Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a broad range of clinical features and courses. Manifestations can range from the involvement of musculoskeletal structures (including joints, entheses, synovial sheaths of tendons and the axial skeleton) to skin, nail, gut and eye involvement. An increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease among patients with PsA has also been well described. <\/p>\n
The worldwide prevalence of PsA ranges from 6% to 39% in patients with psoriasis and is equally likely to occur in both males and females. Joint deformities and destruction occur in approximately 40% to 60% of untreated patients. Given the joint destruction, functional impairment, reduced quality of life and psychosocial disability, it is not surprising that the disease burden among individuals with PsA is considered high.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","eb_course_cat":[],"class_list":["post-82850","eb_course","type-eb_course","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n