Many people with psoriatic arthritis will experience symptoms in their feet. This can lead to swollen toes, pitted nails, ...

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower foot health, indicating that future RA research should consider BMI as a possible therapeutic ...

As you age, the combination of stress and complex joint anatomy puts the ankle at risk for arthritis. Almost half of people in their 60s and 70s have arthritis of the ankle, foot or both.

For example, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory form of arthritis similar to PsA, often attacks the small joints in the feet. Gout can cause intense pain and swelling in the big toe.

Arthritis mutilans is the most severe and painful form of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). It's thought to affect about 5% of people with PsA. Some reports suggest that as many as 16% of people with PsA ...

Swan-neck deformity starts with joint inflammation and can progress to the destruction of the tendon, which is seen in the progressive disease rheumatoid arthritis. Phoenix119, CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

Swan neck deformities in the fingers of an elderly woman withrheumatoid arthritis. In the lower extremities, the bases of the toes are commonly affected at the onset of RA.

Foot pain in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) was predicted by synovitis, erosion, subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints, obesity, and female sex but unlike foot pain in rheumatoid ...

In the case of rheumatoid arthritis, it attacks the lining of the joints. The disease attacks smaller joints first. It comes and goes, flaring up and then going away. It affects women more than men.

However, rheumatoid arthritis can eventually lead to bone erosion and joint deformity as well. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.