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Does Having Psoriatic Arthritis Increase My Risk for Having Other Forms of Arthritis?

Does Having Psoriatic Arthritis Increase My Risk for Having Other Forms of Arthritis? (0:37)

There's not much of an overlap between the types of arthritis, explains Darria Long-Gillespie, MD, Sharecare's chief doctor. In this video, she discusses how different forms of arthritis vary.

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There's no really an overlap between the different autoimmune arthritis. Having psoriatic arthritis doesn't mean you're going to more likely have rheumatoid arthritis or any other type of arthritis. They are very different, and involve actually different path of physiology meaning different antibodies.

So having one doesn't put you at higher risk of having the other.