Psoriatic Arthritis

Not sure about the p arthritis, but psoriasis is a bitch to deal with and will kill your dating life dead if you are a young person with a severe case of it. The treatments are costly, ineffective, and often make the disease worse in the long run. If I wanted to ruin someone’s life without actually killing them, I’d give them guttate psoriasis on 70-80% of their body.

I’ve got a relative that has it. It’s rough on her sometimes. She hurts a lot when the weather changes. She tried a couple of different biologics for a while anthey did some good. However, she started having a reaction to them, so she quit taking them.

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That is some nasty stuff that will destroy your liver. I’ve never had the stones to go that route or try the biologics. I just use steroid cream on visible areas of my scalp and cover the rest of my body. Not much else to be done. I’ve considered suicide many times.

I have a mild case of psoriasis and minor psoriatic arthritis. My psoriasis is limited to the scalp and to my legs. The arthritis is primarily in my right hand and knee. I actually showed signs of the arthritis before the skin rash became a thing. I've been told it could get worse or it could stay the same. If it gets worse, then I'll explore pharmaceutical options to keep joint damage from progressing, but until then I'll keep going without anything. I feel for the people who have it bad. That doesn't look like fun. 36 yo male, for reference.

Some of the injections like Taltz can knock it out in a few months, costs about $25 dollars a month or so.