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What happens to your body when you have psoriatic arthritis?

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Erosion: The tissue inpsoriatic arthritis can erode bone moderately rapidly and cause not only soft tissue swelling and pain and tenderness, but can cause the bones to shorten and the joints to becomeless useful and even fused.

Dr Michalski agreed

Answered 7/29/2015

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