Atlanta and Portland, Oregon, 2nd March 2011 / CNW / - Two organizations leading patients have joined forces to be dealt with quickly for people on psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory disease that can cause joint damage, in particular s it is not diagnosed and. Â Smart mixed coalition, published today by the Arthritis Foundation National Psoriasis Foundation in collaboration with Amgen, Pfizer, and aims, psoriasis provide educational resources and capacity for people with psoriatic arthritis and other inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and plaque.
An essential part of the effort is BeJointSmart.org, a website, find information and resources for people with diseases more about it. The central message of the site is that people who have certain chronic inflammatory diseases should be carefully monitored their health in common, and consult a doctor if you experience pain, tenderness or swelling of joints that are more than three days, or similar symptoms coming and going several times experienced during a month.
"More than 7.5 million adult Americans have psoriasis, a chronic disease, the skin," said Randy Beranek, president and CEO of the National Psoriasis Foundation. Psoriasis occurs when the immune system sends faulty signals that speed up the growth cycle of skin cells. Up to 30% of patients diagnosed with psoriasis psoriatic arthritis can actually. "Many of them are unaware that they actually have this potentially debilitating form of arthritis."
"Early diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis may help stop or slow the progression of permanent damage to joints," said Dr. Patience White, vice president of the Arthritis Foundation of Public Health. "Through the 'Be Smart Joint "effort that we want to educate people with inflammatory forms of arthritis such as psoriatic arthritis to obtain an early diagnosis and treatment to reduce the potential for progression of joint damage. "
While 70 percent of those who develop the disease have lesions, others develop the arthritis first or skin and joint symptoms develop at about the same time. Individuals with a family history of psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis or another are also at risk.
If you or someone in your family psoriasis and / or experience persistent or recurrent pain, stiffness or swelling, called the Coalition Joint Smart you consult a doctor. To learn more BeJointSmart.org.
About the Coalition Joint Smart
BeJointSmart.org is a joint project of the Coalition Smart, a new effort by the Arthritis Foundation and the National Psoriasis Foundation is dedicated to people with psoriatic arthritis and provide a resource empowerment and education for themselves and for people with other inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. The Smart Common Coalition is made possible through a partnership with Amgen and Pfizer.
About the Arthritis Foundation
The Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) is committed to meeting the needs of 50 million adults and 300,000 children with arthritis, the nation's leading cause of disability. We fund cutting-edge research that mobility was restored in patients over six decades, the struggle for access to health care quality and provide relief programs to transform the disabling pain and limitations caused by arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, including.
About the National Psoriasis Foundation
The National Psoriasis Foundation (www.psoriasis.org) is the largest nonprofit organization serving people with psoriasis patient organizations and psoriatic arthritis. In addition to the support of nearly 2 million people each year through educational programs and services, the Psoriasis Foundation is the largest nonprofit developer of research on diseases worldwide psoriatic.
SOURCE Arthritis Foundation, National Psoriasis Foundation
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