Psoriatic Arthritis

Recently I have been suffering with joint pain mainly in my right hand, it seems to be worse in the morning and there is some swelling so on a trip to my dermatologist I mentioned it. He explained that 1 in 5 people with Psoriasis also suffer with Psoriatic Arthritis, my dermatologist has referred me to a Rheumatologist.


Obviously being me I have researched it heavily, I am now pretty confident I have it and have already being looking at treatments. Methotrexate seems to come up in discussion a lot as an effective treatment so I presume I will just continue to use it to treat both my Psoriasis and arthritis, pain killers are often prescribed but to be honest I don't particularly struggle with the pain, it is more frustrating than anything.


The main problem I have is waiting 8 weeks to see a specialist through the NHS as my private health insurance will not cover so called 'chronic' conditions. I hate being in the dark about things and not knowing is stressing me out.


Suppose we will have to wait and see how it goes!

Psoriasis? Prepaid persciptions are saving me a fortune!

Obviously as you all know psoriasis isn't something that will just go away with a months course of tablets, it gets expensive paying for prescriptions especially if your like me having to pay for 3 or 4 different medicines at a time! A 12 month prepaid prescription certificate has a one off cost of £104, with this you can purchase as many prescriptions in that 12month period as you want at no extra cost!

I have also found that a lot of over the counter moisturizing products can be prescribed by a doctor therefore these can be collected using your prepaid prescription certificate saving even further money.

For more info got to http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/1127.aspx

A bit about me and my Psoriasis

Thanks for taking a look at my blog, my names Michael and I am a long term sufferer of psoriasis.



For as long as I can remember I have have suffered with psoriasis in varying degrees of severity, from a few tablet sized plaques on my elbow to a large portion of my back covered in it but only now at the age of 22 have I been diagnosed with servere psoriasis. I currently have psoriasis on every part of my body however I do see myself as lucky, apart from a small amount on my forehead my face seems to stay relatively clear.



I plan to use this blog to tell my story of dealing with psoriasis on a day to day basis. I will be discussing issues I come across, treatments im using and I will keep you up to date with photos of how its progressing.