> [Original Message]
> From: EmoTap <sms@...>
> I am interested in how you found out that you had psoriatic arthritis?
What
> are the symptoms to know that one has it, versus arthritis or just
> psoriasis? I have had the same patch on my elbow for about as long as
you.
> It gets worse, clears up somewhat, but never goes away, and then gets
worse
> again. I have arthritis of the hip and knee on the left side of my body.
> And I have foggy vision in my right eye, but I attributed that to having
> dealt with migraines on the right side of my head and eyeball for as many
> years.

Initially I found out because I became alarmed by these seemingly random
symptoms I was newly experiencing--for me the change in fingernail texture,
painful joints that were not injury-based, and occasional blurred vision.
Believe it or not, I just did a google search simply listing these
symptoms, and immediately came up with a list of sites on psoriasis. I had
not known there could be any connection between them. I then went to a
doctor who confirmed my "diagnosis".

Leda