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hi this is Tom from Jared finals calm in this video I'm going to be going through psoriatic arthritis and you can find written notes on this topic at zero define or calm slash psoriatic arthritis or in the rheumatologist section of the zero de finals medicine book so let's jump straight in psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis that's associated with psoriasis and it can vary in severity so patients might have a mild stiffening and soreness in the joint or the joint can be completely destroyed in a condition called arthritis muta Lance it occurs in about 10 to 20 percent of patients who have psoriasis the skin condition which causes rashes and scaly patches to occur on places like the elbows or on the scalp and usually it occurs within about 10 years of developing the skin changes so if you've had the skin changes for more than 10 years and they haven't developed psoriatic arthritis then it's unlikely to develop after 10 years it typically affects people in middle-age but it