Do you live with any other health conditions in addition to your PsA?
Many in the PsA community seem to live with multiple health conditions, especially since autoimmune conditions seem to "collect." I think one of the most obvious being psoriasis since up to 30% of people living with psoriasis may develop PsA.
Are you living with other health conditions? Which ones? Did you get diagnosed with them before or after your PsA diagnosis? Have they impacted your PsA management plan? Would love to learn more about your experiences!
I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, depression, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, glucose intolerance, high blood pressure. Another autoimmune problem they are still trying to figure out.
, I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, and high blood pressure, as well as a few others that have caused some surgeries. The good news is I am no longer considered Diabetic, and I am losing weight slowly it’s the neuropathy in my feet that is so painful!
They (4 docs) have been giving me all kinds of meds bit I don't feel any different. I would love to quit everything but if I feel this bad on meds how bad would it be without??
Hi @kpsaddleman, how long have you been on these medications? Have you had a chance to talk to your doctors about how you have been feeling? If you haven't already, I would definitely encourage you to speak to them. Medicine unfortunately can be tricky and there may be some trial and error until you find the right fit. I really hope you get relief! Jill, Team Member
Autoimmune Diseases often travel in packs. If you have one you might just have another. Diagnosed with P at 30 (though i'd had it on my scalp and a bit on my face since my teens), PsA at 36. Since then, Sicca/ likely Sjogren's though the test results are borderline-the symptoms are all there-Ugh, chronically dry eye, dry everything stomach ulcers, vision issues. Fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, stenosis, rosacea (my facial skin burns regularly), hidranetis supportiva and prediabetes. Its a 3 ring circus. It took years but I take most days as they come. I've been through numerous biologics until they stop working. There's always another to try. In the mean time, I take the best possible care of myself, exercise as much as I can, eat right and go for acupuncture weekly. Doing the best I can. Pain? medical Marijuana
The thing that helped my dry eyes from Sjogrens is Amniotic Membranes, now I still have dry eyes but not tearing my corneas anymore upon waking up! That was painful! Anti preservative eye drops help! You can use them as many times as you need to! I wish you the best!!!
ShariThanks for your reply! I’ll bring this up at my next rheumy appt. Take care, Elizabeth
I have been diagnosed with at least three autoimmune diseases. First was osteoarthritis in my right thumb joint in 1986, which now I’m unsure if that is really what that was. In 1994 I had my first neck fusion surgery to remove an osteophyte from spinal arthritis. Also in 1994 & 1997 I had carpal tunnel release surgery on both hands. 1998 left thumb/wrist arthroscopy cutting out the joint & replacing it with a tendon from my arm fashioned into a joint. Again in 2003 in the right hand arthroscopy surgery. My second spinal fusion surgery for osteophyte removal in 1998. I was diagnosed with Psoriasis in 2010 or so and Psoriatic Arthritis in 2012 and had third cervical fusion surgery in 2014. I have finger joint pain in both hands. Have had trigger finger injection once. Now I have Keinbock’s disease in my right wrist diagnosed this year. Is it from PSA? I will need surgery to fuse the wrist to relieve pain. Indeed! One would think so!
However, since those affected by auto-immune disorders/diseases are most often women...most women can easily fill in the rest of this sentence. Women continue to be ignored & dismissed in terms of medical research, diagnoses, treatment plans, & basic treatment as individuals. Men continue to be the gold standard & yardstick. While there are blips of change they are too little & way too late. Unfortunately, given current circumstances, I have little hope for positive change for women's health in the near future.osteoarthritis isn't an autoimmune disease
