The Booty Report

"Arrr, what be the troublesome tides of axial woes in PsA? What scallywag risks be lurkin' in the depths?"

2025-03-17

Arrr matey! About a quarter o' scallywags with PsA be havin’ axial troubles! If ye got enthesitis, a belly churnin’ like a storm, or that pesky HLA-B27, ye best be wary o’ the risk o’ axial PsA! Aye, ‘tis a treacherous fate!

Arrr matey! Gather 'round me hearties, fer I be regalin’ ye with a tale o’ the dastardly Axial Involvement that plagues a quarter of the scallywags sufferin’ from PsA—Psoriatic Arthritis, that be! Aye, ye heard me right! One in four rogues be havin’ their spines twistin’ like a ship in a storm!

But hold yer rum! There be more to this tale! Enthesitis, that be the achin’ o’ the tendons, along with inflammatory bowel disease—aye, that’s a fancy way of sayin’ yer belly be rumblin’ like a cannon—can lead ye to the dark seas of axial PsA. And what be the cursed marker that be pointin’ to this peril? HLA-B27 positivity! Aye, if ye be carryin’ that flag, yer chances of joinin’ the ranks of the unlucky increase faster than a ship sails from a sinking port!

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