Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis in the Knee
Symptoms of this condition vary in different people. But some most common symptoms include:
- stiffness, especially after resting or sleeping
- swelling and inflammation in the knee and surrounding area
- pain in the joint, tendons, or ligaments
- feeling that the joint is stuck, difficult to move, or has a reduced range of motion
- warm or hot skin on the knee due to inflammation
While these are symptoms specific to knee, you may also experience certain symptoms that are not confined to the knee, but still as a result on what you feel in your knee, they include:
- fatigue
- changes in the nails, such as pitting or separation
- pain and redness in the eyes
- swollen fingers or toes
- difficulty walking due to pain in the feet or Achilles tendon
- back pain
Symptoms may go through a pattern of relapses and remissions. A person may have a sudden attack where symptoms get worse over a short time. After the flare-up, symptoms may improve as the condition goes into remission. The symptoms may stay away for a long time until the next flare-up.
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are two different conditions so, the severity of a person’s psoriasis symptoms does not always determine that of their psoriatic arthritis symptoms. For instance, a person may have only mild psoriasis symptoms but severe psoriatic arthritis symptoms. Likewise, someone with severe psoriasis may still experience mild psoriatic arthritis.