I have psoriactic arthritis ?

Psoriatic arthritis: The diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis depends upon both clinical and radiological findings. An inflammatory arthritis in a patient with psoriasis makes the diagnosis likely. However, not all patients with psoriasis and an inflammatory arthritis have psoriatic arthritis. Your internist or rheumatologist can properly diagnose you.

See a rheumatologist: Psoriatic arthritis may occur in up to 20%-30% of patients with psoriasis.If you have rheumatologist-diagnosed inflammatory arthritis and you have obvious psoriasis(or confirmed by a dermatologist), you likely have psoriatic arthritis.The pattern of affected joints can be different than with ra--whole finger or toe swelling(like a sausage, called dactylitis) is characteristic of psoriatic arthritis.