A multidisciplinary team for the diagnosis and management of psoriatic arthritis

Abstract

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a special subtype of psoriasis, which severely influences the quality of life of the affected people. Clinical manifestations of PsA are diverse. In addition to skin lesions, PsA patients often have musculoskeletal symptoms, nail changes, and ophthalmological features that simultaneously or successively occur with the skin lesions. Therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of PsA are challenging because of its various symptoms. In recent years, multidisciplinary management of PsA is gradually being valued, because early screening, diagnosis, and treatment can effectively control signs and symptoms of PsA, improve patients’ quality of life, and slow down the disease progression to a larger extent.