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Psoriasis is more than a matter of skin symptoms. Even if you’re familiar with its usual flare-ups, it’s important to recognise how psoriasis can impact overall health and bring other challenges that often go unseen... Read more. Download PDF

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PAPAA. Beyond the skin. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;62:3.

Diagnosis and treatment: An ophthalmologist will check for uveitis using a special microscope called a slit lamp and may suggest eye scans or blood tests to look for possible underlying causes... Read more.
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PAPAA. Eye involvement. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;62:4-5.

Diet is increasingly recognised as an important factor that may influence disease activity and patient quality of life. Recent studies show that specific dietary patterns can impact inflammation pathways central to psoriatic arthritis (PsA)… Read more.
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PAPAA. Diet studies. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;65:7.

Living with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis can present unique challenges in the workplace, from managing symptoms and flare-ups to facing stigma or discrimination… Read more.
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PAPAA. Navigating work. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;62:8-9.

Diagnostic imaging revealed: Your questions answered by a radiographer. If your doctor has recommended imaging, the reason may be clear, like getting an X-ray for a suspected broken wrist. But sometimes the need for a scan isn’t obvious, such as when you’re referred for a chest X-ray before starting steroid medication.​.. Read more.
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Chandler HE.Diagnostic imaging. Skin 'n' Bones Connection.2025;62:10-12.

When planning a family, it’s natural to wonder how psoriatic disease might affect pregnancy and your future children… Read more.
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PAPAA. Fertility and pregnancy. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;62:14-15.

If you live with psoriatic disease, you may already know that sleep disturbances are a common and frustrating part of the experience... Read more.
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PAPAA, Sleep disruption. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;62:16.

Did you know that men and women use different biological systems to manage pain?... Read more.
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PAPAA, The pain debate. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;61:6.

Ultra-processed foods are associated with a higher risk of developing psoriasis because of the way they impact the body’s inflammatory and immune systems... Read more.
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PAPAA. Ultra-processed food. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;61:8-9.

Recent research has shed light on a possible connection between psoriasis and endometriosis... Read more.
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PAPAA. Psoriasis and endrometriosis. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2025;61:16.

Scientists may have uncovered the root cause of psoriasis, a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global population. The condition is characterised by red, scaly patches that impact the quality of a patient's life and can sometimes be life-threatening...Read more
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PAPAA. A cure for psoriasis?. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;60:14-15.

Recently, scientists have begun exploring GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1), which could offer new benefits for those living with psoriatic disease... Read more
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PAPAA. Psoriatic disease and GLP-1. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;60:3.

Recent research has highlighted the crucial connection between genetics and the immune system in the context of psoriasis and psoriatic disease... Read more
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PAPAA. It's in your genes. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;60:4-5.

With renewed calls to limit both smoking and vaping in public spaces for health reasons, it is interesting to look further than the direct implications of inhaling smoke or vapour that contains nicotine... Read more
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PAPAA. Nicotine. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;60:8-9.

Scientists may have uncovered the root cause of psoriasis, a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global population. The condition is characterised by red, scaly patches that impact the quality of a patient's life and can sometimes be life-threatening...Read more
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PAPAA. A cure for psoriasis? Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;60:14-15.

Young adults who find it harder to cope with stress are more likely to develop psoriasis later in life. Low stress-resilience when enlisting for military service involves a 31% higher risk of developing psoriasis compared to high stress-resilience...Read more
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PAPAA. Stress and psoriasis. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;59:14-15

A new study finds that a certain biological pathway, a set of linked reactions in the body, drives the inflammation seen in psoriasis...Read more
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PAPAA. Skin inflammation. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;59:7

In the UK, 10-20% of the population report being tired for a month or longer, with 1.5% feeling a need to see their GP. The symptoms often include difficulty sleeping; muscle or joint pain; headaches; painful lymph nodes; sore throat; cognitive dysfunction; symptoms made worse by physical or mental exertion; flu-like symptoms; dizziness; nausea; or palpitations...Read more
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PAPAA. Feeling fatigued. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2024;59:10-11.

Studies examining fertility and pregnancy outcomes in women with psoriasis have reported conflicting findings, mainly due to limitations of study design. Most studies had small sample sizes (less than 100 women) and were therefore too small to detect significant differences...Read more
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PAPAA. Fertility and pregnancy. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;58:2-3.

The transition from psoriasis to psoriatic arthritis and the early diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis are of considerable scientific and clinical interest. People typically have psoriatic skin disease for a decade or more before they begin to experience the joint involvement of psoriatic arthritis...Read more
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PAPAA. From skin to joint. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;58:4-5.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced it is taking forward its new ‘regulatory sandbox’, the AI-Airlock, which will provide a regulator-monitored virtual area for developers to generate robust evidence for their advanced technologies...Read more
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PAPAA. Artificial intelligence. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;58:6-7.

What’s your gut got to do with it? you may ask, regarding your psoriasis. Apparently, quite a lot, according to new published data in Science Translational Medicine by the Inflammatory Arthritis Microbiota Consortium, based at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology...Read more
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PAPAA.  Are you what you eat? Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;58:8-9.

Methotrexate is an immunosuppressant medicine that is used to treat inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and, of course, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. It is also used as a cancer treatment...Read more
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PAPAA. Methotrexate and photosensitivity. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;58:16.

When a child becomes ill, with any condition, it can be distressing not only for the child, but for the parents, siblings, relatives and friend., It is, after all, natural for a parent to be concerned and even worried abut the health of their children. Even when their child is an adult, that concern and worry continues, particularly when they have a chronic condition...Read more
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PAPAA. Psoriasis in Children. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023; 57: 3.

In modern society, the need for home, work and leisure environments to be accessible and inclusive are imperative to a functioning lifestyle. The inclusion of wheelchair accessible entrances, sensory assistance and products to help make life easier for those with a physical or psychological disability are common within healthcare...Read more
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Chandler AL. The rise and adoption of assistive technology. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;57:4-5.

Did you know that uveitis, a condition that affects the eyes, is more common in people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis? Uveitis often happens in people who have an autoimmune condition. This is where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue...Read more
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PAPAA. Uveitis. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;57:8.

Nowadays, it seems that almost every TV celebrity and sports star parades some form of body art, especially tattoos. Among professional footballers, having at least one arm fully tattooed seems to be de rigueur. Historically, there was a strong element of class stigma associated with tattoos and some still think having a tattoo is confirmation of working-class status...Read more
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PAPAA. Tattoos and you. Skin 'n' Bones Connection. 2023;57:10-13.