Psoriatic Arthritis Question!

[Caroline]

I would say you're quite young, you shouldn't be getting aches and pains on a regular basis so it seems it might be psa but ask your derm about it, my derm diagnosed me and I haven't yet seen a rheumatologist at all.

My experience is not the small joints. It's aches and pains to do with ligaments. Currently my left hip feels like I did the splits too far. I've had carpal tunnel, Achilles' tendon problems, plantar fasciitis, and aches and pains in my elbows and shoulders which wake me up.

As an addition to what Caroline listed in systemics, acitretin may not be an option as you are not able to try for a baby for three years after using it!

O, I did not know that of Acetretin TL! Thanks for adding.
And indeed pain in your ligaments is a signal of an approaching arthritis.

It seems that from the systemics only DMF keeps the possibility of pregnancy reasonably open. You should not get pregnant when using it, although it has not been researched if it would be bad, but it is just plain secure to do not and wait for three months after stopping it.