By Rachael Stovall, MD, as told to Kendall Morgan
People with psoriatic arthritis face many challenges. The first one may be in learning that they have psoriatic arthritis. The diagnosis process can be difficult. For many, there may be a delay to diagnosis in this disease of anywhere from 6 months to 2 years or even longer. One study found that more than half of psoriatic arthritis patients had a diagnostic delay of more than 2 years. It tends to be harder to get a timely diagnosis when you are younger at the time symptoms start.
One reason for the delay is…
