who catch this ailment do not have psoriasis.
Presently, many treatment options including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and steroids injected into joints or tendons are available for treating this disease.
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