Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are both forms of inflammatory arthritis. They each cause chronic swelling, stiffness, and pain in your joints.

Psoriatic arthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis. ... This doesn’t tend to happen with psoriatic arthritis. But other skin and nail changes are more likely with psoriatic arthritis than with RA.

Nail lesions (pitting, pulling away from the nail bed) = 1 point; Dactylitis ... Psoriatic arthritis usually looks different on X-rays than rheumatoid arthritis does. Bone Density Scan.

A look at ridges in fingernails. ... Healthcare practitioners may help diagnose and treat any underlying condition, such as peripheral vascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ...

Britain today live with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Unlike osteoarthritis (OA), RA is caused not by wear and tear but by the ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in children is now known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). ... Other signs of this condition include pitted fingernails and swollen fingers and toes.

Psoriatic arthritis has several patterns or subsets of arthritis: an asymmetric oligoarthritis; DIP and PIP arthritis with nail disease; rheumatoid-like arthritis (MCP, PIP, wrists); and arthritis ...

Alinaghi F, Calov M, Kristensen LE, et al. Prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational and clinical studies. Journal of the ...